Pepsi Says Mountain Dew Can Dissolve Mouse Carcasses

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Pepsi Co., facing a lawsuit from a man who claims to have found a mouse in his Mountain Dew can, has an especially creative, if disgusting, defense: their soda would have dissolved a dead mouse before the man could have found it.

An Illinois man sued Pepsi in 2009 after he claims he "spat out the soda to reveal a dead mouse," the Madison County Record reports. He claims he sent the mouse to Pepsi, which then "destroyed" the remains after he allowed them to test it, according to his complaint. 

Most shudder-worthy, however, is that Pepsi's lawyers also found experts to testify, based on the state of the remains sent to them, that "the mouse would have dissolved in the soda had it been in the can from the time of its bottling until the day the plaintiff drank it," according to the Record. (It would have become a "jelly-like substance," according to Pepsi, adds LegalNewsline.)

This seems like a winning-the-battle-while-surrendering-the-war kind of strategy that hinges on the argument that Pepsi's product is essentially a can of bright green/yellow battery acid. The lawyers still appear to be lawyering behind the scenes but we cannot wait for this to come to trial (though we think a trial is about as likely as the chances of us "Doing the Dew" ever again).

http://www.theatlanticwire.com/national/2012/01/pepsi-says-mountain-dew-can-dissolve-mouse-carcasses/46868/

Gag a maggot! Most disgusting defense ever?

'Do the Dew' takes on a whole new meaning.

[unionworks]

1. K&R

Mouse'nDew for breakfast!

[safeinOhio]

2. Um.......

then what does it do to the human stomach?

[Tx4obama]

5. Humans have a ton of acid in their stomachs ...

so it probably does nothing to our stomachs
but Mountain Dew DOES eat away at the enamel on teeth.
There was a big story on (I think it was) 60 minutes or 20/20 a couple of years ago about how Mountain Dew up in the Appalachian mountains has ruined tons of children's teeth. Up there it is common to put it in baby bottles.

[TalkingDog]

20. Was Common? Pretty much still is. Sweet Tea, Pepsi, Mt. Dew

I've seen that and more poured into kids bottles.

Not as much as I used to, but still....

[eShirl]

22. thought that was due to the tons of sugar and/or corn syrup?

[GoCubsGo]

25. It's both--sort of.

I'm guessing lack of dental hygiene also plays a huge role. Sugar doesn't rot teeth. Bacteria does. The sugar just feeds that bacteria. If you brush your teeth regularly, it cuts back drastically on the bacteria coating your teeth. As I recall, most of the people in that piece didn't properly care for their teeth, let alone visit a dentist on a regular basis.

Soft drinks have carbonic and/or phosphoric acid in them. It not only eats away at enamel, but supposedly removes calcium from one's bones, as well.

[dipsydoodle]

3. I believe them

Banjo collectors like me use stuff like Pepsi to dissolve the crud off old hooks, nuts and shoe brackets on 100+ year old instruments. Problem is that if left too long it also dissolves the nickel plating. If it can turn that into solution I don't see it would have too much of a problem with a mouse.

[Rex]

4. I drink Coke, I use it to clean the

corrosion off of my car battery...what was there a problem here? And that is TRUE, the form would have been a gooish slug...IF the rodent and chemical mixture is agreeable with the data from the lawyers. I believe they used Mello Yellow (another radioactive liquid) to fuel the first nuclear carriers. Dew was the backup chemical.

[Tx4obama]

6. I've used Coca-Cola to clean my car battery posts before too. n/t

[Rex]

7. But are ya brave enough to drink it?

[Tx4obama]

10. Yes, actually I'm currently finishing up my last pre-bedtime rum and coke right now :)

[Rex]

11. Awesome, nitecaps are highly recommended.

NN.

[davidpdx]

21. What a waste of a good can of Coke

That could have gone straight to my gut. lol

[Tunkamerica]

8. vinegar works much better and there's no stickiness

[Rex]

12. Ya but I don't much like the taste of vinegar

whereas I can drink and USE my soda at the same time! A tool and a beverage!

[Bolo Boffin]

9. Have you guys seen how those cans are made?

Canning a mouse would be virtually impossible. The can is created, filled, and sealed in mere seconds. The filling nozzle puts in the exact amount of soda. Even a small mouse that somehow got into the just-created can would have caused it to blow apart on the line when the soda was injected and the can immediately sealed.

The acid in the soda, citric acid and a form of ascorbic acid, or Vitamin C, is just the kicker.

[joshcryer]

14. Yeah, I saw that on Modern Marvels, once. I know what you mean. The can is pressed there, instantly.

And of course, you're absolutely right, the filler would just inject the 12 oz of fluid and cap it, as soon as a mouse got in there, the 12 oz of flud would not fit in the volume that was now there (because the mouse would displace it) and it would cause one nasty mess that I wouldn't want to clean up!

Not trying to defend Dew here, just sayin', the guy had a nice con trick, but that's about it.

[joshcryer]

13. Mountain Dew destroys teeth, too. Don't google image search it.

[Rex]

15. Holycrap.

I can't tell the difference between the 'meth teeth' images and the 'Dew teeth' images!

[joshcryer]

17. Yeah there were lawsuits about it, I believe, too.

Kids replace water with soft drinks, it can be very damaging.

[Kalidurga]

16. Suddenly and inexplicably...

I have an urge to Do the Dew...

[Zalatix]

18. Losing the war? Bah, few people are smart enough to even care.

[Atman]

19. This is essentially how my parents taught me soda was bad for you

And why sugary foods were bad, and why you should brush your teeth...

The first couple of times my brother or sister or me lost a tooth, mom would place it in a small glass of Coca Cola. We watched the progress as it decayed. In a couple of days the tooth would be completely gone.

Drink up!

[Atman]

24. Well, my critical thinking skills weren't too developed back then.

It was a lesson about brushing your teeth and eating well. Besides, it would be difficult to hold 4oz of soda in your mouth for a week.

Bad parental science or not, it was cool demonstration. My parents also once told me about a fat guy in a red suit who brought me toys if I was good. I don't believe that anymore, either!

[JBoy]

28. I was going to post the same thing. My mom ran the same experiment.

I couldn't believe it.

[AngryAmish]

26. This is how they do it in Canada

[leveymg]

27. Combine Mt. Dew with heavy metals in drinking water near coal mines and it will dissolve your head

It isn't just the sugary sodas that have caused do many young adults living in the coal mining region of Appalachia to completely lose their teeth by age 30. Clean coal - clean teeth.

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Water Discharge | Clean Energy | US EPA
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Coal mining can also contaminate bodies of water with heavy metals when the water used to clean the coal is discharged back into the environment. ...

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[Javaman]

29. Oh thank god! I won't have to use cheese anymore in my traps. nt

[MichaelMcGuire]

30. Interesting

12 :27 p.m. Tom has been delivered a fax from the receptionist from none other than Future Tom. It reads:

Tom,

At 9 a.m. today, someone poisons the Mountain Dew.
Do NOT drink the Mountain Dew.
More instructions to follow.

Cordially,
Future Tom