Maybe this is an
Urban Legend, meant to terrify soft drink consumers?
Doug Barnard
rebuilding a 20' Skipjack
trawler-crawler wannabe
At the risk of spreading an Urban Legend, this came in my email today:
No wonder coke tastes soooo good:
- 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.
- You can put a T-bone steak in a bowl of coke and it will be gone in
- 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.
- 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.
- To clean corrosion from car battery terminals: Pour a can of Coca-Cola
over the terminals to bubble away the corrosion.
- To loosen a rusted bolt: Applying a cloth soaked in Coca-Cola to the
rusted bolt for several minutes.
- 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.
- 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:
- The active ingredient in Coke is phosphoric acid. Its Ph is 2.8. It
will dissolve a nail in about 4 days.
- To carry Coca-Cola syrup (the concentrate) the commercial truck must
use the Hazardous material place cards reserved for highly corrosive
materials.
- The distributors of coke have been using it to clean the engines of
their trucks for about 20 years!
Still Want To Drink Up?
SNIP
> Maybe this is an
> Urban Legend, meant to terrify soft drink consumers?
>
> ___________________________
> Doug Barnard
> rebuilding a 20' Skipjack
> trawler-crawler wannabe
>
At the risk of spreading an Urban Legend, this came in my email today:
> COKE
> >No wonder coke tastes soooo good:
> >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
> >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: 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.
> >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!
> >Still Want To Drink Up?
>
Stan Kurowski
M/V Beaver Rock ( http://members.home.net/skurowski/ )
Anacortes, WA
