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COKE No wonder coke tastes so good:
Published on February 12, 2004 By EFalgui In Misc
Heres are some reason why im gonna quit drinking coke...someday. =P

1. In many states (in the USA) the highway patrol carries two gallons of Coke in the trunk 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 crumpled-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: Apply 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. It will also clean road haze from your windshield.

FYI:
1. The active ingredient in Coke is phosphoric acid. Its pH is 2.8. It will dissolve a nail in about 4 days.

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!


Comments
on Feb 12, 2004
I am just waiting for the health problems and law suits to start (AKA cigarettes in the 60's)

I haven't drunk that crap in over 10 years...
on Feb 13, 2004
Ya know, coke may be acidic, but stomache can handle it. Pour an acid from stomache and it will burn though the floor. It can dissolve T-steak better than coke can, etc.

So coke actually is not as acidic as acids in stomache. Drink 5-10 cans within same day could cause problems, however.
on Feb 13, 2004
Oh lord, am I in trouble!
I don't like Pepsi. Too syrupy.
I like Coca Cola better.

As for the rust thing. Pish.
I don't wanna live forever anyway!
on Feb 13, 2004
Coca-cola syrup used to be sold in the pharmacy to calm upset stomachs. Flat coke will ease an upset stomach. Obviously, your stomach is much more acidic than coke.
on Feb 13, 2004
DId you ever see the show MythBusters on Discovery Channel? They experimented with all the myths just mentioned and most of them turned out to be false, i.e. the steak did not dissolve, etc.
on Feb 13, 2004
smartaz, you beat me to it! I saw the same thing. I watched because my Mom and said a teacher said coke could dissolve a tooth. MythBusters showed that it didn't. They did show that it is fairly good at removing spots on bumpers.
on Feb 13, 2004
Lucky for me - I am a Dr. Pepperaholic.
on Feb 14, 2004
and I drink this stuff!?!
on Feb 14, 2004
I saw that myth busters too, and ya'll are right, most of the stuff didnt work.. besides just about everything they say is good for ya ends up killin ya anyway, and what doesnt kill only makes ya stronger. lol I'm mostly an iced tea drinker but even I " need " my coke every once in ahwhile.. Think i'll take my chances..
on Feb 16, 2004
Me too i usually drink water. once in a while though i have to drink coke too. just like cigarettes a few packs a week doesnt hurt.
on Feb 16, 2004
snopes.com

soda water will do some of the same cleaning things listed and the other items are described as "specious" by snopes. for example there is more citric acid in orange juice than in coke. at the end of the article:

"The next time you're stopped by a highway patrolman, try asking him if he's ever scrubbed blood stains off a highway with Coca-Cola (or anything else). If you're lucky, by the time he stops laughing he'll have forgotten about the citation he was going to give you."
on Feb 16, 2004
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