# New Super Soaker shoots semen all over children

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**Created:** [May 10, 2006, 7:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-super-soaker-shoots-semen-all-over-children/356201 "2006-05-10T07:48:52Z")\
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**Author:** ![Revtim](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/revtim/32/1042_2.png) [@Revtim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Revtim)\
**Post date:** [May 11, 2006, 3:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-super-soaker-shoots-semen-all-over-children/356201/61 "2006-05-11T15:42:35Z")

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Maybe they didn’t color it because if it has color, even if it doesn’t stain, it has to be wiped off. Perhaps the advantage of the jizz-like goo is that it evaporates away and leaves no color. It makes your 10 year old look like

I read recently that somebody just came out with colored bubbles, which apparently was a non-trivial task.

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**Author:** ![Mindfield](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mindfield/32/19759_2.png) [@Mindfield](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mindfield)\
**Post date:** [May 11, 2006, 4:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-super-soaker-shoots-semen-all-over-children/356201/62 "2006-05-11T16:09:04Z")

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[QUOTE=clairobscur]  
OK. I can see how it can be construed as looking as something sexual. But do we really need to go out of our way to dig for sexual innuendo?  
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To require digging, it must be buried – as opposed, say, to being right out in the opening, slapping you in the face with a large green ribbed dong.

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**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\
**Post date:** [May 11, 2006, 4:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-super-soaker-shoots-semen-all-over-children/356201/63 "2006-05-11T16:23:47Z")

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[QUOTE=Revtim]  
I read recently that somebody just came out with colored bubbles, which apparently was a non-trivial task.  
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[11 years](http://www.popsci.com/popsci/science/0a03b5108e097010vgnvcm1000004eecbccdrcrd.html). I wonder if the same forumula could be applied to the goo?

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