Bash in a Flash: The News You Chews

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THE ONLY THING worse than a chilly February Friday is finding a piece of petrified chewing gum on a Metro seat. But instead of cursing the gods of gumballs, cue that overly chirpy Orbit girl. For a good, clean feeling (or a need-to-brush sugary feeling), celebrate the fourth annual Bubble Gum Day!

Obscure-holiday founder Ruth Spiro, tired of marching-band fundraisers, convinced a school principal to let students chew gum on Feb. 1 if they donated 50 cents to charity. One elementary school used the proceeds to mail snacks to a local soldier in Iraq, according to her Web site, Bubblegumday.com. Corporations are even getting into it, said Spiro, who claims she can "blow a mean bubble and a double bubble."

If you want to double your fun, don't hesitate — masticate.

Throw a Pop Rocks party, and send invitations on packs of Chiclets. Make a tube top out of Bubble Tape. See who can cram the most pieces of Bubblicious in their mouth at once. Even invent gum recipes: Savage Sour Apple with Carnival Cotton Candy, anyone?

Bonus points for chewing the gum and walking at the same time.

Spiro mysteriously notes that something funky happens when you drop a wad of chewed gum into a clear soda like Sprite. Definitely give that a whirl, too.

And since Feb. 1 can also be the day to break new year's resolutions, don't be ashamed to whip out that Nicorette.

Written by Express' Josie Roberts