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What did Jenny do?
« on: Jul 18th, 2009, 11:31pm » |
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Jenny dropped in to see her friends, Tom and Dana, one afternoon after work. Dana answered the door when she rang.
Jenny said, "Hi! What's going on? Are you guys busy?"
Dana groaned. "Oh, you won't believe it! Tom is late getting home from work, and his mother just called and she'll be over to visit at six!"
"Yikes! That's only an hour away!" Jenny responded. "Can I help?"
"Sure! Here, have a coke with me!" Dana handed her a cold can from the fridge.
"OK, what can I do? Kitchen looks OK; you're doing the living room; how about the bathroom?"
"Uh... yes, please! Oh no! I ran out of toilet cleaner and don't have the time to get some! Oh boy! And it needs it!"
Jenny said, "Let me see what I can do," and headed for the bathroom.
Less than an hour later, the apartment was spick and span. Dana had put out some fruit, cheese and crackers; Tom was home and had opened a bottle of wine; and Jenny had arranged some silk flowers in a vase. Even the bathroom was sparkling, especially the toilet.
What had Jenny done to get the toilet clean?
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Re: What did Jenny do?
« Reply #1 on: Jul 19th, 2009, 12:51am » |
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Goes out to buy/borrow some from the neighbors... "Hi, my bathroom is rancid, and it would just be great if I could perhaps borrow something that would erase the feces stain."
I think some household (kitchen) objects can clean up bathrooms (like vinegar or something)
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Re: What did Jenny do?
« Reply #2 on: Jul 19th, 2009, 3:22am » |
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Coke does not make a good cleaner, if that's what you're thinking, Ben.
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Re: What did Jenny do?
« Reply #3 on: Jul 19th, 2009, 8:15am » |
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on Jul 19th, 2009, 3:22am, towr wrote:| Coke does not make a good cleaner, if that's what you're thinking, Ben. |
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White wine, however, can clean many things.
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Re: What did Jenny do?
« Reply #4 on: Jul 19th, 2009, 8:22am » |
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on Jul 19th, 2009, 3:22am, towr wrote:| Coke does not make a good cleaner, if that's what you're thinking, Ben. |
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yeah, Coke contains phosphoric acid .... and can use that kind of chemical to clean the inside of the toilet ... and lots of people like to drink that stuff!
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Re: What did Jenny do?
« Reply #5 on: Jul 19th, 2009, 8:57am » |
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on Jul 19th, 2009, 8:22am, BenVitale wrote:| yeah, Coke contains phosphoric acid .... and can use that kind of chemical to clean the inside of the toilet ... and lots of people like to drink that stuff! |
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Yeah, well, the most common industrial cleaning chemical is dihydrogenmonoxide, and you find that not just in cola but in pretty much every drink -- in very large quantities. It has become such a part of the food chain you even find it in mother's milk!
Sometimes it's found in houses in such high concentration they become uninhabitable; sometimes even whole cities have to be evacuated because of it.
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Re: What did Jenny do?
« Reply #6 on: Jul 19th, 2009, 9:36am » |
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I've heard of this dihydrogenmonoxide before, I hear it plagues a large portion of the world...
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Re: What did Jenny do?
« Reply #7 on: Jul 19th, 2009, 10:10am » |
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on Jul 19th, 2009, 9:36am, Azgard wrote:| I've heard of this dihydrogenmonoxide before.... |
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For your reading pleasure:
dihydrogen monoxide FAQ
If you want to find out more about the nutrition facts of coca cola :
look into the database : http://www.nutritiondata.com/
Interesting Facts About Coca-cola
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To clean a toilet: Pour a can of Coke into the toilet. Let it sit for one hour, then flush clean.
To remove rust spots from chrome car bumpers: Rub the bumper with a crumpled-up piece of Reynolds Wrap aluminum foil dipped in Coke.
To clean corrosion from car battery terminals: Pour a can of Coke over the terminals to bubble away the corrosion.
To loosen a rusted bolt: Applying a cloth soaked in Coke to the rusted bolt for several minutes.
To bake a moist ham: Empty a can of Coke 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.
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 Coke will help loosen grease stains.
It will also clean road haze from your windshield!
In many states the highway patrol carries two gallons of Coke in the truck to remove blood from the highway after a car accident.
There was a competition in Delhi University: "Who can drink the most Coke?". The winner drank 8 bottles and died on the spot because he had too much carbon dioxide in the blood and not enough oxygen. YIKES!
If you put a broken tooth in a bottle of Pepsi, in 10 days it will fully dissolve!
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Re: What did Jenny do?
« Reply #8 on: Jul 19th, 2009, 10:39am » |
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on Jul 19th, 2009, 10:10am, BenVitale wrote:You don't actually really believe all that do you?
Also, pepsi isn't coca cola, so what is that even doing on a coca cola "fact" list.
http://www.snopes.com/cokelore/cokelore.asp
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Re: What did Jenny do?
« Reply #9 on: Jul 19th, 2009, 10:55am » |
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on Jul 19th, 2009, 10:39am, towr wrote:
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No, not all of them... only 2 of them.
I've experimented with only 2 items on the list:
(1) To clean a toilet: Pour a can of Coke into the toilet. Let it sit for one hour, then flush clean.
(2) 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 Coke will help loosen grease stains.
I did work on my car... and I ended up with lots of greasy stains on my clothes ... so I poured a bottle of coke on the stains, I put dry laundry detergent in the washing machine ... that did the trick. I can wear those clothing items again.
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Also, pepsi isn't coca cola, so what is that even doing on a coca cola "fact" list. |
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yeah, it isn't supposed to be there.... I only looked on the different pieces of advice on that list, and experimented with the two ideas.
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Re: What did Jenny do?
« Reply #10 on: Jul 19th, 2009, 11:31am » |
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on Jul 19th, 2009, 10:55am, BenVitale wrote:| I did work on my car... and I ended up with lots of greasy stains on my clothes ... so I poured a bottle of coke on the stains, I put dry laundry detergent in the washing machine ... that did the trick. I can wear those clothing items again. |
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Did you have a control? i.e. Might it not have become clean without the coke with just detergent?
To my knowledge there isn't anything in coke that "loosens" grease.
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Re: What did Jenny do?
« Reply #11 on: Jul 19th, 2009, 11:42am » |
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on Jul 19th, 2009, 11:31am, towr wrote:
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i.e. Might it not have become clean without the coke with just detergent?
To my knowledge there isn't anything in coke that "loosens" grease.
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I'll do that next time ... I performed this trick to make my girlfriend stop drinking Coke.
Will this trick work on her? I don't know ... I can only hope.
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Re: What did Jenny do?
« Reply #12 on: Jul 19th, 2009, 11:58am » |
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on Jul 19th, 2009, 11:42am, BenVitale wrote:| I'll do that next time ... I performed this trick to make my girlfriend stop drinking Coke. |
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Why would you want to do that? There's nothing wrong with an occasional coke.
The acidity of the fluids in your stomach are several orders of magnitude stronger than the acidity of coke. And sugar is no worse if it comes from coke or elsewhere. What else is supposedly wrong with it?
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« Reply #13 on: Jul 19th, 2009, 1:00pm » |
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on Jul 19th, 2009, 11:58am, towr wrote:
Why would you want to do that? There's nothing wrong with an occasional coke. ... |
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I don't really have a problem with drinking that stuff.
I read a couple of research papers in behavorial economics on "eating habits" and "effects of the location of a fast food outlet on your health."
A research ("Like mother like daughter, familial patterns of overweight are mediated by mothers dietary disinhibitions" appeared in the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition) shows how vital a role mothers play in passing on good eating habits to their children; especially their daughters.
The mother of my girlfriend doesn't have good eating habits ... she likes junk food, drinks coke and sometimes other types of soda.
That's why I got curious.
The research also shows that fathers pass on eating habits to their sons.
What's interesting is that it doesn't cross genders, i.e.
A mother's bad eating habits will not influence her son.
Similarly, a father's bad eating habits will not influence his daughter.
I was surprised to find out that "bad" habits and "good" habits are of the same degree of influence.
Does location affect your weight?
Does living near a fast food outlet make you fat?
There are opposing views ... the jury is still out on this question!
I wish the stats were conclusive ... but they are not. Consider the following:
People who live near a gym, or recreational facilities could reduce their weight.
But living near track and field facilities was linked to weight gain, they discovered.
http://www.opposingviews.com/articles/research-does-living-near-fast-foo d-restaurants-make-kids-fat
How about living near a swimming pool?
And people living near a healthy restaurant do not necessarily adopt healthy eating habits.
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Re: What did Jenny do?
« Reply #14 on: Jul 19th, 2009, 2:55pm » |
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on Jul 19th, 2009, 1:00pm, BenVitale wrote:A research ("Like mother like daughter, familial patterns of overweight are mediated by mothers dietary disinhibitions" appeared in the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition) shows how vital a role mothers play in passing on good eating habits to their children; especially their daughters.
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A mother's bad eating habits will not influence her son.
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I guess you haven't read the actual article. First of all they do not commit to a causal relation, so "influence" is not the word to use. And for the correlations they found, the mother's habits are still positively correlated to their sons' habits, but to a slightly lesser extent as their daughters.
But one should note that it was a small study, just 75 children were involved. And they haven't excluded genetic or epigenetic factors; so the correlation may be nothing more than a case of common-cause.
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« Reply #15 on: Jul 19th, 2009, 3:53pm » |
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on Jul 19th, 2009, 2:55pm, towr wrote:
I guess you haven't read the actual article. |
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I read it first on MSNBC and the online Washington Post ... and after your post, you made me realize that I spoke too soon... I went to check the original source:
American Journal of Clinical Nutrition
Only 75 preschool children and their parents were recruited from local daycare centers ... as you wrote.
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First of all they do not commit to a causal relation, so "influence" is not the word to use. And for the correlations they found, the mother's habits are still positively correlated to their sons' habits, but to a slightly lesser extent as their daughters.
But one should note that it was a small study, just 75 children were involved. And they haven't excluded genetic or epigenetic factors; so the correlation may be nothing more than a case of common-cause.
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