Water or Coke???

Ron Mexico · #1 08-12-2006, 07:55 AM

This is an eye opener...Water or Coke?

We all know that water is important but, I've never
seen it written down like this before.

WATER:
1. 75% of Americans are chronically dehydrated.

2. In 37% of Americans, the thirst mechanism is so
weak that it is often mistaken for hunger.

3. Even MILD dehydration will slow down one's
metabolism as much as 3%.

4. One glass of water will shut down midnight
hunger pangs for almost 100% of the dieters studied in a
University Washington study.

5. Lack of water, the #1 trigger of daytime fatigue.

6. Preliminary research indicates that 8-10 glasses
of water a day could significantly ease back and joint
pain for up to 80% of sufferers.

7. A mere 2% drop in body water can trigger fuzzy
short-term memory, trouble with basic math, and
difficulty focusing on the computer screen or on a
printed page.

8. Drinking 5 glasses of water daily decreases the
risk of colon cancer by 45%, plus it can slash the
risk of breast cancer by 79%, and one is 50% less
likely to develop bladder cancer.

And now for the properties of

COKE:
1. In many states (in the USA) the highway patrol
carries two gallons of coke in the truck to remove
blood from the highway after a car accident.

2. You can put a T-bone steak in a bowl of coke and
it will be gone in two days.

3. To clean a toilet: Pour a can of Coca-Cola into
the toilet bowl and let the "real thing" sit for one
hour, then flush clean. The citric acid in Coke removes
stains from vitreous China.

4. To remove rust spots from chrome car bumpers:
Rub the bumper with a rumpled-up piece of Reynolds Wrap
aluminum foil dipped in Coca-Cola.

5. To clean corrosion from car battery terminals:
Pour a can of Coca-Cola over the terminals to
bubble away the corrosion.

6. To loosen a rusted bolt: Applying a cloth soaked
in Coca-Cola to the rusted bolt for several minutes.

7. To bake a moist ham: Empty a can of Coca-Cola
into the baking pan, wrap the ham in aluminum foil, and
bake. Thirty minutes before the ham is finished,
remove the foil, allowing the drippings to mix with
the Coke for a sumptuous brown gravy.

8. To remove grease from clothes: Empty a can of
coke into a load of greasy clothes, add detergent, and
run through a regular cycle. The Coca-Cola will help
loosen grease stains.

9. It will also clean road haze from your windshield.

For Your Info:

1. The active ingredient in Coke is phosphoric
acid.
Its pH is 2.8. It will dissolve a nail in about 4days.
Phosphoric acid also leaches calcium from bones and
is a major contributor to the rising increase in
osteoporosis.

2. To carry Coca-Cola syrup (the concentrate) the
commercial truck must use the Hazardous material
place cards reserved for Highly corrosive materials.

3. The distributors of coke have been using it to
clean the engines of their trucks for about 20
years!

Now the question is, would you like a coke or a
glass of water? Or, do you still want a coke?

Bobtheicon · #2 08-12-2006, 08:20 AM

Coke goes better with Captain Morgan than water.
If you drop a Mentos in a bottle of coke it will create a fountain - you can't do that with water.

Bobtheicon · #3 08-12-2006, 08:26 AM

Just found this from Jennifer at Break the Chain. She put these to the test:

In many states the highway patrol carries two gallons of Coke in the truck to remove blood from the highway after a car accident.
Consider this: if an accident is brutal enough to cause the road to become flooded with blood, you'd need a lot more than 2 milk jugs worth of ANY liquid to rinse it away properly. And if it's really as nail-dissolving as they'd have us believe, then it's a terrible ecological threat to the roadside flora and fauna. We should complain to the authorities.

You can put a T-bone steak in a bowl of coke and it will be gone in two days.
Tried it. Thought it'd be cool. Didn't work. Steak was well-marinated though. Should've used it with that "Moist ham" recipe in number 7 down there, cause that stuff's good.

To clean a toilet: Pour a can of Coca-Cola into the toilet bowl and let the "real thing" sit for one hour, then flush clean. The citric acid in Coke removes stains from vitreous china.
Tried it. Thought it'd be cool. Didn't work.

To remove rust spots from chrome car bumpers: Rub the bumper with a crumpled-up piece of Reynolds Wrap aluminum foil dipped in Coca-Cola.
Tried it. Thought it'd be cool. It DID work. But then I tried it without the Coke and the Reynold's wrap still did the job all on its own.

To clean corrosion from car battery terminals: Pour a can of Coca-Cola over the terminals to bubble away the corrosion.
We actually have a rusty old dead car battery in the garage. Tried it. Thought it'd be cool. It didn't work. But then I tried it with some Reynold's wrap (no Coke) and it came off beautifully. Maybe we should be worried about the Reynold's wrap here.

To loosen a rusted bolt: Applying a cloth soaked in Coca-Cola to the rusted bolt for several minutes.
Tried it. Thought it'd be cool. It didn't work.

To bake a moist ham: Empty a can of Coca-Cola into the baking pan, wrap the ham in aluminum foil, and bake. Thirty minutes before the ham is finished, remove the foil, allowing the drippings to mix with the Coke for a sumptuous brown gravy.
This does work. And it's good. Also, turkey breast marinated in Sprite is delicious. It's true. Ah, vending machine cuisine.

To remove grease from clothes: Empty a can of coke into a load of greasy clothes, add detergent, and run through a regular cycle. The Coca-Cola will help loosen grease stains. It will also clean road haze from your windshield.
Tried the laundry one. It didn't work. Except the road haze one kinda did. But it left my windshield all sticky. Next time I used Windex, and that REALLY worked (who knew?). A lot better than sticky brown pop. Who are all these people trying this stuff on their windows and batteries and stuff? Or are they just claiming they've tried it in the hopes that some doofus like me will copy them? Well, I tried it. And it wasn't a very good method of cleaning road haze. What I suffer in the name of scientific research.

For Your Info:

The active ingredient in Coke is phosphoric acid. Its pH is 2.8. It will dissolve a nail in about 4 days.
Coke actually has a pH of 3. Yes, Coke contains phosphoric acid. So do a lot of edible things. Beer also has a pH of 3. And vinegar. And you know what's TEN times more acidic than coke, being pH 2? Lemon juice.

As for the nail. Tried it. Thought it'd be cool. It didn't work.

To carry Coca-Cola syrup (the concentrate) the commercial truck must use the Hazardous material place cards reserved for highly corrosive materials.
Not true. And if it was, the lemon trucks would really be in trouble. Also, I used to work at McDonald's, where we had boxed concentrate that spilled sometimes. It was not acidic to the skin. At least not any more than beer. Also, the concentrate comes in plastic bags stored in cardboard boxes. Violently powerful acids aren't usually packaged in soft, thin, plastic & paper containers.

The distributors of coke have been using it to clean the engines of their trucks for about 20 years!
Oh, please! Maybe they should buy some Reynold's Wrap though, cause that stuff kicks ass.

Big Pimpin · #4 08-12-2006, 08:37 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Bobtheicon

If you drop a Mentos in a bottle of coke it will create a fountain - you can't do that with water.

A 20 foot fountain....crazy stuff

pwherr · #5 08-12-2006, 09:55 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Bobtheicon

Just found this from Jennifer at Break the Chain. She put these to the test:

In many states the highway patrol carries two gallons of Coke in the truck to remove blood from the highway after a car accident.
Consider this: if an accident is brutal enough to cause the road to become flooded with blood, you'd need a lot more than 2 milk jugs worth of ANY liquid to rinse it away properly. And if it's really as nail-dissolving as they'd have us believe, then it's a terrible ecological threat to the roadside flora and fauna. We should complain to the authorities.

You can put a T-bone steak in a bowl of coke and it will be gone in two days.
Tried it. Thought it'd be cool. Didn't work. Steak was well-marinated though. Should've used it with that "Moist ham" recipe in number 7 down there, cause that stuff's good.

To clean a toilet: Pour a can of Coca-Cola into the toilet bowl and let the "real thing" sit for one hour, then flush clean. The citric acid in Coke removes stains from vitreous china.
Tried it. Thought it'd be cool. Didn't work.

To remove rust spots from chrome car bumpers: Rub the bumper with a crumpled-up piece of Reynolds Wrap aluminum foil dipped in Coca-Cola.
Tried it. Thought it'd be cool. It DID work. But then I tried it without the Coke and the Reynold's wrap still did the job all on its own.

To clean corrosion from car battery terminals: Pour a can of Coca-Cola over the terminals to bubble away the corrosion.
We actually have a rusty old dead car battery in the garage. Tried it. Thought it'd be cool. It didn't work. But then I tried it with some Reynold's wrap (no Coke) and it came off beautifully. Maybe we should be worried about the Reynold's wrap here.

To loosen a rusted bolt: Applying a cloth soaked in Coca-Cola to the rusted bolt for several minutes.
Tried it. Thought it'd be cool. It didn't work.

To bake a moist ham: Empty a can of Coca-Cola into the baking pan, wrap the ham in aluminum foil, and bake. Thirty minutes before the ham is finished, remove the foil, allowing the drippings to mix with the Coke for a sumptuous brown gravy.
This does work. And it's good. Also, turkey breast marinated in Sprite is delicious. It's true. Ah, vending machine cuisine.

To remove grease from clothes: Empty a can of coke into a load of greasy clothes, add detergent, and run through a regular cycle. The Coca-Cola will help loosen grease stains. It will also clean road haze from your windshield.
Tried the laundry one. It didn't work. Except the road haze one kinda did. But it left my windshield all sticky. Next time I used Windex, and that REALLY worked (who knew?). A lot better than sticky brown pop. Who are all these people trying this stuff on their windows and batteries and stuff? Or are they just claiming they've tried it in the hopes that some doofus like me will copy them? Well, I tried it. And it wasn't a very good method of cleaning road haze. What I suffer in the name of scientific research.

For Your Info:

The active ingredient in Coke is phosphoric acid. Its pH is 2.8. It will dissolve a nail in about 4 days.
Coke actually has a pH of 3. Yes, Coke contains phosphoric acid. So do a lot of edible things. Beer also has a pH of 3. And vinegar. And you know what's TEN times more acidic than coke, being pH 2? Lemon juice.

As for the nail. Tried it. Thought it'd be cool. It didn't work.

To carry Coca-Cola syrup (the concentrate) the commercial truck must use the Hazardous material place cards reserved for highly corrosive materials.
Not true. And if it was, the lemon trucks would really be in trouble. Also, I used to work at McDonald's, where we had boxed concentrate that spilled sometimes. It was not acidic to the skin. At least not any more than beer. Also, the concentrate comes in plastic bags stored in cardboard boxes. Violently powerful acids aren't usually packaged in soft, thin, plastic & paper containers.

The distributors of coke have been using it to clean the engines of their trucks for about 20 years!
Oh, please! Maybe they should buy some Reynold's Wrap though, cause that stuff kicks ass.

They tested all that on Mythbusters.Most didn't work.