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It Ain't The Coke. It's The Cans.

nunnnunn Forums Admins, Member, Moderator Posts: 36,087 ******
edited August 2002 in General Discussion
I never have cared for drinking from a can. If my beverage starts in a can, I pour it into a glass. Just a personal preference, or so I thought until I saw a disturbing news article.

It was about a man who came down with some exotic virus and died. The virus was some rare thing that was known to be passed in rodent droppings.

The article was basically a warning about canned drinks. Canned drinks are stored in warehouses, back rooms of grocery stores, trucks, etc. In other words, they are often kept where rodents are and rodents poo. Rodent poo will eventually dry up and flake off, but a dusty residue may remain.

Rodent poo isn't the last of it. There could be cockroach poo, fly poo, snail poo, maybe even bat poo.

You buy a canned drink. You open said drink. You then put your mouth on the can where it was exposed to God knows what during the manufacturing, filling, transportation and storage process. If rodent poo residue is there, you just ingested it.

With bottles, the part you put your mouth on is covered by the cap.

If you buy canned drinks, WASH the top before you open it just as you would a piece of fruit.


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  • alledanalledan Member Posts: 19,541
    edited November -1
    I used to work for Owens-Illinois metal container operations in Perrysburg,Ohio. This is just one of the many health risks associated with metal cans. There are some horror stories to be told but cans are in fashion and no one will give a hoot anywqay.
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  • dheffleydheffley Member Posts: 25,000 ✭
    edited November -1
    Now I know why my wife washes off the tops of her soda can before she opens it. I never knew, and I never asked. After reading Davids post, I asked her why she does that. She said the same thing David said. I guess I'll have to start a new habit!

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  • leeblackmanleeblackman Member Posts: 5,303 ✭✭
    edited November -1
    Wow, I've been washing off the tops of cans since I was little, my mother told me to do it to wash dust off... Thanks mom

    If I'm wrong please correct me, I won't be offended.

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  • daddodaddo Member Posts: 3,408
    edited November -1
    Wash the top and don't forget behind the ears!
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  • RugerNinerRugerNiner Member Posts: 12,636 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Boy NUNN you sure know a lot about POO. I'm glad I read your post before going to this High Priced Hawaiian Restaurant. I won a Free Meal from a Radio Station Quiz Game, and it was for a free POO-POO Platter. Thanks for the Heads Up.

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  • interstatepawnllcinterstatepawnllc Member Posts: 9,390
    edited November -1
    Ruger,....you big loveable nut you!!
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  • nunnnunn Forums Admins, Member, Moderator Posts: 36,087 ******
    edited November -1
    Poo is bad. Poo poo, in a Chinese restaurant, is good.

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  • sundownersundowner Member Posts: 1,198 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    . . . depending on the chinese restaurant, of course . . .
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  • austin247austin247 Member Posts: 375 ✭
    edited November -1
    I've read the same story in various formats, including a young man, an elderly woman, and a teen-age girl who was constantly warned by her mother not to drink from the soda can.

    I agree with the part about washing the can, or not drinking from the can. But the exotic virus part is urban legend.
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  • paboogerpabooger Member Posts: 13,953
    edited November -1
    Gee I wonder if this goes for Beer to!!! Do you think I would look like a sissy if I sat in a bar and washed off the top of my can before I took a big slurp. Guess I better start drinking long necks , and come to think of it they are much easier to swing if you get in a fight. You guys drink your coke, Ill drink my beer!!
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  • bartobarto Member Posts: 4,734 ✭✭
    edited November -1
    nunn-
    years ago i took a first swallow from a BOTTLE of pabst & low and behold something bumped my mouth.
    turned out to be a semi-preserved mouse (w/poo in him, i reckon).
    i guess my old gramp was right- there aint NO guarantees in this world, son.lol
    barto

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  • AlpineAlpine Member Posts: 15,092 ✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Yes. But not this one. Wash your soda cans top, like your mother always told you to.
    If you want risk, buy a lotto ticket.
    Don't endanger your health.

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  • teeheeteehee Member Posts: 4 ✭✭
    edited November -1
    Barto: there is a famous landmark law case: one of the first taught in law school. A pregnant woman had your exact experience and won
    tons of money after having a miscarriage supposedly caused by the revolting discovery..
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  • beantolebeantole Member Posts: 1,086 ✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Well, the disease part may be urban legand but the advice to
    wash the can or bottle top sure makes sense! Gonna have to tell my wife
    she sips coke from the can at work everyday.

    Bruce
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  • Judge DreadJudge Dread Member Posts: 2,372 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    MMMMMM! Just the same thing as sex.........


    JD

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  • bartobarto Member Posts: 4,734 ✭✭
    edited November -1
    teehee- i * at the distributor at the time & he gave me a free case of some other brand.
    not to earthshattering, huh? maybe i left a few $ on the table.
    oh well, $$$t happens.
    barto

    the hard stuff we do right away - the impossible takes a little longer
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  • Big Sky RedneckBig Sky Redneck Member Posts: 19,752 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Now wait a minute here, I have hauled many loads of beverages and I have never seen a dirty can or bottle! All cans and bottles are run thru a cleaner and disinfected before going on the truck and we drivers have to stop at all truck washes to have the load hosed down before we deliver! Now when hauling Budwieser, we purposly drive thru Arkansas, hit every bump in the road, then go to texas and drive thru the feedlots with the trailer doors open. After all that we then get out our guns and empty a few mags into the pallets to make sure that the great Budweiser is delvered in perfect condition! Flat, stale and dirty!
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  • armed_ femalearmed_ female Member Posts: 1,222 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    7mm ...That explains all the buttwipe trucks I see driving thru Abilene, Texas!!!!!!! Me, I prefer Silver Bullets!

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  • rogue_robrogue_rob Member Posts: 7,033 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    I like bottles myself.
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  • Warpig883Warpig883 Member Posts: 6,459
    edited November -1
    I won't drink anything from a can. I worked in an aluminum plant for 10 years and the taste of it drives me crazy.
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  • dakotashooter2dakotashooter2 Member Posts: 6,186
    edited November -1
    quote:With bottles, the part you put your mouth on is covered by the cap.

    Don't count on it. The cap only covers maybe the top 1/4" of the bottle.Most people I know "kiss" more of the bottle mouth than that. Not to mention who knows where the waitress who brought you your bottle (who brobably grabbed it by the neck to open)has been. and if you smoke and drink you are likely touching the bottle then touching your fingers to your lips when you take a drag so are risking contact anyway.

    Life has risks no matter what you do. Some people just don't want to accept that fact. You have to find a balance between being carefull and enjoying life.
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  • spanielsellsspanielsells Member Posts: 12,498
    edited November -1
    Hmmm... I lick the cans all over, lots of tasty flavors and I'm not sick.

    Hmmm... I lick the cans all over, lots of tasty flavors and I'm not sick.

    Hmmm... I lick the cans all over, lots of tasty flavors and I'm not sick.

    Hmmm... I lick the cans all over, lots of tasty flavors and I'm not sick.

    Hmmm... I lick the cans all over, lots of tasty flavors and I'm not sick.

    Hmmm... I lick the cans all over, lots of tasty flavors and I'm not sick.

    Hmmm... I lick the cans all over, lots of tasty flavors and I'm not sick.

    Hmmm... I lick the cans all over, lots of tasty flavors and I'm not sick.

    Hmmm... I lick the cans all over, lots of tasty flavors and I'm not sick.
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  • dongizmodongizmo Member Posts: 14,477 ✭✭
    edited November -1
    Beer comes in a 12 or 24 can box, does this count? after 5-6 or 12, I don't give a poo anyway[:0][}:)][:D]
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  • mrseatlemrseatle Member Posts: 15,467 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    quote:Originally posted by spanielsells
    Hmmm... I lick the cans all over, lots of tasty flavors and I'm not sick.

    Hmmm... I lick the cans all over, lots of tasty flavors and I'm not sick.

    Hmmm... I lick the cans all over, lots of tasty flavors and I'm not sick.

    Hmmm... I lick the cans all over, lots of tasty flavors and I'm not sick.

    Hmmm... I lick the cans all over, lots of tasty flavors and I'm not sick.

    Hmmm... I lick the cans all over, lots of tasty flavors and I'm not sick.

    Hmmm... I lick the cans all over, lots of tasty flavors and I'm not sick.

    Hmmm... I lick the cans all over, lots of tasty flavors and I'm not sick.

    Hmmm... I lick the cans all over, lots of tasty flavors and I'm not sick.





    Well, I did hear aluminum can give you alzeimers too.
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  • spanielsellsspanielsells Member Posts: 12,498
    edited November -1
    quote:Originally posted by mrseatle
    quote:Originally posted by spanielsells
    Hmmm... I lick the cans all over, lots of tasty flavors and I'm not sick.

    Hmmm... I lick the cans all over, lots of tasty flavors and I'm not sick.

    Hmmm... I lick the cans all over, lots of tasty flavors and I'm not sick.

    Hmmm... I lick the cans all over, lots of tasty flavors and I'm not sick.

    Hmmm... I lick the cans all over, lots of tasty flavors and I'm not sick.

    Hmmm... I lick the cans all over, lots of tasty flavors and I'm not sick.

    Hmmm... I lick the cans all over, lots of tasty flavors and I'm not sick.

    Hmmm... I lick the cans all over, lots of tasty flavors and I'm not sick.

    Hmmm... I lick the cans all over, lots of tasty flavors and I'm not sick.





    Well, I did hear aluminum can give you alzeimers too.

    What are we talking about again?
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  • CaptplaidCaptplaid Member Posts: 20,298 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Everything tastes better in glass!


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