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Old 29 December 2006, 08:09 AM
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Comment: I got this email from my dad today. I checked the site, but
couldn't find anything that referenced this.

Place small jar lids full of Pepsi around the area of your trashcans.
Crows love the Pepsi, and since their digestive system won't allow them to
fart.....they EXPLODE!
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Old 29 December 2006, 08:38 AM
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Why would one wish to explode a crow?
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Old 29 December 2006, 08:44 AM
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What happend when the Pepsi goes flat (which would be fairly quickly)? And maybe crows can't fart but can they burp?
I'll get my fish now
this sounds like a variation of the seagulls/AlkaSeltzer thing.
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Old 29 December 2006, 10:49 AM
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Or a variation of the "mice can't burp so they blow up if you feed them soda/instant mashed potatoes/uncooked rice" story.

And crows are cool, plus they eat roadkill and spilled fries in restaurant parking lots. They are keeping America beautiful by cleaning up garbage, so let's be kind to our friend Mr. Crow and not blow him up, OK?

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Old 29 December 2006, 03:04 PM
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Default mice do explode and sometimes crows arent all good

Mice DO explose I found this out in a horrible way. I fed my childs pet mouse
water mellon....a few hours later....it was NOT a pretty sight!
As for the crows...i really dont knowif they explode...In urban areas they do clean up a lot of unwanted material but out here in farm country they are quite distructive.. they destroy corn and bean fields have been known to rob hen houses of eggs. But then agin so do deer, raccon, and turkeys. My grandfather used to lisen to the crows they are good alarms as they would let him know by the constant Cawing if foxes, wolves or wild cats were close,
I witnessed this on several occasions.
Nature had a reason for them thats why they are here lets just eave them alone. Exploding must be an awful way to go.

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Old 29 December 2006, 03:30 PM
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Your mouse must have eaten a watermelon seed, which many old-timers refer to as "nature's little firecrackers". Those crows mentioned in the comment may have eaten them too. It's not like the investigators followed them around before they drank the Pepsi.
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Old 29 December 2006, 04:05 PM
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Your mouse must have eaten a watermelon seed, which many old-timers refer to as "nature's little firecrackers". Those crows mentioned in the comment may have eaten them too. It's not like the investigators followed them around before they drank the Pepsi.
My brother ate a watermelon seed once. He blowed up real good.
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Your mouse must have eaten a watermelon seed, which many old-timers refer to as "nature's little firecrackers".
Are you kidding?? How does this happen? Do mice LIKE watermelon seeds?
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Old 01 January 2007, 09:23 PM
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Why would one wish to explode a crow?
Oh, so many reasons....
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Old 01 January 2007, 10:17 PM
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I always heard this myth relating to seagulls and Alka-Seltzer.
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Crows can regurgitate food so I would assume that, even if they can't burp or fart, they would probably throw up and be just fine. Sounds like a UL to me.

I'd like to explode a few seagulls, if you don't mind.
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I don't understand how any creature that can poop wouldn't be able to fart. And, boy howdy, birds sure can poop.
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Or a variation of the "mice can't burp so they blow up if you feed them soda/instant mashed potatoes/uncooked rice" story.

And crows are cool, plus they eat roadkill and spilled fries in restaurant parking lots. They are keeping America beautiful by cleaning up garbage, so let's be kind to our friend Mr. Crow and not blow him up, OK?
Crows are cool, but Grackles should be at least partially annihilated. Come to the DFW in the summer and see the mess the thousands upon thousands of them make, as well as run the risk of being attacked by them...in a scene straight out of Hitchcock.

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Old 03 January 2007, 06:03 AM
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mice can explode with watermelon seeds??? Wow the money people could save on mouse traps if that really does work & eagle 7
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Old 03 January 2007, 08:43 AM
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When you feed a duck a watermelon seed and it explodes, the explosion doesn't echo.
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You guys have me laughing my non-farting arse off, here! :LOL:

Now, please 'splain to me how a watermellon seed makes a mouse 'splode. Thanks!
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Old 03 January 2007, 05:45 PM
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Why would one wish to explode a crow?
When I was growing up on a farm, we hated the little buggers. We tried a few times to grow some corn but the stupid crows ate the seeds out of the ground. Now that I live in Pittsburgh, I don't mind so much.
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Old 04 January 2007, 07:33 AM
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Crows are cool and all, but I'm more interested in Ravens. They're smarter, they fight like the devil, and that pretty Black-Blue-Purple sheen just makes all so wonderful. As far as I know, this UL is busted, as well as the seagull/pigeon-alka seltzer thing...although I did see somebody throwing bread (with Alka-seltzer embedded) at the seagulls. And there were a lot less seagulls...
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Old 04 January 2007, 10:24 AM
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I don't understand how any creature that can poop wouldn't be able to fart. And, boy howdy, birds sure can poop.
Allegedly, kangaroos can defecate but not pass wind. I wouldn't have thought the system was so complex as to allow one but not the other, but there you go (it also makes you wonder how exactly they found this out).

But I doubt there are any explosion-needy roos, so it's not all that important.
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Old 04 January 2007, 07:08 PM
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Look, watermelon seeds will often cause an animal to explode. There's not much more to say about that. Out of respect for Magoose, I think we should stop talking about this. The memory of her daughter's mouse is probably painful. Let's let it go.
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