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Chas H · #31 01-31-2012, 09:27 PM

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Originally Posted by jplinville

Crime? Really? What law was broken??

Isn't poisoning a person against the law?

The Clk Man · #32 02-01-2012, 10:55 AM

The wife and I have been collecting Soda Pop signs, machines for 30 years...... and neither one of us drinks Soda Pop.

aklim · #33 02-01-2012, 11:47 AM

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Originally Posted by Chas H

Isn't poisoning a person against the law?

Absolutely. I would love to see you make that case in court that giving them foods you stretched into being poison is really poison. My money would be that you'd be laughed out of court for your attempt at stretching the issue.

Ara T. · #34 02-01-2012, 04:17 PM

on the internet, chemicals are teh evil, and eating anything but spinach = ingesting poison that will give you cancer.

aklim · #35 02-01-2012, 07:44 PM

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Originally Posted by Ara T.

on the internet, chemicals are teh evil, and eating anything but spinach = ingesting poison that will give you cancer.

Living long enough also will result in cancer.

DeliveryValve · #36 02-02-2012, 01:12 AM

Mouse In Mountain Dew Would Turn Into 'Jelly Like' Goo, Pepsi Says (VIDEO)

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PepsiCo, the drink's manufacturer, is being sued by Ronald Ball of Illinois, who claims in a 2009 lawsuit that he opened a can from a vending machine, tasted something foul, and spat out a dead mouse, acccording to MadisonRecord.com.

Ball, who is seeking damages in excess of $50,000, claims he then sent the mouse to Pepsi, which destroyed the mouse's body.

However, Pepsi is now moving to dismiss the case, citing testimony from an expert who claims that acid used when the drink is bottled would have caused the rodent to transform into a "'jelly-like' substance,"

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Ara T. · #37 02-02-2012, 01:26 AM

Makes sense.. citric acid does eat through your teeth.

I'd imagine that might ruin soda for some folk !

aklim · #38 02-02-2012, 02:10 AM

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Originally Posted by Ara T.

Makes sense.. citric acid does eat through your teeth.

I'd imagine that might ruin soda for some folk !

snopes.com: Coca-Cola Dissolves Teeth

Not me.

Ara T. · #39 02-02-2012, 02:20 AM

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Originally Posted by aklim

snopes.com: Coca-Cola Dissolves Teeth

Not me.

Eventually. I didn't mean it in the "overnight" sense. I actually rinse my mouth out after i eat acidic foods if i can remember to. Also, i meant the dead mouse, not the citric acid. lol

aklim · #40 02-02-2012, 02:24 AM

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Originally Posted by Ara T.

Eventually. I didn't mean it in the "overnight" sense. I actually rinse my mouth out after i eat acidic foods if i can remember to. Also, i meant the dead mouse, not the citric acid. lol

But even if you didn't, your saliva will probably rinse your mouth. It would take a lot of soda and a lot of years to really do harm unless you held a mouthful for a long time and kinda soaking your teeth. I look at it like this. A river of water can wear down a rock. Theoretically so can you if you pee on the rock long enough. It would take a lot of pee and a lot of time but it can be done.

cmac2012 · #41 02-02-2012, 02:12 PM

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Originally Posted by TwitchKitty

Thanks for the correction but don't think this is small thing. Soft drinks are slow death garbage with no redeeming qualities.

Feeding such to children is no less than child abuse.

Agreed. I wish I hadn't had so much when I was a kid. A radio station in our town gave away six packs of coke in trivial on-air contests - name the ninth word in the first news story - and I would win one about once a week. This was after I was 15 and had a drivers' license (NM), and I'd drive a huge Detroit rig down to the station to get it! It pains me to think of how naive and foolish I've been at many points in my life.

I got some good genes from my parents. My dad was a standout athlete. I did OK here and there in high school but I got colds/sore throats quite often. Many dental problems in my teen years as well. I'll never know how much healthier I might have been w/o the damn stuff but I suspect there would have been a difference.

I'll have a coke once or twice a year when someone brings coke and pizza around. It does go well with pizza, I'll admit.