http://gapingvoid.com/2006/08/08/untitled-901-all-marketing-is-surreal/ "cartoons drawn on the back of business cards" Sun, 21 Mar 2010 23:46:34 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=abc hourly 1 http://gapingvoid.com/2006/08/08/untitled-901-all-marketing-is-surreal/#comment-13748 GC Tue, 15 Aug 2006 11:24:32 +0000 http://gapingvoid.com/?p=2956#comment-13748 Mentos have no carbonate salts. The reaction with an acid (wine) and a carbonate salt would, indeed, release CO2, but my money is on this being fake. From <a href="http://www.csua.berkeley.edu/~lolly/pages/Mentos.html" rel="nofollow">the mentos FAQ:</a> Ingredients: Mint: sugar, glucose syrup, hydrogenated coconut oil, gelatin, dextrin, natural flavor, corn starch, gum arabic. Mixed Fruit: sugar, glucose syrup, hydrogenated coconut oil, gelatin, dextrin, natural and artificial flavor, gum arabic, coloring. <a href="http://antoine.frostburg.edu/chem/senese/101/consumer/faq/mentos.shtml" rel="nofollow">Further support.</a> Mentos have no carbonate salts. The reaction with an acid (wine) and a carbonate salt would, indeed, release CO2, but my money is on this being fake. From the mentos FAQ:
Ingredients:
Mint: sugar, glucose syrup, hydrogenated coconut oil, gelatin, dextrin, natural flavor, corn starch, gum arabic.
Mixed Fruit: sugar, glucose syrup, hydrogenated coconut oil, gelatin, dextrin, natural and artificial flavor, gum arabic, coloring.
Further support.

]]> http://gapingvoid.com/2006/08/08/untitled-901-all-marketing-is-surreal/#comment-13747 istrona.pl Sat, 12 Aug 2006 01:31:19 +0000 http://gapingvoid.com/?p=2956#comment-13747 I like coke and tworzenie stron or projektowanie stron too. I like coke and tworzenie stron or projektowanie stron too.

]]> http://gapingvoid.com/2006/08/08/untitled-901-all-marketing-is-surreal/#comment-13746 Shazz Thu, 10 Aug 2006 11:11:19 +0000 http://gapingvoid.com/?p=2956#comment-13746 See the new Mentos & Diet Coke to Space video by a groovy little Canadian crowdsourcing company. :-) <a href="http://www.cambrianhouse.com/diet-coke-to-space/" rel="nofollow"><a href="http://www.cambrianhouse.com/diet-coke-to-space/" rel="nofollow">http://www.cambrianhouse.com/diet-coke-to-space/</a></a> See the new Mentos & Diet Coke to Space video by a groovy little Canadian crowdsourcing company. http://www.cambrianhouse.com/diet-coke-to-space/

]]> http://gapingvoid.com/2006/08/08/untitled-901-all-marketing-is-surreal/#comment-13745 SmileyTD Thu, 10 Aug 2006 08:48:25 +0000 http://gapingvoid.com/?p=2956#comment-13745 You are most welcome for the kind words. They are well deserved. :) Thank YOU for taking the time to answer my question. I continue to be impressed by your artistic abilities (as well as your sense of humor). You are most welcome for the kind words. They are well deserved. Thank YOU for taking the time to answer my question. I continue to be impressed by your artistic abilities (as well as your sense of humor).

]]> http://gapingvoid.com/2006/08/08/untitled-901-all-marketing-is-surreal/#comment-13744 Greg Smyth Thu, 10 Aug 2006 04:25:12 +0000 http://gapingvoid.com/?p=2956#comment-13744 I remember doing this by accident with a two litre bottle of Coke and a couple of Polo Mints (larger surface area, I'd imagine) aged ten. I remember doing this by accident with a two litre bottle of Coke and a couple of Polo Mints (larger surface area, I’d imagine) aged ten.

]]> http://gapingvoid.com/2006/08/08/untitled-901-all-marketing-is-surreal/#comment-13743 Randy MacDonald Wed, 09 Aug 2006 22:28:49 +0000 http://gapingvoid.com/?p=2956#comment-13743 I prefer to think of marketing as _hyperreal_, with a nod to Umberto Eco. I prefer to think of marketing as _hyperreal_, with a nod to Umberto Eco.

]]> http://gapingvoid.com/2006/08/08/untitled-901-all-marketing-is-surreal/#comment-13742 Hugh MacLeod Wed, 09 Aug 2006 18:55:03 +0000 http://gapingvoid.com/?p=2956#comment-13742 Smiley, that one would have taken me about an hur or so. Nothing too major. Thanks for the kind words... You too, Cheap Tart ;-) Smiley, that one would have taken me about an hur or so. Nothing too major. Thanks for the kind words… You too, Cheap Tart

]]> http://gapingvoid.com/2006/08/08/untitled-901-all-marketing-is-surreal/#comment-13741 SmileyTD Wed, 09 Aug 2006 16:00:44 +0000 http://gapingvoid.com/?p=2956#comment-13741 I'm very curious about something. How long does it take you to draw all of those little, teeny designs? They are amazing...so much detail. I love your work. By the way, Lloyd's Mentos "adventure" was very amusing. Thank you for posting the link. I’m very curious about something. How long does it take you to draw all of those little, teeny designs? They are amazing…so much detail. I love your work.
By the way, Lloyd’s Mentos “adventure” was very amusing. Thank you for posting the link.

]]> http://gapingvoid.com/2006/08/08/untitled-901-all-marketing-is-surreal/#comment-13740 Cheap Tart Wed, 09 Aug 2006 09:47:34 +0000 http://gapingvoid.com/?p=2956#comment-13740 LOL! Loved it. Smooch, The Tart ; ) LOL!
Loved it.
Smooch,
The Tart
; )

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