OK, so I know the whole Mentos & Diet Coke thing is old news. And everyone has seen the videos on YouTube. But I have younger kids who just “discovered” this and so to them it’s breaking news. They decided they wanted to perform their own version of it. They’re SO 2006.
I was headed to the gym so I asked Tommy to go to the store and get the things we would need to complete the experiment: Mentos and Diet Coke.
When I got back, they were ready to watch as the Mento reacted with the Diet Coke, causing it to shoot up into the air.
Or that’s how it was supposed to work.
Apparently, because Tommy went to WAL-MART (has he just met me? I don’t go to Wal-Mart. Wal-Mart is Satan’s shopping center-plus I’ve seen enough kids being beaten by their parents in the middle of Wal-Mart to know I *never* want to go back there. I think it’s their policy that when you shop there you must take off your shoe and smack your kid with it. No thank you) and bought the Wal-Mart brand of diet soda, it doesn’t have the same effect.
Meaning, it doesn’t work at all.
But don’t take my word for it. See for yourself.
FAIL.
And it’s totally Wal-Mart’s fault. And also, Tommy’s. But I didn’t really think I needed to point that out.
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And people at Wal-mart also have this tendency to never look you in the eye.
And the only people who smile at you are the older-to-middleage greeting ladies.
But when they do it it’s slightly depressing because you know that’s what they’re getting paid to do.
crash and burn.
Personally, I love Walmart. It’s where I bring my kids when they need a good beating.
I love how Ethan keeps sucking the foam off the top. The foam is the best part of a soda anyway, so that’s a WIN in my book!
MY Tommy said YOUR Tommy might have been thinking what he is:
“Why buy good Coke to have it go all over the driveway?”
(Gutteral frustrated sigh) Men.
It would figure that guys that buy VERY expensive remotes/tools/beer would buy cheap stuff for a mom-idea experiment, yeah?
Sounds like a Mythbusters episode in the making.
Ok, I have done this. The key is not to use just one Mentos and the shaking it up hurt the reaction as well. The key is to use a whole pack of Mentos, drop them in all at once and BACK UP. You have to devise a system to deliver all the Mentos in at once of a freshly opened diet coke. I had a buddy with a cigar tube that worked perfectly. They all dropped in as a collective rush and the soda exploded out to our delight.
…and then we said wow and cool it was over and went back inside.
I’m with you and can’t stand the devil’s warehouse. UGH! And we’ve done this experiment as well, with diet coke and mentos. You should definitely try it again. You won’t be sorry. They even make these little tubes you can buy now to put the mentos in to keep you from wearing the coke. Enjoy!
LOL.. I love how your little boy was just drinking up the foam as it came out.
I have also read you have to use the real name brand stuff.
Tommy needs to have his *MAN CARD* suspended. Any real man would have done the research and known what was necessary to do it RIGHT. Some men would have pushed the envelope to see if they could have gotten better results.
Tommy – FAILED.
Shauna’s blog – WIN.
In some cases, nothing subs the real thing…needed that Diet Coke.
Step 3a would have been to puncture the cap in dead center, tape a Mentos or two to a thin string, run the string with the taped Mentos backwards through the cap, hold it, than re-screw the cap.
When ready, let go of the string through the hole in the cap, thereby creating excellent pressure and “shooting up in the air”.
You may pick up the Diet Coke and shoot at each other for added fun-having.
When I eat Mentos, I gush in the air.
Tommy skimped on the DC? Poor Ethan….That kid is gonna need years of therapy…
at least he will have fresh breath