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Comment by Elys on July 17, 2010 at 9:51am

Thanks, everyone for your solutions. Managed to get more of it off slowly. Fortunately, Camber isn't too concerned--she wasn't even aware the gum was on her paw!

Comment by Bax & Zigs & Rosie on July 16, 2010 at 9:14am

I tried to find a youtube video of the "22 Short Films about Springfeld" Simpsons episode where Lisa gets gum in her hair, but it's not on youtube. So here's the scripted version:

Lisa: Mom, someone threw gum in my hair.
Marge: Are you sure? Maybe it's just shampoo. That washes right out. Wait, if I remember my Heloise, the trick to getting out gum... is peanut butter.

But it won't budge. So Marge adds some mayonnaise and tells Lisa to go out and sit in the sun. Sulky, Lisa concurs. A lone bee flies near Lisa's hair. She waves it off. The bee comes back with its buddies, and they descend on Lisa's head as she runs screaming around the back yard.

Ned walks by the Simpsons' kitchen window, where Marge is squeezing a grapefruit on Lisa's hair.

Ned: [notes Marge squeezing a grapefruit] Marge Simpson! Still making juice the old-fashioned way?
[actually, Marge is squeezing it on Lisa's hair]

Lisa: No, I've got gum in my hair.
Marge: Oh, we've tried everything: olive oil, lemon juice, tartar sauce, chocolate syrup, gravy, bacon fat, hummus and baba ganoush.
Lisa: My scalp hurts from horsefly bites.
Ned: Why don't you freeze it with an ice cube, and hit it with a hammer? Works for me when I get bubbly-gum in the old push-broom.

Later, Ned bangs away at Lisa's hair on the kitchen table. Unfortunately, all this does is flatten the gum out, mashing more hair into the gum. Everyone in town seems to want to take a bash at solving this precarious problem, including Groundskeeper Willie, Lionel Hutz, the Capital City Goofball, and my favorite Sideshow Mel who tells Marge, "Whatever you do, don't try to get it out with bone." (Which is amusing because he has a bone stuck in his hair.)

In short, I don't have any better suggestions than what was listed so far. I hope the scene brought a smile. Good luck getting it out!

Comment by Sam Tsang on July 15, 2010 at 8:15pm

yup, soak it for a few minutes :)

Comment by Bev Levy on July 15, 2010 at 5:52pm

It's the oil that does it so I guess olive oil may work?

Comment by Sam Tsang on July 15, 2010 at 5:42pm

Mayo

Comment by Elys on July 15, 2010 at 5:38pm

I will try the peanut butter, thanks. What about olive oil? Do you think that can work?

Comment by Bev Levy on July 15, 2010 at 5:33pm

I know that peanut butter will remove it from hair so try putting some one her paw and then gently wipe it off. Of course it will be difficult if she likes peanut butter as much as mine do. If it wasn't sugar free or a large quanity it should not hurt her. I hate it when people spit their gum out like that!