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Your Friday Game: Skywire
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Please Stand By
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CarnivAOL Time!
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The Best of All Possible Inventions
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A Little Something for All You Harry Potter Fans
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My Mornings This Week Are Wasted
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Verily, I Say Unto You That This is The Greatest Day in the History of Man
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The Prognosis is Wet
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A Pleasant Thought
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3/2/07
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Sometimes My Inner Child Makes Lunch
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Wednesday, March 28, 2007
12:14:00 PM EDT
Hearing Nothing at the moment

The Best of All Possible Inventions


You'll recall that last year I did the Mentos - Diet Coke experiment just before everyone else in the world did:



The fact that I did this explains why I think the following is an excellent, excellent invention: The Mentos Geyser Tube:

The Mentos Geyser Tube has been created to maximize the effect of the old mints-in-soda-pop routine... Simply load the Mentos mints in this screw-on transparent tube, lock it on your plastic pop bottle (any carbonated drink will do but diet stuff works best) and pull the pin. Oh yes, and run for it. Because the moment the mints hit the liquid, a powerful soda geyser erupts from the top with enough pressure to reach 30ft - yes, 30ft! And thanks to this ingenious little gizmo you'll get a perfect launch every time without getting drenched.

Naturally, it's sold out right now. Because why wouldn't it be. Still gonna get one, though.


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  • #2 Comment from monponsett 
    3/28/07 12:26 PM | Permalink
    "Soda Geyser Tube" is French for "Let's see if someone will pay $5 for a cigar tube."
  • #1 Comment from fspirson 
    3/28/07 12:25 PM | Permalink
    I noticed on another blog (Jottings From Jersey) a link to this one for Monday Photo Shoot.  Is that a meme or something, because I would love to participate.  Please leave me a comment on <a href="http://beckie-photoblog.blogspot.com">My Photo Blog</a> or <a href="http://homefries7.blogspot.com">A Child of God</a> to let me know.  THANKS.