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May24-05, 10:29 PM   #1
 
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I just opened a pepsi can in my fridge. I don't know if it was in the middle of freezing, but have you ever heard of pepsi Jelly?

I'm leaving it to see what happens
WHY MUST THE SMILES MOVE!?!?
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May24-05, 10:36 PM   #2
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WHY MUST THE SMILES MOVE!?!?
Either Greg or chroot like to mess with us down in GD once in awhile, we are the major users of smilies.
May24-05, 10:39 PM   #3
 
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Nothing to say about pepsi jelly?

It goes down easier than liquid. very soft..
May24-05, 10:40 PM   #4
 

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Either Greg or chroot like to mess with us down in GD once in awhile, we are the major users of smilies.
admitting the problem is the first step to recovery
May24-05, 10:41 PM   #5
 
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Nothing to say about pepsi jelly?

It goes down easier than liquid. very soft..
Was this thing open before? Gelling is not normal. I wouldn't recommend drinking it.
May24-05, 10:43 PM   #6
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Was this thing open before? Gelling is not normal. I wouldn't recommend drinking it.
The syrupy part will start to "gel". I've seen that.
May24-05, 10:46 PM   #7
 
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k i'm scared now *looks around nervously because we don't have a nervous smile*
May24-05, 10:55 PM   #8
 
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The syrupy part will start to "gel". I've seen that.
I can understand it happening with a post-mix if the water to syrup ratio is off, but I've sure never seen it in a can or bottle. Maybe your mix in the US is different.
May24-05, 11:01 PM   #9
 
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I can understand it happening with a post-mix if the water to syrup ratio is off, but I've sure never seen it in a can or bottle. Maybe your mix in the US is different.
I've seen it too, if it's starting to freeze up, the water separates and crystallizes leaving the rest of the "gunk" to become syrupy.

Yomamma, whatever you do, do NOT, I repeat DO NOT try to defrost it with a MAAP torch on your living room carpet! (If you don't believe me, ask tribdog why not next time he's around. )
May24-05, 11:17 PM   #10
 
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k i'm scared now *looks around nervously because we don't have a nervous smile*
I have an uncle who drank that jelly once. I visit him in the "home' now and then and read him Dr. Seuss.
May24-05, 11:19 PM   #11
 
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Either Greg or chroot like to mess with us down in GD once in awhile, we are the major users of smilies.
Has anyone thought that maybe the smilies rearrange themselves according to some program that determines which have been used the most recently?
May24-05, 11:25 PM   #12
 
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Has anyone thought that maybe the smilies rearrange themselves according to some program that determines which have been used the most recently?
Of course not! I think someone noticed how naughty they were getting in their prior configuration and separated the worst of them. All the trouble-makers seem pretty well separated now. That's no fun! I can't see any pattern that lends itself well to a new smiley story (there's one for the prior configuration in the thread-killer thread...somewhere).
May24-05, 11:26 PM   #13
 
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I've seen it too, if it's starting to freeze up, the water separates and crystallizes leaving the rest of the "gunk" to become syrupy.
Weird. Mine has never separated. It just ends up like a Slurpy or Sno-Cone. Maybe there's a specific temperature that it has to be at.

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Yomamma, whatever you do, do NOT, I repeat DO NOT try to defrost it with a MAAP torch on your living room carpet! (If you don't believe me, ask tribdog why not next time he's around. )
Everyone knows that oxy-propane is the only type of torch to use on carbonated beverages.
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Weird. Mine has never separated. It just ends up like a Slurpy or Sno-Cone. Maybe there's a specific temperature that it has to be at.
I've never actually frozen soda while still in a sealed can (I only put bottles in the freezer to chill them quickly...they don't explode as badly when I forget them). Whenever I tried to make ice pops as a kid out of any soda, it always separated though (should've known I'd wind up in science then because after I noticed it happen with one kind of soda...I think it was root beer...then I tried it with a bunch of different sodas and juices...juices don't separate, except orange juice).
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(should've known I'd wind up in science then because after I noticed it happen with one kind of soda...I think it was root beer...then I tried it with a bunch of different sodas and juices...
Science, my ***! You just like to make a mess.

I think I might have figured it out. The stuff obviously must be at a temperature where the water is frozen and the syrup isn't, and I've never caught it in the act of changing. The only time mine has ever frozen was when I accidentally left it in the car. That's about -30º here in winter, so the syrup was frozen too.
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Science, my ***! You just like to make a mess.

I think I might have figured it out. The stuff obviously must be at a temperature where the water is frozen and the syrup isn't, and I've never caught it in the act of changing. The only time mine has ever frozen was when I accidentally left it in the car. That's about -30º here in winter, so the syrup was frozen too.
Yep, that could be it. The syrup seems to separate out during that slushy stage.
May25-05, 12:30 AM   #17
 
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I just opened a pepsi can in my fridge.
This is interesting:
http://www.saveharry.com/bythenumbers.html

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In 2000, Americans spent $60 billion on carbonated soft drinks, and billions more on non-carbonated "fruit" beverages.
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Per capita (assuming there are 290 million Americans), that is $207. Considering that that 290 million figure includes babies and others who do not consume any soft drinks at all, we might assume that a large consumer of soft drinks could spend $1000 per year and not draw to much social attention. This contrasts to how much social attention a person might receive if he spent $1000 per year on nutritional supplements.
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