No no no no! No diet!

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skoebl · #21 Unread post by **skoebl** » Wed May 10, 2006 4:35 am

NorthernPete wrote:I can believe it, Coke is the poor mans toilet cleaner, just pour a can in the bowl before you go to bed, flush the next mornign and you have a shiney bowl.

So I must have the shinyiest colon around!

NorthernPete · Wed May 10, 2006 9:07 am

skoebl wrote:
NorthernPete wrote:I can believe it, Coke is the poor mans toilet cleaner, just pour a can in the bowl before you go to bed, flush the next mornign and you have a shiney bowl.
So I must have the shinyiest colon around!

I am nominating this for "Most disturbing mental image from a post" award.

flynrider · Wed May 10, 2006 10:08 am

NorthernPete wrote:I am nominating this for "Most disturbing mental image from a post" award.

I agree. It tops yesterdays post by Zoo :

And I just fried some chicken livers with my shirt off.

skoebl · #24 Unread post by **skoebl** » Wed May 10, 2006 2:18 pm

NorthernPete wrote:
skoebl wrote:
NorthernPete wrote:I can believe it, Coke is the poor mans toilet cleaner, just pour a can in the bowl before you go to bed, flush the next mornign and you have a shiney bowl.
So I must have the shinyiest colon around!
I am nominating this for "Most disturbing mental image from a post" award.

I'm honored!

#25 Unread post by **Sev** » Wed May 10, 2006 3:45 pm

NorthernPete wrote:What stopped me from drinking cola

I wanted some empty 45 Gal. drums to use to make a floating dock at my cottage. On the way home from a town about 2 hours from here I noticed a big pile of blue plastic 45 Gal drums by the side of the road with abig for sale sign. w00t I say to myself as I pull in, turns out the guy has a field full of these drums in the back of his house and I pick up 4 for my dock. I notice the WHMIS sticker (Workplace hazerdous material information system, if you work in industrial setting, you'll know what it is, basically, replaces the old danger symbols poison,corrosive ect) on these drums. corrosive it sais..... I ask the guy, what was in these, I plan on putting them in the lake and dont want too kill the fish. He tells me not too worry, they have been washed out and are completely clean and held Coca Cola syrop for foutain pop machines, apperently the syrop on its own has a very high concentration of carbolic acid to do harm to you....

Yummy.

Since then, Iced tea...and the occational 7 Up.

I doubt that, try working at any fastfood place that sells fountain pop, the pop comes in plstic bags inside of cardboard boxes, neither contain a whmis sticker.

Additionally:
[/quote]
1. Supplier Labels
Suppliers must affix a label to containers of controlled products they supply. This label contains very detailed information on the product. Legislation requires that the labels on containers from suppliers holding 10 kg or more of a controlled product, or containing hazardous materials that do not fall into one of the categories on the following pages, display the following:

1. Both official languages
2. A distinctive WHMIS border
3. Material identifier or product name - this is a designation or identification of a material, including any of the following: - the common name, chemical name, trade name, generic name, brand name, code name or code number.
4. Supplier's name and address
5. Reference to a material safety data sheet
6. WHMIS hazard symbols
and where the container holds 100 millilitres or more of a controlled product the label must also include:-
7. Risk phrases - these must be appropriate to the class of material. Examples are given below.
8. Precautionary measures - these are precautions to be taken when using or being exposed to the product. Examples are given below.
9. First aid measure - these are statements that indicate the immediate first aid measures that can be taken by the victim or other persons. These statements relate only to acute hazards and not to chronic hazards.[./quote]

So unless it actually said, "coca-cola syrup," the guy was lieing to you. Just a poison or acid symbol is not enough.

Oh, and Coke uses Phosphoric acid, which can weaken bones, but isn't really a whmis product.

jmillheiser · Wed May 10, 2006 6:04 pm

I like my Pepsi One with splenda, I can barely notice the difference vs regular pepsi.

As for the acid in soda. The stuff that is in your stomach is far nastier (soda is around a Ph 4 and stomach acid is more like a Ph 2).

I am 27 have drank sugared and diet soda for most of my life, eat really spicy food a lot, and dont really care too much about whats in my food. Despite doing everything they tell you not to I have NEVER had heartburn, rarely get sick, and im not overweight.

Loonette · #27 Unread post by **Loonette** » Thu May 11, 2006 3:10 am

I am strongly opposed to there being any soda sold in our public schools (trying to stay on topic). I'm all for people choosing to drink whatever they want to drink - that's not my business. But companies are getting rich at the expense of the good health of our youth. Not cool. We've got ADHD running rampant in our children, and yet we voluntarily let the sugar pushers come into our schools to openly prey upon our kids.

Regular soda or diet - doesn't matter. Private industry shouldn't be given the welcome mat in our public schools, providing them with a huge platform for free advertising. Oh sure, perhaps it helps to fund the winning football team of the school, but I think the harm far outweighs any possible financial benefit to the school.

Cheers,
Loonette

CNF2002 · #28 Unread post by **CNF2002** » Thu May 11, 2006 3:49 am

Loonette, we have ADHD diagnoses running rampant. Young children (especially boys who end up with this ridiculous 'disorder' label) aren't designed to sit still at a desk and listen to the teacher talk for 8 hours. Many schools have gotten rid of RECESS for goodness sake! And they wonder why the kids start gnawing on their desks.

Most of the diagnoses are made by improperly trained school staff and happily prescribed by doctors getting kickbacks from pharmacutical companies for brand name psychotropics.

We dont have an ADHD problem, we have a 'drugs are the answer' problem. But yeah, having sugary snacks and soda in schools (especially with young kids) sure doesn't help.

skoebl · #29 Unread post by **skoebl** » Thu May 11, 2006 5:26 am

CNF2002 wrote: We dont have an ADHD problem, we have a 'drugs are the answer' problem. But yeah, having sugary snacks and soda in schools (especially with young kids) sure doesn't help.

I totally agree with that. I honestly don't think that ADHD exists. To me it's just another catch phrase to cover up either bad parenting or poor execution of (in general) child raising.

As far as what loonette was saying; I, too, don't think soda and whatnot shoudl be in schools. But, I do know the type of reaction you get from students when you take something like that away. You'd think you just condemned them to a life of slave labor.

Loonette · #30 Unread post by **Loonette** » Thu May 11, 2006 9:14 am

ADD and ADHD are very real - I've had it all my life. And I didn't say that sugar causes ADD or ADHD, but it is one of the worst things to feed a child who does have ADHD. It's one of the worst things to feed any child. Why do you think the kids feel so awful at the idea of taking it away - it's because some kids are so addicted to it. So not only do we take away things like recess, but then we pump the kids up with sugary and fatty foods. Please - bad parenting?! Hope your kids never have a medical issue that you're so quick to belittle.

My main point in my post however was based on corporate sponsorship of schools. How you pull out one statement about ADHD and go running is beyond me. I just think it's a bad idea to let corporations have such a strong hold of our public schools. Remember when Pepsi was sponsoring a closed-circuit TV station for schools? I think most schools have given that the boot, but it was a big deal at the time. They'd provide some educational material via video laced with Pepsi commercials. It was an awful way to get into the lives of our kids.

Loonette