# How's this for a perfect start to my day? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [October 10, 2001, 2:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hows-this-for-a-perfect-start-to-my-day/86572 "2001-10-10T14:08:24Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Superdude](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/superdude/32/13450_2.png) [@Superdude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Superdude)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2001, 2:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hows-this-for-a-perfect-start-to-my-day/86572/1 "2001-10-10T14:08:24Z")
So I’m reaching for my brisk, cold Mountain Dew, to wake me up. I’ve been up for four hours, so I think I’m entitled to my caffeine fix. I reach for the bottle, and knock it over. No problem. It’s not opened, and Mountain Dew doesn’t explode. So I pick up the bottle, and I hear this peculiar hissing/bubbling sound. I examine the Dew, and discover that it landed on a pushpin, which is sticking firmly in the bottle. Being the idiot that I am without caffeine, I pull the pushpin out, only to be met with a firm stream of Mountain Dew. Normally a firm stream would be just what I need. However, I did not need it in my face, in my hair, on my computer desk, nor all over my computer. ---
**Author:** ![Cyrin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/eb8c5e/32.png) [@Cyrin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cyrin)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2001, 2:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hows-this-for-a-perfect-start-to-my-day/86572/2 "2001-10-10T14:15:26Z")
At least your Mountain Dew **has** Caffeine! Here in Canada it is unlawful to caffinate a citrus beverage! :rolleyes: Go Figure :rolleyes: P.S. Sorry about your Computer! That blows! ---
**Author:** ![thinksnow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thinksnow/32/2849_2.png) [@thinksnow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/thinksnow)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2001, 2:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hows-this-for-a-perfect-start-to-my-day/86572/3 "2001-10-10T14:20:07Z")
That’s what you get for waking up at 6 in the morning! \ Bummer about the computer, though. ---
**Author:** ![Doctor\_Jackson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/doctor_jackson/32/32_2.png) [@Doctor\_Jackson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Doctor_Jackson)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2001, 2:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hows-this-for-a-perfect-start-to-my-day/86572/4 "2001-10-10T14:23:55Z")
Does caffeine increase processor speed? Is the associated jittery display worth it? ---
**Author:** ![hajario](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hajario/32/171_2.png) [@hajario](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hajario)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2001, 2:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hows-this-for-a-perfect-start-to-my-day/86572/5 "2001-10-10T14:27:19Z")
This may be the first documented case of someone reading the SDMB and _really_ spraying a beverage all over their key board. Haj ---
**Author:** ![Cyrin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/eb8c5e/32.png) [@Cyrin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cyrin)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2001, 2:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hows-this-for-a-perfect-start-to-my-day/86572/6 "2001-10-10T14:42:07Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by hajario \* > **This may be the first documented case of someone reading the SDMB and _really_ spraying a beverage all over their key board.** It can be like ROTFLMAO! SMDAOMKB (Spraying Mountain Dew All Over My Keyboard) ---
**Author:** ![Medea\_s\_Child](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/8baadc/32.png) [@Medea\_s\_Child](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Medea_s_Child)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2001, 3:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hows-this-for-a-perfect-start-to-my-day/86572/7 "2001-10-10T15:12:15Z")
_tries to stifle a grin_ _fails_ Aww…poor dear… _sniker_ _gets it under control_ Seriously that’s horrible _loses control_ I’m trying here, I just can’t help it. (If it helps, I can be a geek and figure out the force of the stream and trajectory in terms of where on the height of the bottle the pushpin was…) Go get a shower, babe. ---
**Author:** ![Superdude](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/superdude/32/13450_2.png) [@Superdude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Superdude)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2001, 3:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hows-this-for-a-perfect-start-to-my-day/86572/8 "2001-10-10T15:19:59Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Medea’s Child \* > \*\*_tries to stifle a grin_ > > _fails_ > > Aww…poor dear… _sniker_ > > _gets it under control_ > > Seriously that’s horrible _loses control_ > > I’m trying here, I just can’t help it. (If it helps, I can be a geek and figure out the force of the stream and trajectory in terms of where on the height of the bottle the pushpin was…) > > Go get a shower, babe. \*\* Oh, you’re in trouble now. Did we ever discuss PAYMENT of my coming to get you for OhDope? No? Well…😛 The pushpin was in a 20-oz bottle. It was wedged towards the top, about a quarter of the way down. Essentially, it was just above the label. Shower? Sure. Care to join me? ---
**Author:** ![Rilchiam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/2bfe46/32.png) [@Rilchiam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rilchiam)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2001, 2:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hows-this-for-a-perfect-start-to-my-day/86572/9 "2001-10-12T02:13:38Z")
That’s the kind of thing people do to others, on April 1!