Gum up the Works

Back when we were kids, I broke my Evil Twin's latest mind control device, and Kram told our mother that I had gummed up the works. I told her that there was no gum, or Twizzlers, or candy corn, or any other kind of candy involved in the destruction of the device, just our porch, the ground, and gravity. She grounded us both anyway (Kram for trying to enslave the human race, and me for breaking his toy). Some parents aren't very good at understanding the difference between physics and candy.