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Mr. Scorpio

(73,630 posts) Wed Apr 28, 2021, 03:39 AM Apr 2021

"RED ALERT! RAISE SHIELDS!"

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"RED ALERT! RAISE SHIELDS!" (Original Post) Mr. Scorpio Apr 2021 OP

Awkward.. denbot Apr 2021 #1

Yeah and that guy is all acting like it was an accident underpants Apr 2021 #2

Not an accident but probably not involving "that guy". CincyDem Apr 2021 #5

It would be karmic if the guy who almost got hit with it, set it up to prank someone by Baitball Blogger Apr 2021 #6

😁 underpants Apr 2021 #7

Incoming! 2naSalit Apr 2021 #3

Looks like a coke/mentos rocket. CincyDem Apr 2021 #4

denbot

(9,898 posts)

1. Awkward..

Reply to Mr. Scorpio (Original post)

Wed Apr 28, 2021, 06:08 AM

Apr 2021

underpants

(182,603 posts)

2. Yeah and that guy is all acting like it was an accident

Reply to Mr. Scorpio (Original post)

Wed Apr 28, 2021, 06:20 AM

Apr 2021

Yeah suuuuure it was. 😡

CincyDem

(6,336 posts)

5. Not an accident but probably not involving "that guy".

Reply to underpants (Reply #2)

Wed Apr 28, 2021, 08:11 AM

Apr 2021

Having spent a lot of time in a soft drink warehouse, no way that could be planned. I'd bet you have to drop 1,000, maybe 10,000 bottles to see this reaction. Then, to have it land somewhere specific....maybe need 1,000,000 or more. It's just too rare and random for that guy to have any idea what would happen when it hit the ground.

Baitball Blogger

(46,682 posts)

6. It would be karmic if the guy who almost got hit with it, set it up to prank someone by

Reply to CincyDem (Reply #5)

Wed Apr 28, 2021, 08:37 AM

Apr 2021

shaking it up before putting it back on the counter.

underpants

(182,603 posts)

7. 😁

Reply to CincyDem (Reply #5)

Wed Apr 28, 2021, 08:51 AM

Apr 2021

I was kidding.

2naSalit

(86,323 posts)

3. Incoming!

Reply to Mr. Scorpio (Original post)

Wed Apr 28, 2021, 07:04 AM

Apr 2021

CincyDem

(6,336 posts)

4. Looks like a coke/mentos rocket.

Reply to Mr. Scorpio (Original post)

Wed Apr 28, 2021, 08:05 AM

Apr 2021

Gotta wonder if someone dosed the bottle or bottles as a prank...and by coincidence this one happened to drop. The combination of the cap being loosened and the pressure from the mentos reaction would easily pop to cap if it fell. 3-4 mentos is probably all it took.

I'm sure the plan was that some unsuspecting person would take the bottle home and it would spray the room when they tried to open it.

ps - a hidden benefit of covid, without that plastic the clerk may have ended up with a broken nose or worse.

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