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By: Little Big Anatomy | Bad Astronomy | Discover Magazine

Little Big Anatomy | Bad Astronomy | Discover Magazine — Thu, 02 Apr 2009 21:09:39 +0000

[...] Remember the anatomy of a gummi bear? [...]

By: Sandra

Sandra — Fri, 02 Jan 2009 10:46:46 +0000

Sigh, now i have a second reason i don’t eat gummi bears anymore. Thanks give giving me another ookie factor.
Oh, this is my first reason http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=astISOttCQ0&feature=related

By: DrKenjiro

DrKenjiro — Thu, 16 Oct 2008 12:16:05 +0000

Hey!

I can assure you, that “Gummi” is slang for a condom. At least in Austria and I’ve also heard it in Bavaria.

Greetings,

DrK

By: Folcrom

Folcrom — Fri, 20 Jun 2008 05:23:02 +0000

Years ago (back in uni) a classmate of mine asked for a rubber.
I tossed her a condom and thought nothing of it.
Her face went bright red and she did not know where to look.

Oops, I guess she meant eraser.

By: Torbjörn Larsson, OM

Torbjörn Larsson, OM — Thu, 19 Jun 2008 22:38:20 +0000

“Gummi” (or most often “gummiband”) is an elastic band in Sweden too, btw.

Hmmm … fugu, anyone?

“Most often”.

Never touch the stuff myself, actually.

By: Chazar

Chazar — Thu, 19 Jun 2008 16:27:40 +0000

As I mentioned before: _Vegetarian_ and even vegan Gummibären-species do exist in quite noticeable variety, but I cannot recommend any of them.

(However, being meat eater myself, I could not recommend any vegetarian sausage-knock-off either.)

By: Richard H.

Richard H. — Wed, 18 Jun 2008 19:48:56 +0000

Ask and thou shalt get something or other….

http://www.peak.org/~jeremy/dictionary/chapters/title.php

For we Americans, asking for a “fanny pack” will get you snicker if you are a male. It would be almost as embarrassing for a Brit lady to ask for a “fanny pack” only to ask “How the hell is it supposed to fit?”

But…you’ll have to look at the site to know what I mean.