Water Or Coke ??? Which one is the 'Real Thing' ???

trajan

Water Or Coke ???
Which one is the 'Real Thing' ???

We all know that water is important but you've never seen it written down like this before.

WATER
1. 75% of Americans are chronically dehydrated. (Likely applies to half world population.)

2. In 37% of Americans, the thirst mechanism is so weak that it is often mistaken for hunger.

3. Even MILD dehydration will slow down one's metabolism as much as 3%.

4. One glass of water will shut down midnight hunger pangs for almost 100% of the dieters studied in a University of Washington study.

5. Lack of water, the #1 trigger of daytime fatigue.

6. Preliminary research indicates that 8-10 glasses of water a day could significantly ease back and joint pain for up to 80% of sufferers.

7. A mere 2% drop in body water can trigger fuzzy short-term memory, trouble with basic math, and difficulty focusing on the computer screen or on a printed page.

8. Drinking 5 glasses of water daily decreases the risk of colon cancer by 45%, plus it can slash the risk of breast cancer by 79%, and one is 50%less likely to develop bladder cancer. Are you drinking the amount of water you should every day?



COKE
1. In many states (in the USA) the highway patrol carries two gallons of Coke in the trunk to remove blood from the highway after a car accident.

2. You can put a T-bone steak in a bowl of coke and it will be gone in two days.

3. To clean a toilet: Pour a can of Coca-Cola into the toilet bowl and let the "real thing" sit for one hour, then flush clean. The citric acid in Coke removes stains from vitreous china.

4. To remove rust spots from chrome car bumpers: Rub the bumper with a rumpled-up piece of Reynolds Wrap aluminum foil dipped in Coca-Cola.

5. To clean corrosion from car battery terminals: Pour a can of Coca-Cola over the terminals to bubble away the corrosion.

6. To loosen a rusted bolt: Applying a cloth soaked in Coca-Cola to the rusted bolt for several minutes.

7. To bake a moist ham: Empty a can of Coca-Cola into the baking pan, wrap the ham in aluminum foil, and bake. Thirty minutes before the ham is finished, remove the foil, allowing the drippings to mix with the Coke for a sumptuous brown gravy.

8. To remove grease from clothes: Empty a can of coke into a load of greasy clothes, add detergent, and run through a regular cycle. The Coca-Cola will help loosen grease stains. It will also clean road haze from your windshield.



FOR YOUR INFORMATION:
1. The active ingredient in Coke is phosphoric acid. Its pH is 2.8. It will dissolve a nail in about four days. Phosphoric acid also leaches calcium from bones and is a major contributor to the rising increase in osteoporosis.

2. To carry Coca-Cola syrup (the concentrate) the commercial truck must use the Hazardous Material place cards reserved for highly corrosive materials.

3. The distributors of coke have been using it to clean the engines of their trucks for about 20 years!


Now the question is, would YOU like a glass of water or Coke?

DapperGent

http://www.snopes.com/cokelore/acid.asp

trotter_inc

The only thing coke is good for is cleaning rings! (well thats what the girlfriend says)

segadreamcast

You know the entire Coke argument above is entirely urban myth which is constantly perpetuated through Ireland.

On Tuesday, a learned highly-skilled debater friend of mine was telling me one of these myths to establish his case against Coca Cola. Needless to say, my mouth was agape to realise just how far this myth had permeated society.

Needless to say, the ignorance must be stopped. Read that snopes page post-haste!

koneko

I "Snope" everyone that tells me those facts (yes, it's a verb now). It's about time people started looking things up instead of just pressing the Forward button and believing everything they read in e-mail ("Rapists are spraying perfume in people's faces and raping them in petrol stations!")

DapperGent

koneko wrote:

"Rapists are spraying perfume in people's faces and raping them in petrol stations!"

I knew it!

segadreamcast

koneko wrote:

I "Snope" everyone that tells me those facts (yes, it's a verb now). It's about time people started looking things up instead of just pressing the Forward button and believing everything they read in e-mail ("Rapists are spraying perfume in people's faces and raping them in petrol stations!")

Damn well should be a verb too. My only regret about the site is that...sometimes it feels a bit dead, detached or something. I think they should have some form of a forum for the people to talk about myths and then have fun debunking them...

...At this point somebody will probably point out a thriving Snopes forum to me.

halfhead

trotter_inc wrote:

The only thing coke is good for is cleaning rings! (well thats what the girlfriend says)

she cleans her ring with coke? interesting

Stark

Well the "Water" side of the story is correct.

OLDYELLAR

coke is yummy though

rainbow kirby

Combine the best of both worlds!

chewy

coke is muck thought really!

even though i still drink it

i don't think one should

i think those thins might be true for bpm though

Blisterman

NoelRock wrote:

Damn well should be a verb too. My only regret about the site is that...sometimes it feels a bit dead, detached or something. I think they should have some form of a forum for the people to talk about myths and then have fun debunking them...

...At this point somebody will probably point out a thriving Snopes forum to me.

http://www.snopes.com/message/

nutkase

You know who really loves Coke, Dentists

Osku-82

The best of both worlds is:

sparkling water!

healthy, delicious even if it isn't ice cold and might give you also minerals.

Nasty_Girl

trajan wrote:

Water Or Coke ???
Which one is the 'Real Thing' ???


Now the question is, would YOU like a glass of water or Coke?

Where's diet coke come into this?

pickarooney

One day someone is going to expose snopes.com as the big fraud it surely is.