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Anyone For a Coke?

Get Set Gazette Dec00

Just when you thought you knew everything ....

  1. In many states the highway patrol carries two gallons of Coke in the truck to remove blood from the highway after a car accident.
  2. You can put a t-bone steak in a bowl of Coke and it will be gone in two days.
  3. To clean a toilet: Pour a can of Coca-Cola into the toilet bowl. Let the "real thing" sit for one hour,  then flush clean.
  4. The citric acid in Coke removes stains from vitreous china.
  5. To remove rust spots from chrome car bumpers: Rub the bumper with a crumpled-up piece of Reynolds Wrap aluminum foil dipped in Coca-Cola.
  6. To clean corrosion from car battery terminals: Pour a can of Coca-Cola over the terminals to bubble away the corrosion.
  7. To loosen a rusted bolt: Applying a cloth soaked in Coca-Cola to the rusted bolt for several minutes.
  8. To bake a moist ham: Empty a can of Coca-Cola into the baking pan: wrap the ham in aluminum foil, and bake. Thirty minutes before he ham is finished. remove the foil, allowing the drippings to mix with the Coke for a sumptuous brown gravy. (Of course this is not kosher.)
  9. To remove grease from clothes: Empty a can of coke into it load of greasy clothes, add detergent. And run through a regular cycle. The Coca-Cola will help loosen grease stains. It will also clean road haze from your windshield.

FYI:

  1. T he active ingredient in Coke is phosphoric acid. It's pH is 2.8. It will dissolve it nail in about 4 days.
  2. To carry Coca-Cola syrup (the concentrate) the commercial truck must use the hazardous material place cards reserved for Highly Corrosive materials.
  3. The distributors of Coke have been using it to clean the engines of their trucks for about 20 years!
  4. Steve has used (2) 2-liter bottles of Coca-Cola to kill tire ant nets. It will also kill other underground insect pests.

Drink up!
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