Mountain Dew, Hold the Mouse

massphatness · 01-04-2012, 06:10 AM

From Eric Randall of The Atlantic Wire:

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Pepsi Co., facing a lawsuit from a man who claims to have found a mouse in his Mountain Dew can, has an especially creative, if disgusting, defense: their soda would have dissolved a dead mouse before the man could have found it. An Illinois man sued Pepsi in 2009 after he claims he "spat out the soda to reveal a dead mouse," the Madison County Record reports. He claims he sent the mouse to Pepsi, which then "destroyed" the remains after he allowed them to test it, according to his complaint. Most shudder-worthy, however, is that Pepsi's lawyers also found experts to testify, based on the state of the remains sent to them that, "the mouse would have dissolved in the soda had it been in the can from the time of its bottling until the day the plaintiff drank it," according to the Record. (It would have become a "jelly-like substance," according to Pepsi, adds LegalNewsline.) This seems like a winning-the-battle-while-surrendering-the-war kind of strategy that hinges on winning the argument that "our product is essentially a can of battery acid." The lawyers still appear to be lawyering behind the scenes but we cannot wait for this to come to trial (though we think a trial is about as likely as the chances of us "Doing the Dew" again).

Blak Smyth · 01-04-2012, 06:14 AM

Mmm Mountain Dew! If only it didn't rott our insides!

Taki · 01-04-2012, 06:37 AM

Nasty...I love Diet Coke though

chachee52 · 01-04-2012, 06:58 AM

MT Dew is not only healthy (It's made with orange juice!!!) but it's also a good chrome cleaner too!!
But i would think that if there was a mouse in the can that it would weigh different than the other cans, therefore the can would be kicked off the line, or you would feel the difference before you opened it.

mase · 01-04-2012, 07:57 AM

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Originally Posted by Taki

Nasty...I love Diet Coke though

You're ok. Mountain Dew is the only soda that comes with mice!

Ashcan Bill · 01-04-2012, 08:16 AM

"(It would have become a "jelly-like substance," according to Pepsi, adds LegalNewsline.)"

Jellied rodent sauteed in Mountain Dew. Yum yum!

Stephen · 01-04-2012, 08:26 AM

*mustering my best Charlton Heston impersonation*

"It's mice. Mountain Dew is made out of mice! They're making our Mountain Dew out of mice!!! You've gotta tell them. You've gotta tell them!"

Blak Smyth · 01-04-2012, 08:31 AM

"(It would have become a "jelly-like substance," according to Pepsi, adds LegalNewsline.)"

Would have been funny if it read:
"(It would have become a "jelly-like substance like all the other times," according to Pepsi, adds LegalNewsline.)"

mmblz · 01-04-2012, 08:43 AM

heh

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Ok, uh, here's how to get, zoom in on me, eh? Zoom in on this! Ok, here's how to get free beer, eh? Get a baby mouse and, like, put it in a bottle, and when it's so small it will fit in, like, this hole, eh?

hotreds · 01-04-2012, 08:44 AM

And what's wrong with a little protein with your soda? Huh? Huh?

Boz · 01-04-2012, 09:09 AM

Its a digestive aid. Ate something not agreeable with your stomach? Drink some Mt Dew.

yourchoice · 01-04-2012, 09:36 AM

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Originally Posted by Blak Smyth

Mmm Mountain Dew! If only it didn't rott our insides!

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Originally Posted by Taki

Nasty...I love Diet Coke though

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Originally Posted by mase

You're ok. Mountain Dew is the only soda that comes with mice!

Seems to me a bunch of self-proclaimed Zombies wouldn't mind a mouse for a snack every once in a while! False zombie bravado?

Blak Smyth · 01-04-2012, 09:59 AM

I am seriously craving a MD, the machine at work has been out for two weeks. Maybe on account of the mouse problem?

Stephen · 01-04-2012, 10:17 AM

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Originally Posted by Blak Smyth

I am seriously craving a MD, the machine at work has been out for two weeks. Maybe on account of the mouse problem?

Or lack of mice, as the case may be...

chand · 01-04-2012, 10:18 AM

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Originally Posted by yourchoice

Seems to me a bunch of self-proclaimed Zombies wouldn't mind a mouse for a snack every once in a while! False zombie bravado?

Add me to the anti-mouse zombie list!

Blak Smyth · 01-04-2012, 10:20 AM

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Originally Posted by Stephen

Or lack of mice, as the case may be...

Yah it sounds like MD pulled the old "What Mouse?" trick

icehog3 · 01-04-2012, 10:21 AM

Word is that Pepsico just handed him a check for a million, billion, zillion dollars.

Blak Smyth · 01-04-2012, 10:24 AM

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Originally Posted by icehog3

Word is that Pepsico just handed him a check for a million, billion, zillion dollars.

And then PepsiCo asked the government for a trillion dollars.

T.G · 01-04-2012, 10:33 AM

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Originally Posted by mmblz

heh

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Ok, uh, here's how to get, zoom in on me, eh? Zoom in on this! Ok, here's how to get free beer, eh? Get a baby mouse and, like, put it in a bottle, and when it's so small it will fit in, like, this hole, eh?

Take off, eh?

replicant_argent · 01-04-2012, 10:39 AM

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Originally Posted by T.G

Take off, eh?

Hoser.

01-04-2012, 06:14 AM	#2
Blak Smyth Think Blue! Join Date: Jun 2011 First Name: SD Location: THE WOOD Posts: 8,486 Trading: (52)	Re: Mountain Dew, Hold the Mouse Mmm Mountain Dew! If only it didn't rott our insides! __________________ SUPPORT OUR TROOPS

01-04-2012, 06:37 AM	#3
Taki Welcome to the Layer Cake Join Date: Aug 2011 First Name: Taki Location: The Creek Posts: 2,271 Trading: (38)	Re: Mountain Dew, Hold the Mouse Nasty...I love Diet Coke though __________________

01-04-2012, 06:58 AM	#4
chachee52 Adjusting to the Life Join Date: Dec 2009 First Name: Todd Location: Tyngsboro, MA Posts: 399 Trading: (2)	Re: Mountain Dew, Hold the Mouse MT Dew is not only healthy (It's made with orange juice!!!) but it's also a good chrome cleaner too!! But i would think that if there was a mouse in the can that it would weigh different than the other cans, therefore the can would be kicked off the line, or you would feel the difference before you opened it. __________________

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Ashcan Bill Ol' Dude Join Date: Oct 2008 First Name: Bill Location: Henderson, NV Posts: 1,900 Trading: (6)	Re: Mountain Dew, Hold the Mouse "(It would have become a "jelly-like substance," according to Pepsi, adds LegalNewsline.)" Jellied rodent sauteed in Mountain Dew. Yum yum!

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Stephen Sultan of Cigars Join Date: Jan 2011 First Name: Stephen Location: Where the Pony Express began and Jesse James ended. Posts: 1,582 Trading: (18)	Re: Mountain Dew, Hold the Mouse mustering my best Charlton Heston impersonation "It's mice. Mountain Dew is made out of mice! They're making our Mountain Dew out of mice!!! You've gotta tell them. You've gotta tell them!"

01-04-2012, 08:31 AM	#8
Blak Smyth Think Blue! Join Date: Jun 2011 First Name: SD Location: THE WOOD Posts: 8,486 Trading: (52)	Re: Mountain Dew, Hold the Mouse "(It would have become a "jelly-like substance," according to Pepsi, adds LegalNewsline.)" Would have been funny if it read: "(It would have become a "jelly-like substance like all the other times," according to Pepsi, adds LegalNewsline.)" __________________ SUPPORT OUR TROOPS

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01-04-2012, 09:09 AM	#11
Boz In Vino Veritas Join Date: Jun 2011 First Name: William Location: Nashville, Tn Posts: 1,544 Trading: (18)	Re: Mountain Dew, Hold the Mouse Its a digestive aid. Ate something not agreeable with your stomach? Drink some Mt Dew. __________________ The snozzberries taste like snozzberries.

01-04-2012, 09:59 AM	#13
Blak Smyth Think Blue! Join Date: Jun 2011 First Name: SD Location: THE WOOD Posts: 8,486 Trading: (52)	Re: Mountain Dew, Hold the Mouse I am seriously craving a MD, the machine at work has been out for two weeks. Maybe on account of the mouse problem? __________________ SUPPORT OUR TROOPS

01-04-2012, 10:21 AM	#17
icehog3 Admiral Douchebag Join Date: Oct 2008 First Name: Tom Location: Clermont, Kentucky Posts: 71,308 Trading: (60)	Re: Mountain Dew, Hold the Mouse Word is that Pepsico just handed him a check for a million, billion, zillion dollars. __________________ Thanks Dave, Julian, James, Kelly, Peter, Gerry, Dave, Mo, Frank, Týr and Mr. Mark!