How To Get Gum Out of Hair

Today Aliza got gum in her hair.  I had some ideas how to get it out, but I googled "how to get gum out of hair" just to see what the internet thought about it.  Why not use this endless source of information I keep connected and at my fingertips in my kitchen all day long?

I found a site that listed tons of optional gum-removal tools such as peanut butter, toothpaste, cooking oil, mayonnaise, cold cream, hair mousse, WD-40, ice, vaseline, alcohol, hand lotion, eucalyptus oil, adhesive remover, and (!!!!) chloroform!  "Honey, can you run to the store and get me some chloroform?  Thanks!"  You just gotta love the internet!

I chose cooking oil, and it was oily but I have to say the gum was easy to tease out of her hair after dousing it.  Of course I made her stand naked in the bathroom rather than get oil on her clothes, and a shower was required immediately afterward.  But, it was relatively pain free.  Too bad, I probably should have made her suffer more, to deter her from allowing a bubble to pop in her hair again!