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Mentos + Coke + Condoms

Cory Doctorow at 7:08 pm Tue, Sep 18, 2012

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Mixing Mentos and Coke is a thing -- well-parameterized and understood. But what if you tape a condom over the bottle-mouth before you make the fateful introduction? Sheer hilarity!

Durex + Cola + Mentosy (via Reddit)

I write books. My latest is a YA science fiction novel called Homeland (it's the sequel to Little Brother). More books: Rapture of the Nerds (a novel, with Charlie Stross); With a Little Help (short stories); and The Great Big Beautiful Tomorrow (novella and nonfic). I speak all over the place and I tweet and tumble, too.

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  • DomoDomo

    Subtitles please!  I felt like I understood the general idea of what is happening here, but have the nagging feeling I don’t totally understand the context.

    • mccrum

       I never want to know what he said.  The mystery only makes it more fascinating.

      • Antinous / Moderator

        Yeah, it’s like ‘Hitler Finds Out’ doesn’t work if you speak German.

        • http://daruiburns.tumblr.com/ Dlo Burns

          STAHLINE!

    • rausantaella

      Basically he’s first talking about the world famous Durex condoms, and how many mentos he’s going to stick in. Later, he starts to describe what they’re doing. And at last, “the world record” shouts and all is rejoice.

    • http://imcravingpresidency.tumblr.com/ SedanChair

      Just imagine that he’s saying “behold! behold” over and over, that’s pretty much the gist of it

    • Claudio Bonifazi

      “blablablbalbalbalbalabla i’m gonna drop those 7 mentos into this coca-cola bottle blablbalbalbalba AARRAGGRAGHG”

    • Pedantic Douchebag

      Something something NOW THATSA SPICY MEATBALL!

    • Bobsyeruncle

      There, fixed that for you.

      Mentos + Coke + Condom + Bow Chicka Wow Wow

  • McDonough

    I always knew people were lying when they said “it broke.”

    • invictus

      And just how many Mentos were involved in your… incident?

      • http://pulse.yahoo.com/_SVV4BXZ3NUPXI34WH3EERSF64Q Seriously

        eight

        • Preston Sturges

          Is that what they call Quaaludes these days?

    • cfuse

       Inflating a balloon and using it as a saw are two different types of strain.

    • lesbianjesus

      Friction, He’s 21 now.

  • John Maple

    The narration is the funniest part!

  • Lexicat

    I love the hand job he gives it to finish it off.

    • Brett Myers

      Yeah, he’s definitely squeezing out every last drop at the end.

  • cbwallday

    Times sure are tough for Roberto Benigni.

    • Boundegar

      I think that was Berlusconi.  Nyuk, nyuk, nyuk.

  • http://twitter.com/HubrisSonic HubrisSonic

    This gentlemen doesnt appear to be American. 

  • Preston Sturges

    That’s a reservoir tip!

    • Antinous / Moderator

      Man, I saw a video the other day….oh, never mind.

      • That_Anonymous_Coward

        No xtube links kths

        • Antinous / Moderator

          Haven’t you ever seen a porn film or a photograph and tried to figure out if there was a clinical diagnosis that might explain it?

          • teapot

            Haven’t I? That’s how I’ve been justifying all the “research” I’ve been doing.
            ↓ PS Coward: xtube? Really? After watching proper porn, xtube just looks like this to me

          • That_Anonymous_Coward

            And how much gay porn have you been watching?  Inquiring cowards want to know.

          • teapot

            @That_Anonymous_Coward:disqus : As a straight guy I can’t say that I’ve seen a great deal of gay porn (well.. if you include lesbians that’s a lie) but its mere existence or links to it don’t bother me like it seems to bother many straight people. To me it’s more like a nature documentary than anything else –  a really, really uninformative nature documentary.
            That being said, we are talking about Anti here and well… I’m pretty confident he’s got a few gems that would burn cannot-unsee into our retinas :)

          • That_Anonymous_Coward

            I just default to misuse of a suntea jar and move on…

        • http://daruiburns.tumblr.com/ Dlo Burns

          Is that a Xubuntu program thing?

  • Preston Sturges

    Way to chub it up!

  • Preston Sturges

    I have heard of these flavored condoms, but I did not know they also exploded.

  • 3William56

    GGGGOOOOOOOOOOOAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAALLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLL!

    Anything is more fun and exciting with hyperactive Mediterranean commentary (?)

  • http://twitter.com/GiantRobotPilot Drew Christensen

    And boom goes the dynamite.

  • Bodhipaksa

    This is no doubt a silly question, but what happens when people eat mentos and drink Coke?

    • Antinous / Moderator

      It expels the watermelon seeds that have sprouted in their stomachs.

    • ocker3

       The stomach acid ruins the reaction

    • xiagang

      Funny you should ask:  http://urbanlegends.about.com/library/bl_mentos_and_coke.htm

  • TWX

    I wonder what would happen if one placed the mentos into the condom, twisted the condom to isolate them, then somehow managed to fill and overinflate the condom with the soda, seal the condom, then untwist the separation between the candy and the soda…

    • Antinous / Moderator

      The Aristocrats!

    • http://twitter.com/writebastard Ian Wood

      You…you just keep on wondering that, you crazy diamond.

    • http://www.jjsaul.com Jim Saul

      Instead of a condom, use a blow-up doll and I bet that stunt finds its way into a heist movie.

  • http://pulse.yahoo.com/_SVV4BXZ3NUPXI34WH3EERSF64Q Seriously

    Can you use diet coke? Can’t believe I really want to know that, but it would be so much less sticky.

    • nixiebunny

       An ambulance would have to be called.

    • http://bjunity.org/ Bill B

       From what I recall when the Coke/Mentos craze first hit, Diet Coke seems to have a better chemical reaction.

  • http://twitter.com/Epers Eddie Perkins

    Imagine what would have happened if he’d used Diet Coke, like you’re supposed to. 

  • http://twitter.com/ErnestValdemar Ernest Valdemar

    If you slowly add Diet Coke to instant coffee, you get a semi-stable foam that lasts upwards of half-an-hour. I accidentally discovered this myself (don’t ask), but I’ve no idea how it works.

    • http://www.facebook.com/people/James-Agenbroad/100002463876063 James Agenbroad

       …Which to us old-timers reminds me of the phosphate scum that you used to get on waterways before they banned it’s use in laundry detergerents.

  • Tchoutoye

    Only guys who never get to use condoms in their traditional way could come up with stuff like this.

    • Guido

      Yes, they are so awesome that usually at this point they have found out a stable partner.

    • SamSam

      Please Mr Tchoutoye, can you tell me please how to get the woman into the bed?

      • DewiMorgan

        To start, have two woman in the bed. Then wait. Eventually, one get out. Voila, the woman is in the bed!

        • Sarah Neptune

          I died laughing!

      • Quiche de Resistance

        I PUT ON MY ROBE AND WIZARD HAT

  • gumbowing

    A tragic waste of all three. Mentos are for eating! Coke is for drinking! Condoms are for shtupping!

  • That_Anonymous_Coward

    Now campers, when he tells you its to small, remember… he is lying and isn’t worth your time.
    Always practice safe soft drinks.

  • humanresource

    I came.

    • Quiche de Resistance

      OH!

  • jeligula

    You know you are severely dehydrated when the contents of the condom resemble Mentos (R).   Ummm, does this guy make his living as a carnival barker?

  • wysinwyg

    I take this as more evidence against the “all humor is moral transgressions” thesis.  

  • Philbert

    This is a great day for Science!

  • Ben Sherman

    Here is the original, higher quality, not stolen!  Change the stories link!

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nf1dFECSf60