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• Insanely Over-the-Top Attorney Ad for the "Texas Law Hawk"
• The Eskimo Pie Patent Saga
• Gamers Confess Their Darkest Moments While Playing The Sims
• Obvious Plant Pranks the Library
• Father of Five's Tardiness Excuse Notes to School Set the Bar High
• Skeletontunes
• In Norwegian, "Texas" Is Slang for "Crazy"
• Guardianz: Infinity Days - The Battle Can Wait, We're On Tour!
• Cats of the Urban Wild
• Canned Mermaid
• Three-Ingredient Dip Recipes Perfect for Parties
• Michael J. Fox Receives a Gift for BTTF Day
• 10 Mistakes You Might Have Missed In The Original Star Wars Trilogy
• Pizza Oven Crash Landed in Street
• Cat Can Levitate Other Animals Just by Sneezing
• 13 Resurrections of Dracula
• A Distinctly Japanese Version Of Michael Jackson's Smooth Criminal
• You Can’t Change History
• Little Merbob Maidpants - There Are Some Strange Things Lurking Under The Sea
• Be Someone's Best Friend for Halloween With These Realistic Dog Masks
• Fueled by the Future
• Floor Plan Drawings of Popular TV and Film Homes
• Kitten in a Traffic Intersection
• Commemorate Future Day With These 25 Far Out T-Shirts
• Coke/Pepsi Research: Kangaroos, Sperm, and Killer Bees

Insanely Over-the-Top Attorney Ad for the "Texas Law Hawk" Posted: 22 Oct 2015 04:00 AM PDT (Video Link) If you or a loved one has been arrested, then you need the "talons of justice." Bryan Wilson, a lawyer in Fort Worth, Texas, is the bearer of those talons. He calls himself the "Texas Law Hawk." As this ad demonstrates, if you've been arrested for DUI, he will show up while doing wheelies on a motorbike and lay down some law on the cops. -via Blame It on the Voices

The Eskimo Pie Patent Saga Posted: 22 Oct 2015 03:00 AM PDT Christian Kent Nelson experimented with many different recipes before he came up with the perfect chocolate coating for an ice cream bar, which became “I-Scream Bars” and later, the very popular Eskimo Pies. What sank the company he founded was the patent he applied for, which his advisors didn’t think would be granted because it was too broad. Yet it was granted in 1922.   The difficulty of making the Eskimo Pie lay in the formula for the chocolate coating. So one would imagine that the patent would have described precise specifications for making that coating. Precise ratios of cocoa butter to chocolate, temperatures for heating and cooling, or the number of seconds to dip, for example. The patent contains none of that. Running a scant page and a half of text, the patent merely describes “a core consisting of a block or brick of ice cream, of general rectangular configuration,” that is “sealed within a shell … of edible material which may be like that employed in coating chocolate candies, although preferably modified to harden at a lower temperature.” There is no description of how the coating’s composition or how it is to be “modified.” Instead, the patent focuses on features that seem irrelevant or tangential to the actual inventive discovery. The “claims” of the patent are supposed to identify an invention’s key features. But instead the Eskimo Pie patent identifies embarrassingly obvious features: “normally liquid material frozen to a substantially solid state” (i.e., ice cream), an “edible, sustaining and form retaining casing” (i.e., hard chocolate), and a “bar-like contour” (i.e., shaped like a rectangle). Winning a patent for simply chocolate-coated ice cream seemed like a bonanza at the time. But other companies came up with their own methods of coating ice cream with chocolate, and Nelson and his business partner Russell Stover (yes, that Russell Stover) spent more money fighting patent battles in court than they could make up with even phenomenal ice cream sales. The case serves as an example of what can go wrong when patents are granted for broad ideas instead of the invention itself. Read the entire story of the Eskimo Pie patent at Slate. -via Boing Boing

Gamers Confess Their Darkest Moments While Playing The Sims Posted: 22 Oct 2015 02:00 AM PDT If you're looking for a true-to-life human life simulator then The Sims isn't your cup of digital tea, but if you embrace the inherent strangeness found when The Sims are left to their own devices then real life may pale in comparison. Sims strangeness is generally whimsical and kept T for Teen, but as you'd expect from a video game that simulates real life things can get mighty dark, like killing a Sim by drowning him then make other Sims wear swimwear to his funeral dark. People who were willing to confess to their Sims related crimes shared some of their darkest moments playing The Sims during an Ask Reddit session, and their answers were funny, horrifying and horrifyingly funny! (Contains NSFW language) -Via Viral Thread

Obvious Plant Pranks the Library Posted: 22 Oct 2015 01:00 AM PDT Yes, please, please, please visit to talk to Cathy so that we don't have to! We know more about her ferrets than we ever wanted to. Jeff Wysaski of Obvious Plant visited book drops of the Los Angeles Public Library system and left branded signs giving precise instructions to drive-by patrons. Random thought: a smart corporate marketing executive would hire Wysaski to leave signs around company facilities. It could be good and cheap publicity.

Father of Five's Tardiness Excuse Notes to School Set the Bar High Posted: 22 Oct 2015 12:00 AM PDT #latenotes #mcdreamy #zayn A photo posted by Mr. King (@latenotes) on May 1, 2015 at 8:54am PDT Salt Lake City, Utah father of five Seth King was tired of writing generic notes to school in order to explain his kids being tardy. Fed up with their laissez faire attitudes about being on time for school, King decided to teach them a lesson. He told Today, "I was getting bored with writing the same old excuse note, and it got to a point where I also wanted my kids to understand the shame they should be feeling for being tardy and putting on-time attendance at their school as a second-tier priority." Soon, several of the King children, ​Isabella, 15; Carson, 13; Sophia, 10; Nolan, 6; and Liam, 3 began bringing notes to school that were as ridiculous as King could imagine. He even started an Instagram account so that the notes would have a bigger audience.  Since then, King's not the only adult in the family who has taken to writing creative notes to school. His wife takes over his duties when he travels on business. King said,  "She's even funnier than I am. I probably should outsource my notes more to her. I think I will." See more of the Kings' funny notes at their Instagram account. ViaWoman's Day | Images: Instagram   #latenotes A photo posted by Mr. King (@latenotes) on Sep 9, 2015 at 9:58am PDT #latenotes A photo posted by Mr. King (@latenotes) on Apr 18, 2015 at 10:37pm PDT #latenotes A photo posted by Mr. King (@latenotes) on Apr 18, 2015 at 10:36pm PDT

Skeletontunes Posted: 21 Oct 2015 11:00 PM PDT crank that (soulja boy) - soulja boy tell 'em pic.twitter.com/XsHzg3Pxcj — dancing skeleton (@skeletontunes) October 10, 2015 The Twitter account Skeletontunes began earlier this month and took the Twittersphere by storm. Every Tweet is the same video, a six-second sequence of clips from the hilarious classic dancing skeleton video. What’s different is that each is set to a different pop song. Scroll through and you will find a song you can’t wait to hear a skeleton dance to. My favorite is the first one. spooky scary skeletons pic.twitter.com/CrwBkmeRVN — dancing skeleton (@skeletontunes) October 4, 2015 Alas, after 70 songs, the skeleton’s last Tweet was Sunday. Maybe he’s just out of town for a few days. He hasn’t even danced to “Yakety Sax” yet! -via The Daily Dot

In Norwegian, "Texas" Is Slang for "Crazy" Posted: 21 Oct 2015 09:00 PM PDT (Photo: Kimberly Vardeman) And as a Texan, I could not be more proud! Dan Solomon of Texas Monthy researched this phenomenon. He found that this Norwegian term is several decades old and has its origins in old Western movies that have come to be symbolic of Texas. Solomon quotes Norwegian Tumblr user Qnneli: The expression itself has to do with associations. It’s something that brings to mind chaotic, crazy conditions, like the “wild west,” and at least back when the expression was coined, the “wild west” held very strong Texas associations. Hell, even when I was a kid in the 80s, I thought that all American cowboys came from Texas, and that’s just how it was. Texas = land of the cowboys. And rodeos. And the wild west. A Western movie? Probably from Texas. "Texas" is usually as an adjective. Solomon writes: Usually, when the word “texas”—as an adjective, most often without capitalization—appears in Norwegian, the context involves the phrase, “det var helt texas,” which translates to, roughly, “it was totally/absolutely/completely bonkers.” You wouldn’t call a person “totally texas”—it usually describes a chaotic atmosphere. In truth, Texas is not totally texas. But we're working on it. -via Dave Barry

Guardianz: Infinity Days - The Battle Can Wait, We're On Tour! Posted: 21 Oct 2015 08:00 PM PDT Guardianz Infinity Days by Kent Cribbs Everyone assumes being a Guardian of the galaxy is a full time job, but there's actually a lot of downtime between battles with super villains and mad titans. The Guardians were going a bit stir crazy sitting around waiting for some intergalactic scumbag to set an evil plan into action, so they decided to form a band. Star-Lord had always been a big fan of rock 'n' roll, so he showed the rest of the crew how to properly rock someone's face off, and before they knew it they had recorded a groundbreaking marvel of an album called Infinity Days. Taking a note from an animated Earth band called Gorillaz they decided to replace the -s with a -z and pose in profile for the album cover, and the rest is superheroic rock history! Get geared up for the greatest concert that will never happen, bring home this Guardianz: Infinity Days t-shirt by Kent Cribbs and pretend you went to the Guardianz first concert! Visit Kent Cribbs's Facebook fan page, then head on over to his NeatoShop for more geek-tastic designs: Pugs Making Drugs RUN TMNT Mountain Doom Jabba's Palace View more designs by Kent Cribbs | More Sci-Fi T-shirts | New T-Shirts Are you a professional illustrator or T-shirt designer? Let's chat! Sell your designs on the NeatoShop and get featured in front of tons of potential new fans on Neatorama!

Cats of the Urban Wild Posted: 21 Oct 2015 08:00 PM PDT There are thousands of feral cats in the streets of New York City. They were abandoned, or else were born to feral cats. They hide in the shadows and don’t trust people. What to do about all those cats? (vimeo link) There aren’t enough homes for the feral cat population, so the response until recently was to catch and put them down. But in the last couple of decades, the T.N.R. method has shown some promise. That’s "trap, neuter, return (or release)." It’s been found to be effective in slowly reducing the population of feral colonies. This video from The New Yorker follows volunteers as they go about trapping and caring for feral cats in Brooklyn. -via the Presurfer

Canned Mermaid Posted: 21 Oct 2015 07:00 PM PDT It says "tasty pieces" but note the fine print: "irregular pieces." You know the parts of the pig that go into hotdogs right? Same thing here. This ain't mermaid brisket. Writer and internet personality Rusty Blazenhoff made this can and others like it several years ago. She explains that her town of Alameda, California was once known as the "Coney Island of the West." Neptune Beach in Alameda was a popular resort in a bygone era. She's branded this can of mermaid meat to reflect this history.

Three-Ingredient Dip Recipes Perfect for Parties Posted: 21 Oct 2015 06:00 PM PDT Five-minute crab dip | Image: Bakerette Whether you're going to a holiday bash, having a few people over or planning a party for one with treats as your special guests, nothing beats these three-ingredient dip recipes for ease and speedy sustenance. These concoctions look like crowd-pleasers, too. Dips are always popular at parties. And hey, if you're concerned, you can hang out by your creation to make sure there aren't any of those despised double dippers on hand. Get these recipes and more here.   Bacon-Queso Dip | Image: A Mom's Take   Apple Toffee Dip | Image: Cooking Classy Hot Caprese Dip | Image: How Sweet Eats

Michael J. Fox Receives a Gift for BTTF Day Posted: 21 Oct 2015 05:00 PM PDT The letter I received from Tinker today. Thanks @Nikepic.twitter.com/UIolXrkUVC — Michael J. Fox (@realmikefox) October 21, 2015 Michael J. Fox received a letter from Nike designer Tinker Hatfield (previously at Neatorama) today. Hey, Michael, Almost thirty years ago we embarked on a journey to create a glimpse into “The Future”. Although the project started as science fiction, we’re now proud to turn that fiction into fact. As the first, most celebrated wearer of the Nike Air Mag we wanted you to be the first to receive a living pair. “I meant Nike Mag” (I must have ‘Air’ on the brain)! What is so special about the Nike Air Mag is it’s impact continues to resonate. We may never know it’s final legacy, but we continue to work on projects that carry and progress some of its principles. As you well know innovation never stops at Nike so we’re about what lies ahead for this idea. We know if you put your mind to it, you can accomplish anything. In addition to your personal pair, we’re creating more pairs for support in aid of the Michael J Fox Foundation in 2016. We hope that the combined effort will raise even more than the $9.4 Million collected in 2011 and contribute in some way to eliminating Parkinson’s Disease in our lifetime! Your friend, Tinker This is real. This is today. Coming spring 2016. cc: @RealMikeFox@Nikepic.twitter.com/KPswXNojvA — michaeljfox.org (@MichaelJFoxOrg) October 21, 2015 Yeah, he got the shoes, as the Michael J. Fox Foundation shows us. A limited edition release of the shoes in 2011 raised $4.7 million for Parkinson’s Disease research (plus a matching donation from Sergey Brinn). Those didn’t even lace themselves. The new self-lacing Nike Mag will be available in the spring of 2016. -via Uproxx

10 Mistakes You Might Have Missed In The Original Star Wars Trilogy Posted: 21 Oct 2015 04:00 PM PDT Well before George Lucas "fixed" mistakes in his movies by adding cheesy CGI characters and effects then eliminating the original cut he and the original Star Wars trilogy crew simply left them all in. These mistakes became geeky easter eggs for fans to discover and discuss online, but most of these nerfherded scenes were originally left in the films because it would have cost too much to re-shoot the scenes. (YouTube Link) Screen Rant is back with another entertaining compilation of cinematic calamities, this time focusing on the original Star Wars trilogy to reveal mistakes we might have missed. Who knew Jedis had to plug in their lightsabers?! -Via GeekTyrant

Pizza Oven Crash Landed in Street Posted: 21 Oct 2015 03:00 PM PDT An unidentified object was reported in the road, on fire, in Kingston, London, UK. Police were called about midnight Saturday.   A Kingston police spokesman said: "The officers that arrived on scene described the item as looking like a crash landed UFO." The object turned out to be a pizza oven with a decorative mosaic finish. But it’s still a mystery as to how it came to be on the road, on fire, and who it belongs to. Before it was identified as an oven, Kingston Police asked Facebook users to guess what it is. Commenters are starting to come to the consensus that aliens who are hovering over Earth to monitor us accidentally lost their pizza oven. -via Arbroath (Image credit: Kingston Police)

Cat Can Levitate Other Animals Just by Sneezing Posted: 21 Oct 2015 02:00 PM PDT YouTube Link When this kitty sneezes, the awesome power of the sneeze becomes known. If a sneeze from this feline god can levitate other animals, who knows what wild kingdom tsunamis coughing up a hairball might produce? Via Arbroath

13 Resurrections of Dracula Posted: 21 Oct 2015 01:00 PM PDT Who played the best Dracula in the movies? You first think of Bela Lugosi, but there was Christopher Lee, Frank Langella, Gary Oldman, and John Carradine, too. Or maybe you preferred a comedic Dracula, like Leslie Neilsen or George Hamilton. Then there was Max Schreck and Klaus Kinski, whose characters were named Count Orlock, but we all know who that vampire was supposed to be. Den of Geek goes through the various incarnations of Dracula (actually more than 13), including a few that you may never have heard of before. So you might want to look those movies up, for a new Dracula experience this Halloween.

A Distinctly Japanese Version Of Michael Jackson's Smooth Criminal Posted: 21 Oct 2015 12:00 PM PDT Certain Michael Jackson songs make you wanna move whenever they come on, and MJ fans can't help but break out their best moonwalk or Smooth Criminal strut when they hear their favorite song. Smooth Criminal is one of those songs that gets stuck in your head for weeks after hearing it once, but at least this version is a new breed of MJ earworm that'll change things up a bit in your brain. (YouTube Link) This incredibly beautiful version of Smooth Criminal is performed by Yoshimi Tsujimoto on the shakuhachi (Japanese flute) with accompaniment by a backup duo of koto players. And while Yoshimi doesn't know who Annie is, or whether she's okay, she does know that Michael Jackson's timeless tunes sound great no matter the instrument or musical style. -Via Boing Boing

You Can’t Change History Posted: 21 Oct 2015 11:00 AM PDT The 27 assassination Hitler attempts prove that a. time travel is real b. you can't change history pic.twitter.com/Ertfldv1Z7 — rob manuel (@robmanuel) October 21, 2015 Any time that time travel is mentioned (and it will be many times today), the conversation gets Godwined pretty quickly into a discussion on the feasibility of killing Hitler before he begins his reign of terror. Rob Manuel of b3ta posits the idea that it’s been done, or at least attempted, many times. Out of 27 unsuccessful attempts at assassination (that we know of), how many of them could be the result of a future in which time travel is possible? And at what point did these future people figure out it couldn’t be done?

Little Merbob Maidpants - There Are Some Strange Things Lurking Under The Sea Posted: 21 Oct 2015 10:00 AM PDT Little Merbob Maidpants by Cart00nlion I wish I could say this switcheroo is a joke, or a horrible accident, but it's not. This is what happens when you anger the Cartoon Gods, and your animated life becomes a cruel joke. The switch is probably worse for poor Ariel, who will now spend the rest of her toon life as a dried up and unloved old sponge, because Bob still has lots of friends to hang out with under the sea. And, to be fair, every one of Mr. Squarepants' "friends" have always seen him as a bit of an offbeat character... Make 'em laugh with this incredibly ridiculous Little Merbob Maidpants mashup t-shirt by Cart00nlion, it's sure to put smiles on the faces of your fellow cartoon fans! Visit Cart00nlion's Facebook fan page, official website, Twitter and Tumblr, then head on over to his NeatoShop for more delightfully geeky designs: Maronic SMASH The System Beef The Sea Is A Harsh Mistress View more designs by Cart00nlion | More Funny T-shirts | New T-Shirts Are you a professional illustrator or T-shirt designer? Let's chat! Sell your designs on the NeatoShop and get featured in front of tons of potential new fans on Neatorama!

Be Someone's Best Friend for Halloween With These Realistic Dog Masks Posted: 21 Oct 2015 10:00 AM PDT These dog masks are just the thing if you're in the mood to leave a little surprise in someone's house slipper. Be a man's best friend (or worst nightmare) this Halloween with one of these puppies. Looks extra spooky when uneasily mixed with casual human clothes. Word on the street is that Buck the German Shepherd (shown below) has blown so many people's minds that it's backordered almost until Halloween. See more masks here. Via Dangerous Minds

Fueled by the Future Posted: 21 Oct 2015 09:00 AM PDT What did Michael J. Fox and Christopher Lloyd decide to do to celebrate Back to the Future Day? They made an ad. For a car. That doesn’t fly. (YouTube link) However, the Toyota Mirai is a hydrogen fuel cell vehicle, that uses fuel that can potentially be made from garbage. The Mirai was first sold in Japan, is now available in California, and is also being rolled out in Europe. It will set you back about $57K.

Floor Plan Drawings of Popular TV and Film Homes Posted: 21 Oct 2015 08:00 AM PDT Iñaki Aliste Lizarralde is an artist based in Spain who creates (under the name nikneuk) these wonderful drawings of the floor plans of a variety of homes from television and film. These colorful plans are drawn to scale and include a number of endearing details corresponding to the storylines of the characters to whom the homes belong.  See all of the series, including Big Bang Theory, Frasier, Sex and the City, Dexter, I Love Lucy and more, at the artist's DeviantART site. Via My Modern Met

Kitten in a Traffic Intersection Posted: 21 Oct 2015 07:00 AM PDT Redditor Your_Brain_On_Pizza rides a motorcycle and uses a helmet cam. She saw something and thought it was just a leaf of the road, but as she made a left turn, she realized it was a kitten! Forget the bike, she had to get that baby out of traffic! (YouTube link) If you look again in full-screen mode, you’ll see that the kitten seemed to drop from underneath the red car as it went by at about :12. There’s speculation that the kitten climbed into the vehicle to stay warm, and could no longer hold on by the time the car passed through the intersection. The rest of the story is that she took the kitten home, and named it Skidmark. Continue to see an updated video. (YouTube link) She took Skidmark to the vet, and he’s healthy outside of a little ringworm. Also, GoPro is sending Your_Brain_On_Pizza a gift pack for her heroic action. -via reddit

Commemorate Future Day With These 25 Far Out T-Shirts Posted: 21 Oct 2015 06:00 AM PDT The Future Is Now by Ninjaink Great Scott! It's October 21st, 2015, the day Marty McFly arrived in that Hill Valley of the future, where kids rode hoverboards and strange street gangs hung out at Cafe 80s. Our real future might not live up to the one presented in that classic movie series, but these Back to the Future themed t-shirts from the NeatoShop definitely live up to their reputation for greatness! It all started with a boy named Marty McFly McFry! by SaltySteveD No, not McFry, McFly! Heavy Adventures by Punksthetic And that lovable old mad scientist Doc Brown We Don't Need Roads by Mos T-Shirts Oh, and let's not forget the awesome Delorean that transports Marty back and forth through time Temporal Displacement Machine by ClSantos Marty goes back to the fifties in the first movie Marvin Berry & The Starlighters by Ouno And heads thirty years into the future in the second movie I Am From The Future by MELONSETA And even though he heads to the Old West in the third movie (which was really cool) Stand Off! by DaleTheSkater Everybody seems to remember the second movie best Bionic Griff by Stationjack And it's all because of that fabulous future the filmmakers presented to audiences Pixel Paradox by Hopography It was a time full of trick gear, like self lacing shoes Magnatomy by CoDDesigns And that ever important pink hover board I Want To Believe by Cubik & ZombieMedia People hung out at an 80s themed diner Cafe 80's by Loku And Hill Valley seemed relatively the same Batter Up by Stationjack That is, except for the Biff factor Paradise Whiskey by Punksthetic And the future he made for himself with a little help from a sports almanac Sports Almanac by Dutyfreak But Marty was always able to make things right again Boy From The Future by Mike Pacheco With a little help from that amazing looking time machine Travel Test by Theduc Which drew a lot of attention, and not always in a good way Bad Moment Part I by Trheewood But nobody was more important to the storyline than Doc Brown Doc Brown- Great Scott! by zer0patollo He was the crazy glue that held the future together Back To The Banana by zRISes The only guy Marty could trust to get him safely home again 88MPH by Azafran And a heck of a friend despite his idiosyncrasies Future Imperfect- The Doc's Paradox by Que Desenho Legal Together Marty and Doc made a hell of a team Hero Of Time: Part II by NoobDesign15 And will go down in Sci-Fi history as the most unlikely pair of time travelling friends ever created! Best Friends by Saqman As you can now tell NeatoShop artists simply adore the Back To The Future movie franchise, and if you're as passionate about the sci-fi series as they are you should grab a NeatoShop t-shirt and wear your geeky passion with pride! Every sale benefits those indie artists from around the world who create the outta sight designs that rock our world, so celebrate the future in style with a NeatoShop t-shirt!

Coke/Pepsi Research: Kangaroos, Sperm, and Killer Bees Posted: 21 Oct 2015 05:00 AM PDT The following is an article from The Annals of Improbable Research. Dramatic discoveries about celebrated colas compiled by Honoré Schoolcraft, Improbable Research staff Coke Is It “Effect of ‘Coke’ on Sperm Motility,” Sharee A. Umpierre, Joseph A. Hill and Deborah J. Anderson, New England Journal of Medicine, vol. 313, no. 21, 1985,  p. 1351. No, It’s Not “The Spermicidal Potency of Coca-Cola and Pepsi-Cola,” C.Y. Hong, C.C. Shieh, P. Wu and B.N. Chiang, Human Toxicology, vol. 6, no. 5, September 1987, pp. 395–6. The authors, who are at Veterans General Hospital, Taipei, Republic of China, explain their findings thusly: The inhibitory effect of Old Coke, caffeine-free New Coke, New Coke, Diet Coke and Pepsi-Cola on human sperm motility was studied with a trans-membrane migration method. None of them could decrease sperm motility to less than 70% of control within one hour. A previous study which claimed a marked variation of spermicidal potencies among different formulations of Coca-Cola could not be confirmed. Even if cola has a spermicidal effect, its potency is relatively weak as compared with other well-known spermicidal agents. Four Liters of Coke and  Some Kangaroos “Coca-Cola and Kangaroos,” D.W. Mudge and D.W. Johnson, Lancet, vol. 364, no. 9440, September 25, 2004, p. 1190. The authors report that: In March, 2002, a 44-year-old ostrich farmer from outback Australia experienced a sudden onset of muscle weakness after returning home from an evening of shooting kangaroos.... On further questioning, the patient admitted consuming approximately 4 liters of Coca-Cola most days, and up to 10 liters when he went kangaroo shooting at night.... He had been drinking these quantities of cola for the previous 3 years. Coke Up the Nose 1 “Gastric Phytobezoars May Be Treated by Nasogastric Coca-Cola Lavage,” Spiros D. Ladas, Konstantinos Triantafyllou, Charalabos Tzathas, Pericles Tassios, Theodore Rokkas and Sotirios A. Raptis, European Journal of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, vol. 14, no. 7, July 2002, pp. 801–3. The authors are at Athens University, Greece. Coke Up the Nose 2 “The First Report of Successful Nasogastric Coca-Cola Lavage Treatment for Bitter Persimmon Phytobezoars in Japan,” H. Kato et al., American Journal of Gastroenterology, vol. 98, no. 7, July 2003, pp. 1662–3 The Interconnectedness of All Things “Coca-Cola, Cancers, and Coronaries: Personality and Stress as Mediating Factors,” R. Grossartii- Maticek and J. Eysenck, Psychological Reports, vol. 68, 1991, pp. 1083–7. (Thanks to James A. Thorson for bringing this to our attention.) The report’s summary reads in part: The predictions from the theory that large-scale consumption of Coca-Cola would prevent cancer and promote coronary heart disease was tested and found to be supported by the results of a long-scale prospective study.... Theory suggesting a causal relation between drug consumption and mortality is supported by these results, but it should not be assumed that the theorizing is not subject to possible criticism. Coke for a Bolus “The Use of Coca-Cola in the Management of Bolus Obstruction in Benign Oesophegeal Stricture,” N. D. Karanjia and M. Rees, Annals of the Royal College of Surgeons of England, vol. 75, 1993, pp. 94–5. (Thanks to Doug Lindsey for bringing and this to our attention.) The authors find that: The administration of Coca-Cola (or other aerated drinks) may clear a bolus in the acutely obstructed oesophagus. Coca-Cola in Dentistry 1 “Coca Cola effects over porcelain surface in vitro,” J.M. Amenabar, A.C. Corso, E.G. Rivaldo et al., Journal of Dental Research, vol. 81, Special Issue B, December 2002, p. B132. Coca-Cola in Dentistry 2 “Adhesive fractures in enamel exposed or not to Coca-cola (R),” F.L. De Souza, D.M.P. Padilha DMP and M.A.L. De Souza, Journal of Dental Research,  vol. 81, Special Issue B, December 2002, p. B200. Coca-Cola in Dentistry 3 “Coca Cola: the tremendous enemy of dental alloys,” W.D. Muller, C. Schopf and K.P. Lunge, Journal of Dental Research, vol. 81, Special Issue B, December 2002, p. B256 Pepsi and Coke and Africanized Honey Bees “The Attraction of Africanized Honey Bees (Apis mellifera L.) to Soft Drinks and Perfumes,”  Charles I. Abramson, Italo S. Aquino and Gerson A. Azeredo, Journal of General Psychology, vol. 124, no. 2, April 1997, pp. 166–81. Tested the feasibility of using the proboscis  extension reflex to study preferences in Africanized honey bees.... Bees were divided into individual groups and confined to small metal tubes. Groups were fed one of a variety of soft drinks, or sucrose or spring water. The dependent variable was the amount of time the bee’s proboscis was in contact with a strip of filter paper saturated with the substance. The results indicate little or no contact with diet soft drinks or spring water, 45-65 sec of contact with Coca-Cola, Sprite, Pepsi, Guaraná, and Sukita Orange, and 75-140 sec of contact with Fanta Orange, Fanta Grape, and sucrose (sucrose elicited the most contact of the substances tested). In [another] experiment, the ability of bees to associate an odor with a soft drink was assessed in a discrimination task.... Little conditioning was observed with Pepsi, and no conditioning was observed with Diet Pepsi. _____________________ The article above is from the January-February 2007 issue of the Annals of Improbable Research. You can download or purchase back issues of the magazine, or subscribe to receive future issues. Or get a subscription for someone as a gift! 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