The Jones soda has been aerosolized
May. 8th, 2008 07:01 pmI was carrying a bunch of bags in from the PhillyShareCar, which I'd used to go shopping for both groceries and workshop materials, including a wading pool, modeling clay, clothespins, and fun noodles (which is another story, one that's getting detailed in this month's SWAPA). I had to get out my keys, so I set one of the bags down on the concrete, and it started hissing. I didn't want to investigate right then because I had the car stopped in the middle of the parking lot, flashers on, so I hurried up to my apartment. After I put away the refrigeratables, I investigated the still-hissing bag. It was, as I'd suspected, one of the cans of Jones Soda. As I took it out from the bag the room instantly started smelling sweet. The can was about 2/3rds full, and the very tiny hole that had been made in its side was continuing to vent strawberry-lime stickiness in a cloud, powered by the carbonation and all the jostling. I quickly opened the can--which took off the pressure and ended the spraying--and poured it into a glass, then quickly returned the car. I managed to get soda sprayed all over my face and glasses as I picked the can up, so it's off to the shower. But I wanted to share the story first :^)