Old Wives tales you still believe in.

mikemac1 wrote: »

Eating mentos and then immediately drinking coke will rip your stomach apart

Ever drop a mentos into a bottle of coke and watch what happens? Yeah now imagine the internal damage that could do to you

Cydoniac wrote: »

There's a way back out! You'd probably puke at most.

That reaction is caused by the pitted surface of the mentos.

By the time they've been chewed and swallowed they'd have no more effect on the coke than the rest of your stomach contents.

It's a brave and foolish person who sits on a kerb- asking to banjax your kidneys!

hardCopy wrote: »

That reaction is caused by the pitted surface of the mentos.

By the time they've been chewed and swallowed they'd have no more effect on the coke than the rest of your stomach contents.

This is what school lunchtimes are made for. I'll get back to yis

mayoman ngalway wrote: »

i was told by me grandmother that;

"if you put salt on a rabbits tale, it won't run away and you can catch it"



never got close enough to the rabbit to put the salt on the tale though!!!:D

I was told by an old farmer neighbour of mine when I was a kid (under 10) that if you put pepper on a carrot and leave the carrot on a stone a rabbit will come along, see the carrot, sniff it, sneeze and knock himself out on the stone. I tried that for a while one Summer.

Candie wrote: »

I don't think it magically attracts a cold virus, but does it not make your pillow smell musty and damp?

Not that I have ever noticed. I do towel dry my hair, but it is long, dense, straight hair, it takes hours to really dry.

I have been known to go out with it wet in the winter. If you are used to it, you barely even notice a difference.

Meangadh wrote: »

That warm 7up makes everything better. Definitely true.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/howaboutthat/10365310/Best-cure-for-a-hangover-Sprite-scientists-claim.html
Sprite and 7up being basically the same thing.

Flat 7up is very sugary and has a low acidity. So it's quickly absorbed through the walls of the stomach, but gentle on it at the same time. This rush of glucose into the bloodstream will instantly improve your energy levels and therefore your mood. Your stomach will likely feel a lot better because any residual bile and acid has been diluted by the 7up. Heating it just further reduces the impact on a dodgy tummy.

It's magic.

SarahBM wrote: »

You will get a cold from going to bed with your hair damn. - been told that all my life and Im too chicken to do it cause it will probably turn out to be true!

Being cold doesn't give you a cold (or pneumonia). It just happens that these illnesses are at their most active and virulent during colder weather.