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Boneheads was Re: Tapping soft drink cans

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From: White
Date: Thu, 21 Jan 1993 19:49
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In article <mcampbel.727553725@eola.cs.ucf.edu> mcampbel@cs.ucf.edu (Mike Campbell ) writes:
>judson@watserv.ucr.edu (Mike Judson) writes:
>
>>Does tapping the top of soft drink cans really prevent them from "exploding"
>>when you open them, or is it a UL?
>
>I think this is pure poppycock.
>
This is almost as dumb, and almost as widespread as the "Let's slap the bottom
of the bottle of Snapple or Veryfine or whatever"
People think this makes the bottle easier to open (like its a big chore any
way).  It doesn't - and It doesn't "pop the top" either like a lot of 
people think.  You can keep slapping the damn bottom all day if you like.

Brian
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