The following language was taken from http://www.exploratorium.edu:
Do It Yourself Science: An Aurora in Your Mouth (Oral Borealis)!
Here’s a strange one to try. Go out and buy a roll of wintergreen-flavored Lifesavers (in the green roll). Find a room that can be made totally dark and take a mirror with you (or use the bathroom at night.) Sit in the dark to allow your eyes to adapt and then bite down on a Lifesaver while looking in the mirror. The Lifesaver will spark and glitter as you chew!
Okay, I know many of you are saying “DUH – we learned that in grade school!” Well, Mr. Knowitall, some people out there not as smart as you may not have tried it yet. And I’m about to burst your knowledge bubble even further with a safety tip that could someday save your life:
You know how when you have even the most faint notion that there’s a gas leak in your house, you’re supposed to leave right away? They say to not do anything such as pick up the telephone or turn any electrical devices on/off lest you want a spark from the aforementioned devices to cause a gas explosion.
Maybe you see what I’m getting at now: if you walk into your house, smell a gas leak, and happen to be masking your halitosis by munching on a refreshing wintergreen-flavored Lifesaver, you’re fucked.
Shit…I didn't know that…does it really work? I must have been asleep in grade school.
P.S. Chewing on Lifesavers sounds painful.
Say you've had vegetarian chili for, oh, 134 days in a row and you want a lifefsaver to de-chili your breath – do you think it would be dangerous to choose the wintergreen flavor given the potential for gassy emissions coming from your butt? Please advise.
hey mike – say, maybe this was just a bad dream, but it came to mind while reading your entry – i remember when we were kids we'd buy snaps at tom thumb – those things that'd pop after being thrown at something – and you'd do fancy tricks with them – wasn't one biting them with your teeth? it doesn't sound quite right, but for some reason i think that that happened. if it was harmless and you did it, perhaps we could chew mouthfulls of them to make anyone with pop rocks look like a damn wussy!
VomitGod: It's for real! It doesn't cause quite the pyrotechnic spectacular that the article makes it out to, but it is a fun trick. If you have no lifesavers, rubbing a balloon on dry hair does as good, if not better of a job. FYI, Don't try it on the pubes.
Anonymous: 4 words – Don't do it, man.
eggnog: Uh oh… look out everyone, my brother has a Blogger profile; I have a feeling we're all in for a special treat!
I don't recall munching on BANG SNAPS (is that what those are called?), but it could have very well happened. Some long term memories tend to be a little fuzzy after that one time I stuck mom's bobby-pin in the electrical socket. Maybe I could try it now and it would at the very least be a cheap alternative to going to the dentist to fix that tooth problem I'm having.