I guess it acutally causes an eruption of coke...so will Mentos be banned at the airports now?
http://news.yahoo.com/s/fool/20060612/bs_fool_fool/115014124318
2006-06-14 03:37:46 · 15 answers · asked by Anonymous in Food & Drink ➔ Non-Alcoholic Drinks
You know it is something how many people bought diet coke and mentos today after seeing this lol. Because I was one of them at 10:30 tonight I could not stand it so I went out and got it, It did not flow like the ones on the videos but I think it is because I opened the diet coke, and just put in 4 as fast as i could before the last one went in All the diet coke came out it foamed out all over the patio lol. SO my result is it does work, just not as cool as the videos :)
2006-06-14 17:09:38 · answer #1 · answered by kirsten215 3 · 5⤊ 1⤋
That's cool. Here's what Snopes.com says;
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You can find fountains everywhere, in all sizes, and sometimes in all colors. Everyone has seen one and enjoyed the watery spectacle. Thanks to Hoe?Zo! everyone can make their own fountain...if you're not afraid to get wet.
This mintfountain will launch soda up in to the air at a height of 4 to 5 meters. Do this experiment outside if you don't want to get everything sticky.
You need:
* a bottle of Coke Light [think it works with any soda though]
* one and a half roll of mints
* a plastic or glass tube measuring around 20cm
* a raincoat
Put the mints into the tube. Make sure the tube is wide enough that the mints can slide out easily. If you don't have a plastic or glass tube, you can use a rolled-up piece of paper to hold the mints.
Place the bottle of Coke on a table and unscrew the top.
Place the tube with the mints carefully above the opening, stopping the mints from falling out with your thumb.
When you're ready, remove your thumb, and let the mints slide into the bottle. When the last mint has dropped, quickly remove your hand from the bottle. The coke will launch up about 4 to 5 meters and will make a gorgeous fountain.
2006-06-14 10:41:53 · answer #2 · answered by Corn_Flake 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It totally works. All you do is dump a whole package of MINT mentos in a 2 liter of Coke and it shoots up like 50 feet in the air.
2006-06-14 11:39:58 · answer #3 · answered by irishfreek6694 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes it does work. My son and his friends eat the whole pack of Mentos then drink the diet coke just to be able to throw up in school and get the day off.
2006-06-14 10:42:07 · answer #4 · answered by hotwheelsxxx 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
you could make a soda balloon with it... put the mentos in a LARGE balloon.... pop over opening to soda bottle, let mints drop in and hold on to the neck of the bottle with the balloon for dear life.... then tie it off and chuck it at someone muhahaha
2006-06-14 11:18:23 · answer #5 · answered by coffeegirlct 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No but will definatly eat mentos while chugging diet coke......just to see what happens!
2006-06-14 10:42:30 · answer #6 · answered by Bo 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
i doubt it. i've actually tried this at church when we had a games night and we tested several forms of sodas to see which makes that best explosion. needless to say most of us were covered in the sticky mess by the end of the night. the worst that happens is that your forced to take a longer shower than you normally would, it doesn't do any real damge.
2006-06-14 10:45:04 · answer #7 · answered by Elizabeth 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No but I saw it on the news this morning and it was better than fireworks. I think I'll buy some for my next picnic for the kids
2006-06-14 11:42:46 · answer #8 · answered by bearklektor 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No but Im going to the store now to buy some, I gotta try this. Yoda will never see this coming
2006-06-14 10:41:52 · answer #9 · answered by Darthritus 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Who would have thought it? Although I've known that adding sugar to carbonated soda makes it bubble over.
2006-06-14 10:53:58 · answer #10 · answered by Rob 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋