# I have in my possession Pop Rocks and a Coke, or, All in the name of science **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [October 11, 2001, 8:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-have-in-my-possession-pop-rocks-and-a-coke-or-all-in-the-name-of-science/86880 "2001-10-11T20:24:32Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 13\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Whammo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/8dc957/32.png) [@Whammo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Whammo)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2001, 8:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-have-in-my-possession-pop-rocks-and-a-coke-or-all-in-the-name-of-science/86880/1 "2001-10-11T20:24:32Z")
Thats right. I am going to risk my life in the name of Science. I have to know if this is truely the way Mickey died. If you don’t hear from me again… tell your sister she was the best I ever had. Farewell. ---
**Author:** ![screech-owl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/82dd89/32.png) [@screech-owl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/screech-owl)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2001, 8:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-have-in-my-possession-pop-rocks-and-a-coke-or-all-in-the-name-of-science/86880/2 "2001-10-11T20:31:24Z")
Dunno about Mickey (probably a rattrap in some cheesy section of town), but **Mikey** was the one who supposedly lost his Life that way. ---
**Author:** ![Whammo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/8dc957/32.png) [@Whammo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Whammo)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2001, 8:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-have-in-my-possession-pop-rocks-and-a-coke-or-all-in-the-name-of-science/86880/3 "2001-10-11T20:38:08Z")
Whatever. It was a big letdown anyway. I’m still alive with hardly even a burp to my name. The only cool part was feeling the popping down my esophagus. Man… I remember Pop Rocks being much more exciting as a kid. They dont even TASTE good. ---
**Author:** ![Padeye](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/a9a28c/32.png) [@Padeye](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Padeye)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2001, 8:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-have-in-my-possession-pop-rocks-and-a-coke-or-all-in-the-name-of-science/86880/4 "2001-10-11T20:40:29Z")
NO! NO! For the love of God no… Wait… This is Whammo? Knock yourself out dude. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![screech-owl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/82dd89/32.png) [@screech-owl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/screech-owl)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2001, 8:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-have-in-my-possession-pop-rocks-and-a-coke-or-all-in-the-name-of-science/86880/5 "2001-10-11T20:51:20Z")
Damn, I expected more in the way of conjecture, observation, copious note-taking, etc. Phrases like “_hardly a burp_” and “_popping down my esophagus_” hardly qualify as the cutting edge of scientific knowledge. At the least, they would get you laughed out of the thesis committee. Where is your control? Have you tried with different forms of Coke (back in Mikey’s day, Coke still had real sugar, not the fructose crap or whatever they’re using now!)? Get your hands on some REAL Coca-cola. Compare the results after using Pop-Rocks with Pepsi, RC, Jolt, store-brands and off-brands. Besides, one trial does not an experiment make. For the love of science, man, get back there and repeat it again. (Personally, I just wanna see Whammo bouncing around after such a sugar high. Heh.) Then again, remembering my own humble experiments with Coke and venison ::brrrrr:: - that stuff’ll stick to the roof of your mouth worse’n a communion wafer after an incomplete confession. Ain’t trying that no more. ---
**Author:** ![Tommy\_the\_Cat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/74df32/32.png) [@Tommy\_the\_Cat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tommy_the_Cat)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2001, 9:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-have-in-my-possession-pop-rocks-and-a-coke-or-all-in-the-name-of-science/86880/6 "2001-10-11T21:33:46Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by screech-owl \* > Then again, remembering my own humble experiments with Coke and **venison** ::brrrrr:: - that stuff’ll stick to the roof of your mouth worse’n a communion wafer after an incomplete confession. Ain’t trying that no more. Deer meat? That stuck to the roof of your mouth? What’s up with that? ---
**Author:** ![screech-owl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/82dd89/32.png) [@screech-owl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/screech-owl)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2001, 3:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-have-in-my-possession-pop-rocks-and-a-coke-or-all-in-the-name-of-science/86880/7 "2001-10-12T03:21:45Z")
Dunno why it happened, but it was nasty! Deer meat tastes good. Coka-cola tastes good. Deer meat and Coca-cola taste nasty together. Dunno why. ---
**Author:** ![Shirley\_Ujest](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/45deac/32.png) [@Shirley\_Ujest](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shirley_Ujest)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2001, 3:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-have-in-my-possession-pop-rocks-and-a-coke-or-all-in-the-name-of-science/86880/8 "2001-10-12T03:32:28Z")
Whammo, you wussy, you should try it with beer. It’s all in the name of science. ---
**Author:** ![Mudshark](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f04885/32.png) [@Mudshark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mudshark)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2001, 6:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-have-in-my-possession-pop-rocks-and-a-coke-or-all-in-the-name-of-science/86880/9 "2001-10-12T06:12:02Z")
Pop rocks seem to be the latest “fad” at my school. Everyone seems to be eating pop rocks. What is it woth pop rocks. I hate them. ---
**Author:** ![Wump](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/ed655f/32.png) [@Wump](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wump)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2001, 7:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-have-in-my-possession-pop-rocks-and-a-coke-or-all-in-the-name-of-science/86880/10 "2001-10-12T07:11:17Z")
Wow, did i ever have to do a double take on that thread title while scanning the page. I first read it as: “I have in my possession Pop, Rock and Coke…” _Completely_ different meanings there… I’ve got to stop coming here when im tired. ---
**Author:** ![Philosophocles](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/b38774/32.png) [@Philosophocles](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Philosophocles)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2001, 7:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-have-in-my-possession-pop-rocks-and-a-coke-or-all-in-the-name-of-science/86880/11 "2001-10-12T07:21:22Z")
Geez, old urban legends don’t die easy. Here’s another news flash: The older brother from Mr. Belvedere IS NOT, I repeat, IS NOT Marilyn Manson. ---
**Author:** ![Whammo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/8dc957/32.png) [@Whammo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Whammo)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2001, 7:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-have-in-my-possession-pop-rocks-and-a-coke-or-all-in-the-name-of-science/86880/12 "2001-10-12T07:53:14Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Philosophocles \* > \*\*Geez, old urban legends don’t die easy. > > Here’s another news flash: The older brother from Mr. Belvedere IS NOT, I repeat, IS NOT Marilyn Manson. \*\* Bullshit! You’re a fucking liar! I know because my roomates ex’s brother was best friends with him in High School… and I bought his autograph from Ebay and they match his old Algebra II test paper in a writing comparison. So don’t give me that shit you fuckwad. ---
**Author:** ![furt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/439d5e/32.png) [@furt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/furt)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2001, 11:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-have-in-my-possession-pop-rocks-and-a-coke-or-all-in-the-name-of-science/86880/13 "2001-10-12T11:23:53Z")
How does the Bubble Yum company stay in business, anyway, after that big spider-egg scandal?