Chewing Gum

Chewing gum, ciccingomma. Now we all, more or less, occasionally keep one in our mouth to feel a sugary taste or freshen our breath. But, perhaps, no one remembers what chewing gum was in the 70s and 80s.

So, we would get up in the morning, get ready for school, lay on the bed and our fathers with pliers (I swear!) pulled up our skinny jeans, which we had spent hours scratching with the brush in the bathroom to make them become delavè and, holding our breath unable to breathe, we put the first chewing gum of the day in our mouths. On average, it lasted until around 11, when a providential friend offered us a…