Monday, March 12, 2007

Needs more Mojito

I always applaud companies for trying new things, even when they fall flat on their faces. Today I experienced one company's endeavor to innovate in the chewing gum industry. The PlenT packs from back in the day are gone, and new brands of all kinds have taken their place. Dentyne Ice, Stride and Orbit now fill the gum section of your local store's candy shelves, and you can find them in a lot more variety than gum from back from when I was younger. For the most part they're all variations of the same mint flavor, with the exception of Orbit who dares to be different.

I had one of those "different" flavors today. I was walking by a co-worker's desk when I noticed his pack of Orbit gum. By the way, this is my preferred gum at the moment. At first I thought it was the "lemon" flavor (which I've had and have mix reviews), but boy was I wrong. The flavor was Mint Mojito, and it left us all pretty breathless...sorta.

You know whenever you see a gum commercial the person usually exclaims "Wow!" after putting it into their mouths? Well I've never done this before with any gum, and I don't know anyone else who has, until today. I took a piece and "Wow" was my initial response, actualy "Whoa!" was my initial response but you get the idea. "Wow," was also the response that I got out of another co-worker who witnessed me take the first piece (or was it "Whoa," eh I don't remember). It's about as close as you can get to a mojito in gum form. Odd thing was that I felt kinda "funny" after a while. Maybe it was the sudden shock of chewing a popular cuban cocktail..eh I don't know.

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