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Article #1164Boneheads was Re: Tapping soft drink cans
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Date: Thu, 21 Jan 1993 19:49
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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Newsgroups: alt.folklore.science Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!sparky!uunet!psinntp!newstand.syr.edu!rodan.acs.syr.EDU!pbwhite From: pbwhite@rodan.acs.syr.EDU (White) Subject: Boneheads was Re: Tapping soft drink cans Message-ID: <1993Jan21.144934.13509@newstand.syr.edu> Organization: Syracuse University, Syracuse, NY References: <25177@galaxy.ucr.edu> <mcampbel.727553725@eola.cs.ucf.edu> Date: Thu, 21 Jan 93 14:49:34 EST Lines: 17