Today, I tried to make a rocket, using Diet Coke and Mentos. It worked pretty well, as both the kitchen window and my chipped tooth can testify. FML
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Fall
Dead leaves, the first cold of the season and an umbrella flipped inside out: fall, the season of grace.
Today, I tried to open the door with my mouth because my hands were full. I chipped a tooth. FML
Today, I was craving a cold Coke, so I grabbed one from the freezer where I had put it to chill quickly. As soon as I opened it, the can exploded all over me and the kitchen. I spent the next hour cleaning sticky residue off the floor, surrounding furniture, and even the ceiling. FML
Today, my nephew asked me to help build his science fair volcano. I got too invested in making it realistic and used way too much baking soda and vinegar. The eruption shot across the kitchen, hit the ceiling, and dripped red food coloring down the walls while my sister stared at me in annoyed shock. FML
Today, I learned that if you're going to light a bottle rocket and throw it out the window of a car, you should roll the window down before you light the bottle rocket. FML
Today, trying to look cool, I threw my coke bottle in the air, and tried to catch it with one hand. I missed and it fell to the floor. Luckily, it wasn't open, but in my unimaginable stupidity, I opened it less than five seconds later. FML
Today, I spent hours cleaning the kitchen that my slob roommates always neglect. I scrubbed the floor, emptied the fridge, washed all the dishes, etc. When I was done, I was thirsty so I got myself a soda. I opened the can, and it exploded and sprayed everything I had just washed. FML
Today, I finished up my physics project. I had to make some thing out of toothpicks and glue that will keep an egg from breaking when dropped 20 feet. It took me 10 hours to make it, but only took my dad 10 seconds to step on it and break it. It's due tomorrow. FML
Today, I tried to open my water bottle, which is like trying to open a pickle jar, and after several seconds, it exploded all over my desk and clothes. Then, when I was going to get paper towels and a change of clothes, I slipped on the puddle and hit my head on my desk as I came crashing down. FML
Today, I gave my kid some Pop Rocks. He shoveled a handful in his mouth, then screamed when they started popping and spat them all over the carpet. FML
Today, I threw a rock in the air and watched it soar. And watched it come back down and hit me in the face. Gravity. FML
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BeccaHugs 17
*theme song* Bill Nye the science guy!
borkchop1992 15
I did that once. Except i didnt stick my face right in the way of the rocket
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Comments (104)
DontClickOnMe 28
Ouch. Time to go to the dentist.
girl112891 7
Next time, experiment outside, so you won't wreck the house.
Marifer98 7
I clicked on you O.o
DeviousAngel 13
10 - No one said it was inside, if I'm correct. OP could've damaged the kitchen window from outside.
419 0
Wonder how he would explain what happened to the dentist...
borkchop1992 15
I did that once. Except i didnt stick my face right in the way of the rocket
bhangu023 0
Or do it inside the kitchen
BeccaHugs 17
*theme song* Bill Nye the science guy!
blegehlehgleh 0
A rocket flies at your face? "Don't worry guys, it's not like inertia is a property of matter or anything!"
DontClickOnMe 28
Wow, I remember watching that back in grade school. Good times, good times..
crazychick1269 7
Bill Nye's my Sunday morning cartoons and I'm I'm high school
daizttgg 9
Nothing wrong with Bill nye the Science Guy bill b-bill bill bill nye the science guy bill bill bill bill bill nye the science guy!!!
NickyK 25
It was the rocket.. OF SCIENCE. :)
Razzle_Dazzle_5 11
Must of been one hell of a reaction!
auntiemomma 0
*have
Razzle_Dazzle_5 11
22 of*
blegehlehgleh 0
The mods might take that as a violent threat, maybe you shouldn't of posted that
WearingHats 14
I don't think the force produced from the reaction would be enough to propel something upward. I'm curious as to how OP managed to build this rocket...
Frags94 9
You have clearly never made one of these rockets have you? They're powerful...
dani05 0
We did a supervised version of this when I was in middle school. You just put mentos in the drink, cap it really quick, then shake it up and- kaboom it blows up. However I've never known its forces to break a window
McMan 23
To the people asking how to get enough force with it. For science last year our chem teacher wanted to demostrate a certain reaction so we pulled out this trick and he got me to do it. If you shake it enough then smash the top end into the ground away from you it can get some serious air, went about 40 feet up. Anyway, I didn't want to do it really cause like OP if something goes wrong it hurts, a lot. Deal was, his wife got one coke and a diet coke not realizing the normal coke wouldn't work as well, so I'd get the 2L bottle of Coke after. Soooo yeah, I have a serious pop addiction I need to sort out.
TheSnakeDoctor20 17
12- you can break a window underhand tossing a tennis ball.
eddyg94 11
and forever more, OP was not trusted with any kitchen supplies.
GoW_Chick 15
You should put dry ice in a mountain dew bottle shake it a little then throw it as quickly and as far away as possible, just don't tell anyone you heard this from me and don't try this at home kiddies, it's dangerous and blah blah responsibility blah blah common sense blah.
l0v3p4in 7
Ms. GoW, I sense you were a mischievous menace when you were a kid. Wish I could have known you back then. Would've been good times. Good times.
power6053 4
You are going to be an awesome. I'll be happy for whom ever you marry. And also be worried for them. Btw, your awesome, and bye.
boredfishing 0
. Cut a grape in half and put in the microwave with the two cut halves facing each other.... Heard that worked but none shall do this with out a trained person around. Safety first. Maybe the fire department?
silentbutfunny 0
Cheaper and better results; get a 2 liter, the works (toilet cleaner), and tin foil. The works in the 2 liter, tin foil in the 2 liter, run. Far more dangerous and apparently sets off car alarms
l0v3p4in 7
OP, I think your career as a rocket scientist will come to an end very soon if you don't learn to get out of the trajectory path of your projectile weaponry.
sydie5 12
Why would you do this near windows? Just begging for a catastrophe
MrSassypants 34
OP here is what you need to make a successful rocket. -Soda -Soda bottle -Mintos -A grapple -A shamwow -And some sort of squeezing device. The soda and mintos for obvious reasons but here is where it get's complicated. You make it so the shamwow is attached to the grapple, which is attached to the bottle. The grapples would then bring the soda that is shot out from the soda, soak it up with, and bring it back to and the squeezing device squeezes it back into the soda to keep the cycle going. Warning: Has been banned in 32 different countries. NASA uses this techniques for it's rockets. I can get sued just for telling you this OP! Don't tell anyone else.
CaptainSlow 2
Thanks to ACTA you should now be on the governments wanted list for sharing information.