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    1. [BLACK-DUTCH-AMERICA] RE The real thing
    2. Just when you thought you knew everything.... > > >1.To clean a toilet: Pour a can of Coca-Cola into the toilet bowl. Let the >"real thing" sit for one hour, then flush clean. The citric acid in Coke >removes stains from vitreous china. > >2.To remove rust spots from chrome car bumpers: Rub the bumper with a >crumpled-up piece of Reynolds Wrap aluminum foil dipped in Coca-Cola. > >3.To clean corrosion from car battery terminals: Pour a can of Coca-Cola >over >the terminals to bubble away the corrosion. > >4.To loosen a rusted bolt: Applying a cloth soaked in Coca-Cola to the >rusted >bolt for several minutes. > >5.To bake a moist ham: Empty a can of Coca-Cola into the baking pan; rap the >ham in aluminum foil, and bake. Thirty minutes before the ham is finished, >remove the foil, allowing the drippings to mix with the Coke for a sumptuous >brown gravy. > >6. To remove grease from clothes: Empty a can of Coke into a load of greasy >clothes, add detergent, And run through a regular cycle. >The Coca-Cola will help loosen grease stains. It will also clean road haze >from your windshield. > >AND WE DRINK THIS STUFF! > >FYI: >1.The active ingredient in Coke is phosphoric acid. It's pH is >2.8. It will dissolve a nail in about 4 days. > >2.To carry Coca Cola syrup (the concentrate) the commercial truck must use >the Hazardous material placards reserved for Highly Corrosive materials. > >3.The distributors of coke have been using it to clean the engines of their >trucks for about 20 years! > >Drink up!? >**************************** > May Your Waters Run Gentle. Little Hawk.

    07/03/2000 06:45:13