Why you’ll never know if there was a mouse in your soda

SFGate: Hot Topics ^ | 1/3/12 | Dan X. McGraw

[SmithL]

Mountain Dew will do more than just quench your thirst, according to an expert.

After a man claimed to have found a mouse inside of a Mountain Dew can, Pepsi cited an expert who testified that if a mouse got into a can that it would have been dissolved in the soda’s acid.

[mewzilla]

I had a cat in my coffee last night.

[Darth Reardon]

All I see is a link to youtube with no explanation. Those do nothing for me.

[Deaf Smith]

Then you have gained nothing.

[Yardstick]

I think you’re right about what the expert probably really said. As for the meat experiment, my science teacher when I was in middle school put some chicken bones in a cup of vinegar (or maybe it was coke) and set it aside for a few days. The bones became like rubber, because the vinegar dissolved the calcium but left the protein matrix intact. With more time the protein probably would have dissolved too.

[Slings and Arrows]

Hmmm...I'm sure you're right. Dipping a mouse in Mountain Dew is basically marinading it. Acidic marinades are often used to soften tough meat and fish.

[Chewbacca]

I found a mouse is a can of Elsinore Beer once.
It is just as acidic as Mt. Dew and it didn’t look dissolved to me.

[1_Rain_Drop]

If it were a butterfly swimming in the coconut oil, do you think you would have had the same reaction?

[1_Rain_Drop]

Have you considered using your tooth in mouse traps?

Maybe your mouse thought the gold tooth was cheese.

[annieokie]

Yes, yes I would. Critters have their own domain and it is not in mine. Don’t find me out eating in their nasty milk weed.

[RJS1950]

The point is that the weak acids in any carbonated product are not enough to dissolve a mouse or a roach for that matter. The oxygen content would work with an acid to speed up the dissolution of the organic material. Over a long period, longer than you would keep a bottle of Pepsi, the carbonic and any citric acid would break down some of the components but would not dissolve them. We did an experiment back in the 60s in 9th grade science that did something like this. That was when the first questions came up about soft drinks “cooking” your stomach. Crap science then, crap science now.

[Little Ray]

Dunno. Heard about an experiment where they dissolved a tooth in Coca Cola. Dunno how that compares to MD, though.

Back when I could still drink sodas, MD was my favorite!

[frithguild]

The ladies in my Dentist’s office kept having me tell the story over and over to other employees. I don’t have a name anymore - they just call me “Mouseman”

[annieokie]

That is so funny, thanks for sharing with me “Mouseman” Makes good memories, and I love humor, especially this kind in real life. You have a new screename too.lol

[a fool in paradise]

Mousie Goo PING