I rush in to work, and grab a coke from the fridge cuz I'm thirsty and the water cooler is out. I take a few sips, and find the taste to be almost gross. There is absolutely no taste whatsoever, I take a second look at the can it is DIET coke. So I figure, ok its probably diet so theres no taste, and drink some more. then i take another look, on the top of the can there is a bulge (which basically means bacteria or something has started growing in there), then I take a look at the bottom of the can and see an expiration date of May 2005!!!!!!!!!! Now I'm sitting here wondering if I should call CDC or just reserve my spot in the bathroom stall.
First, considering that diet sodas don't have any sugar, thus nothing on which the bacteria can feed, I doubt that it's anything biological. Second, WTF is a 2 1/2 year old soda can doing in your fridge?? Judging by your refrigerator cleaning habits, there is probably some meatloaf that has grown arms and legs and is planning to kill you in your sleep, so drinking some old soda is the LEAST of your worries right about now...
lol @ A-Train - "The Creature That Lived In The Refrigerator, Behind the Mayonnaise, Next to the Ketchup and to the Left of the Cole Slaw!" - Garfield and Friends Diet coke usually loses its fizzle a few days after its expiration date, and it is flat with no flavor. You probably tasted the watery un-syrupy part, and the stuff on the top is something left over from the oxygenation part left in the can. You have nothing to worry about. Drink lots of milk, which should break down the poisons' catalysts, but if you have some stomach pains already, drink some chamomille tea and it will get rid of those pains. You will have to poop REALLY REALLY soon.
I'm printing out articles from wikipedia as I type this in preparation for my time in the bathrom today.
How did you end up thirsty as hell so early at work? Did you not drink your daily dosage of coffee or orange juice or milk???
Ahh, the good ole' community office fridge, where tasty lunches get stolen and good food goes to die...then come back to life. Go for the water cooler next time you get thirsty...
"I get so scared... when people... don't label... their food..." - name that episode it also sounded like "the nudy bar... " poem from Married With Children
The Merger. This was clearly a case of somebody trying to teach you a lesson about taking stuff from the fridge that doesn't belong to you.
