chow.com — A: Those who think so follow this logic: When you shake a soda can, little molecules of carbon dioxide bump into each other and form bubbles. These bubbles hang around on the sides and bottom of the can until you pop the top, at which time they shoot out, eager to escape to the lower air pressure outside the can
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stkdNov 12, 2007
Or shake the one behind the one you want to drink.
crackedlogicNov 12, 2007
Finally, someone has done the research so I can prove scientifically to all the nitwits that tap their cans that their time would be better spent just opening the can instead of annoying me with their ridiculous tapping superstitions.
neutralmindNov 12, 2007
Let me quote this from the video, "I'd hit it, twice that is.."
Closed AccountNov 12, 2007
I don't drink anything carbonated but it seems to me that tapping the top will cause any drops of liquid clinging to the top of the can to be dislodged. This may have the effect of causing there to be less liquid spraying out with the CO2.
attiladNov 12, 2007
Use some fizzics to prove to me that it DOESN'T work then. Quoting Coke and Pepsi spokesholes with a degree in business ethics and psychobabble isn't going to convince me. For now, I'll accept the admittedly completely circumstantial evidence that every time a can of soda has exploded on me has been a time that I did not tap the top. Tap == !AsplodeAsplode == !Tap!Tap == (Asplode || !Asplode)
aduzikNov 13, 2007
Apparently you're not familiar with the John Dorian three tap method. Three taps and the foam goes bye bye!
endersadvocateNov 13, 2007
you liked it.
zaii7Nov 13, 2007
god damn rick rolling:)
Closed AccountApr 15, 2009
This article is POINTless. He doesn't do any experiment, he asks some people. He's a freelance journalist. There was nothing proven. There was no conclusion.