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Chill a Can of Warm Beer in 20 Seconds

SonicintoX — Wed, 23 Apr 2008 21:13:48 EDT

@Captain Nobody:
No, this is the video that inspired the popular science article. I would know... I produced it. www.metacafe.com/channels/sonicintox

SonicintoX

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djfred — Tue, 15 Apr 2008 20:19:28 EDT

According to some guy named Eric De Place, a 10-ounce can of cleaner will have the same climate-changing effect over the next 20 years as burning at least 100 gallons of gasoline.

So maybe adding some ice and salt and swirling it around for five minutes is a better solution.

[www.treehugger.com]

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rb67 — Tue, 15 Apr 2008 20:15:59 EDT

I guarantee you that the internal temp of the beer is still warm. The heat transfer between air and anything is atrocious.

Best way to cool beer, 50/50 ice-water bath. You get 32 F with huge surface + good heat transfer rates.

rb67

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Knirfie — Tue, 15 Apr 2008 12:01:04 EDT

You can also use a CO2 fire extinguisher to cool a whole case of beer bottles...

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eblack — Tue, 15 Apr 2008 11:30:27 EDT

That's the dumbest thing I've ever seen.

I could probably make toast pretty fast if I just lit it on fire with some gasoline too.

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DaveTyranham — Tue, 15 Apr 2008 10:21:11 EDT

This will be great on the golf course.

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Blakamin — Tue, 15 Apr 2008 02:45:21 EDT

hole on the ground. fit six pack, cover lightly with dirt. pour gasoline over dirt. set fire to dirt. wait for flames to disappear. get beer out. drink cold beer.
Old army trick.
exothermic something or some shit (stuff the science)

Blakamin

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jackfrost132 — Tue, 15 Apr 2008 01:41:53 EDT

@fivepoint: You send your Germans! We shall send polar bear riding penguins out in our constant sub zero blizzard weather with our finest beers, distilled in an igloo which is inside yet another igloo!, if they want a fight, well the penguins have hockey sticks! Also Alanis Morrisete will be sent in for mental warfare. The Russians may send their mini subs to our northern borders, but we will quickly erect bases in order to prevent them from claiming our land.

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Lizard_King — Mon, 14 Apr 2008 23:54:32 EDT

Ahh...love it when the topic comes to American beer and people associate with the Bud Light type crap offered in this vid.

For those of you less informed, you can get good beer in the U.S., you don't have to go elsewhere to get good beer, and some of the best beer in the world is made here. Check the local breweries - my favorite local varieties are Long Trail (not really local, but close enough), Victory, Dogfish Head, etc. My favorite is still an overseas brand (often labeled as over-hyped and overpriced, Chimay) but there is no reason to beleive that American beer is all shitty.

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MacBandit — Mon, 14 Apr 2008 23:38:01 EDT

@digitalhen: Close your eyes and imagine the opposite of Lucas.

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ZeroCorpse — Mon, 14 Apr 2008 23:25:49 EDT

I've been told that Americans need to chill their beer because it tastes awful otherwise.

I'm no beer drinker, though. I prefer liquor that doesn't taste like otter urine.

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dirfrops — Mon, 14 Apr 2008 22:35:31 EDT

It was much easier to just get used to drinking warm beer. In fact, you can drink it faster than you can if it was cold...which means you get drunker faster, and hey, no cold headache! I started doing this while I was an Everquest addict because it was just easier to pull the 12 pack to me rather than having to get up and go to the fridge in the middle of a raid, LOL.

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elislider — Mon, 14 Apr 2008 21:51:55 EDT

also costs about $5 for using the entire can of air

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Valicious — Mon, 14 Apr 2008 21:14:48 EDT

*a better place
requires no beer.

Valicious

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otaking241 — Mon, 14 Apr 2008 21:14:46 EDT

I'm no hippie, but even I have a hard time justifying an dumping an entire can of duster into the air to cool one beer.

Especially a BL.

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Valicious — Mon, 14 Apr 2008 21:14:08 EDT

@DJRome: in post apocalypse world ice ain't an option. air dusters canned to last the remaining us (rapture should take all believers to a better place.) from 2012 to fistfulls o' beer i bet even if they stop production today.

no bottleneck in this idea.

Valicious

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DJRome — Mon, 14 Apr 2008 20:39:50 EDT

Instead of wasting $15 on an air duster, throw your beer into a sink, add half water, and dump a enough salt into the sink, and coat with ice, it will cool the beer in 5min or so, and enjoy. Good idea though.

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BigViper — Mon, 14 Apr 2008 20:10:57 EDT

or just pay the electirc bill stupid!

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SomeAudioGuy — Mon, 14 Apr 2008 19:37:19 EDT

That's awesome. Where was this when Mythbusters was doing their test.

For really chilling beer though, I'll stick to ice water and salt.

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Valicious — Mon, 14 Apr 2008 19:07:42 EDT

@ninjagin:
you should be a game designer. you seem keep in theo(cracy)ry o'-game.

you won't be able get reward after they drop the bomb tho. even tho you must have dropped quite an impressive one yourself.

Valicious

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Valicious — Mon, 14 Apr 2008 19:04:59 EDT

I used to hang a plastic bag along with a "cool'o matic" tag on air conditioning went on a hot day not get any passersbyees confused not to take it off while i nap when working at the attic o' a computer store as a technician o' sorts , drunk technician with fiestas o' cheap coconuts drilled trough drank with straws mixed with powder milk refilled later with beer.

I put beer in the bag , usually chilled in twenty mins , had many dust repellent cans but indeed never considered such an endeavor to save beer from hot days.

something i shall remember for after they drop the bomb.

Valicious

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sillycracker6288 — Mon, 14 Apr 2008 19:03:02 EDT

You can also lay the can of beer sideways in a tub (or small pile) of ice surrounding 2/3 of the can, and spin the can like two fingers running across a small treadmill, in less than a minute you will have ice cold beer that you can open right away without freezing your hands. I work outside where this is a necessary skill if more construction workers/bartenders read giz this would have been all over this site alot earlier I thought everyone would have known this.

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Barry99705 — Mon, 14 Apr 2008 18:10:34 EDT

@ninjagin:
hahahahaha

That's mildly disgusting.

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Tank — Mon, 14 Apr 2008 18:07:44 EDT

You can chill a warm beer by spinning the bottle or can in ice for a couple minutes.

Tank

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DearEditor — Mon, 14 Apr 2008 18:05:38 EDT

Got ice but no salt? Roll the can (gently) on a bed of ice for, say, 20 seconds. The beer is agitated enough to evenly transfer its' heat out of the can.

You can't beat a CO2 fire extinguisher for sheer speed and manly satisfaction, but it is a little wasteful.

DearEditor

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ninjagin — Mon, 14 Apr 2008 17:36:48 EDT

Honestly, I have a little cooler that holds about 8 cans. I put the cans in, fill it with ice all the way up to the point where the lid won't close, pour enough water in to fill up all the air spaces (and melt the ice a little), sprinkle 1/4 cup of pickling salt all over the top of the ice-water soup, force the lid closed and go take a nice long dump. Presto! By the time I've birthed the chocolate mud baby and washed my hands, I have an eight-beer reward for my efforts.

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Captain Angry — Mon, 14 Apr 2008 17:35:27 EDT

Ice + Salt + a little water = Much cheaper solution in about the same time.

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Zlevee — Mon, 14 Apr 2008 17:28:35 EDT

Just buy the Cooper Cooler:
[www.coopercooler.com]
available on amazon:
[www.amazon.com]

Zlevee

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Wintursoul — Mon, 14 Apr 2008 17:14:35 EDT

Just attempted this with a can of Coke.

Lesson 1-DO NOT USE can air with a bitter agent. I'm now going to taste copper pennies for a month.

Lesson 2-DO NOT USE can air more than 30 seconds as extreme cold will cause a carbonated beverage to asplode!

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fivepoint — Mon, 14 Apr 2008 17:07:13 EDT

@jackfrost132

The Germans would certainly disagree with you... and they've been drinking delicious far longer than us in the U.S. or you dorks in Canada.

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fivepoint — Mon, 14 Apr 2008 17:06:10 EDT

Whiskey and even Red Wine taste GREAT at room temperature.

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Stacky Botrus — Mon, 14 Apr 2008 17:05:06 EDT

What kind of jackass dosnt know a beer is warm just by touching it. Damn fool.

It may be warm, but I bet if he put it in his pooper, he would think it was bigger than 12 oz mofo!

Stacky Botrus

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DeusExMach — Mon, 14 Apr 2008 16:59:47 EDT

@James:Fun fact: It does.

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jackfrost132 — Mon, 14 Apr 2008 16:56:00 EDT

There's such a thing as not cold beer? I'm Canadian, we've risen above warm beer and our beer is always ice cold.. Simply on principle.

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Half off all shafts! — Mon, 14 Apr 2008 16:55:21 EDT

Did anybody see the featured video afterward of a monkey peeing in its own mouth?!? OMG ROFLS!

Half off all shafts!

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GOKOR — Mon, 14 Apr 2008 16:28:24 EDT

@Spyvie: Tetrafluoroethane, according to the can I have in front of me.

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AndrewJayPollack — Mon, 14 Apr 2008 16:28:18 EDT

Gack.

Liquid Nitrogen is available from almost any welding supply shop -- usually for free as its a byproduct.

Just bring a metal thermos and don't be an idiot and screw the lid on (use a rag very lightly tucked in) so you don't blow you arm off.

Once you get it home, its easy to find a way to use it to cool the beer. Just be careful not to pour it yourself anywhere that it may pool or get caught (like a watchband).

by the way, its the best way to make ice cream in seconds -- always perfect. Search the web for that trick.

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GOKOR — Mon, 14 Apr 2008 16:26:28 EDT

@BloggyMcBlogBlog: While you're at it, make Coors Ice Cream?

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Spyvie — Mon, 14 Apr 2008 16:25:40 EDT

Incidentally, those air duster cans do not contain air ("air" = 80% nitrogen, 15 - 18% oxygen, and some trace gases) I don't have a can handy to read the contents but they contain a propellant very similar to the refrigerant in a modern "ozone safe refrigerator or AC unit.

Spyvie

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Git Em SteveDave is a poor substitute for LindsayJoy — Mon, 14 Apr 2008 16:24:11 EDT

Am I wrong in remembering that if you drop a beers temp that quickly, it messes with the beer itself? I forget the exact thing, but lowering it too quickly does some funky things to the beer.

Git Em SteveDave is a poor substitute for LindsayJoy

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dysthymia — Mon, 14 Apr 2008 16:22:47 EDT

if you are going to drink such bad beer, does not matter if is cold or not.

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BloggyMcBlogBlog — Mon, 14 Apr 2008 16:20:01 EDT

Salt + Water + Ice = frosty cold beer in 5 minutes.

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SigmundTheSeaMonster — Mon, 14 Apr 2008 16:19:23 EDT

@strider_mt2k: Yeah, I'm with ya on this one.

Can of Air: $9
Can of beer: $1 or less
Time to heat up a nail, find a container to fit the beer, find a winter glove to prevent frostbite and hold the inverted air can...too long.

You can run across the quad to the MolBio or engineering building and put it over some dry ice!

Think.Prepare.Enjoy!

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exobite — Mon, 14 Apr 2008 16:17:09 EDT

or get some liquid nitrogen, it will chill ur beer much much much faster

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Spyvie — Mon, 14 Apr 2008 16:16:14 EDT

As a former refrigeration tech that still has a few jugs of "freon" laying around, I could achieve this in mass with a whole case of beer... and I could be subject to a hefty fine by the EPA if I got caught.

This is called total loss refrigeration, and similar systems are still in use in the frozen foods industry. Though in those FF plants the refrigerant is pumped back out of the room for later reuse.

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nystreetfilms — Mon, 14 Apr 2008 16:15:16 EDT

thats the kind of genius only a graduate from UC Santa Barbara would truly enjoy... and, if you inhale on the exhaust end you can get twice the buzz from one can of nattie ice! isn't the world grand?

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SirDrinksalot — Mon, 14 Apr 2008 16:11:27 EDT

Full of shit.

The themometer is not even in the can. The air around the can drops in temperature not the can and its contents.

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apeguero — Mon, 14 Apr 2008 16:11:20 EDT

Can I use that method to chill the ATI Radeon X1900 video card in my Mac Pro? The Jet Engine sound effect coming from my Mac Pro while playing games on Boot Camp is only cool if I'm flying jets in MSX or LOMAC, but it just doesn't sound right when I'm kicking ass in HL2.

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Evil_Snow_Man — Mon, 14 Apr 2008 16:08:40 EDT

Okay lets waste a ton of money just so we can save a couple minutes of time... Idiots...

Just put your cans in a salt water ice bath if you need them Faster than a normal freezer...

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Leonard Nimrod — Mon, 14 Apr 2008 16:08:28 EDT

@GOKOR: The thermometer looks to be in the beer for the experiment. IF you were really doing it you wouldn't open the beer until after the chilling occurring so you could rinse it off.

PS: I like to have a nice cold beer so I use the freezer. But it takes too long so by using a thick plastic bag and a cylinder tupperware jar and screw lid with a beer sized whole cut from the lid, I am able to chill a beer to below freezing temperature in much less time by putting it in my homemade container with salt water, which a lower freezing point than my freezer's temperature.

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alter — Mon, 14 Apr 2008 16:04:31 EDT

I'm Brazilian. what do you mean "cold beer"?

We drink beer way cooler than Americans!
And we drink BEER, not the "light" stuff.

There's a way to chill fast: ice + water + alcohol

a little bit dangerous, but if you need it, this is the fastest way

alter

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Milstar — Mon, 14 Apr 2008 15:55:13 EDT

Kmart used to sell a reuseable device that could lower your soda/beer 20 degrees in like 2 minutes for only $10.00.

This seems a bit better minus the cost of those air things

Milstar

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richard8a — Mon, 14 Apr 2008 15:54:16 EDT

Thanks to people using these things as inhalants, those air cans are unrealistically expensive. It's cheaper to drive or walk to the store and buy cold beer. Quit being lazy and get off your bum!! And then sit back down and enjoy that beer...

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PynkFloydd — Mon, 14 Apr 2008 15:47:12 EDT

Ahh...nothing like spraying a can of CO2 into a poorly ventilated room...

Wouldn't an application of Charles's Law be more cost effective and produce a larger volume of said, "cold beer"?

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cbdsteve — Mon, 14 Apr 2008 15:45:54 EDT

Or, you could simply buy beer that didn't taste like piss to begin with.

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strider_mt2k — Mon, 14 Apr 2008 15:45:34 EDT

@Dook_In_The_Urinal:
That's all you need.
Comcast slowing down teh airs!

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theharlotfelon — Mon, 14 Apr 2008 15:44:57 EDT

Looks like you're just making the can cold and living in denial.

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damnElantra — Mon, 14 Apr 2008 15:40:20 EDT

yah, i had the enjoyment of getting a face full of compressed can air at one point. no way i heck im gona fill a plastic tuperwear with this stuff. open it and vacate the room for a good 10 min, and see your beer room temp again

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Dook_In_The_Urinal — Mon, 14 Apr 2008 15:39:41 EDT

@James:
LOL. When I first saw that I thought it sad bittorrent.

Dook_In_The_Urinal

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kcrochet — Mon, 14 Apr 2008 15:36:10 EDT

That thermometer was only measuring the air temp. The internal temp of that beer wouldn't have dropped more than 5 degrees in 20 seconds.

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Munch the BanNail — Mon, 14 Apr 2008 15:35:56 EDT

I just make friends with the neighbors... One of us usually has some cold beer

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Redwraithvienna — Mon, 14 Apr 2008 15:34:16 EDT

@James: If the can / bottle is closed it shouldntl.

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crayonwaxy — Mon, 14 Apr 2008 15:32:44 EDT

hmm.. Methinks that the temperature that the thermometer is reading is actually just the cold air's temperature not the beer's. i just cant see how the liquid all the way on the inside is able to be cooled so quickly.. Other than that, A LOT of air dusters have a "Bitterant" added to them nowadays, so i would be careful if you plan on doing this, and make sure the one you are to use does not.

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digitalhen — Mon, 14 Apr 2008 15:32:36 EDT

i'm british. what do you mean "cold beer"?

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chonnes — Mon, 14 Apr 2008 15:32:28 EDT

Wow, tough decision: Do I want to forego my "huffing" later for a cold beer NOW?

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rdldr1 — Mon, 14 Apr 2008 15:32:24 EDT

Too bad those cans of compressed air arent cheap, especially if one is used to chill a single can of cheap beer. They must be high off the fumes.

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riqgeez — Mon, 14 Apr 2008 15:32:18 EDT

yeah but what about bottles? that's what I use!

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GOKOR — Mon, 14 Apr 2008 15:31:38 EDT

@James: We used to have fights with compressed air like that...

...it kinda sucks when your arm freezes.

GOKOR

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strider_mt2k — Mon, 14 Apr 2008 15:31:21 EDT

That's IT?
Good luck with the frostbite you'll develop holding the can while it's emptying, not to mention the money you just wasted on a can of air to chill ONE beer.
(Also, drink isn't my preference.)

Personally I'd have more fun waiting for a humid day and using two inverted cans of air to simulate the Reaction Control System from a space craft, but that's how I roll.

To be honest, I used to do that until I visited Johnson Space Center and rode a real chair using that kind of system to move around on that classic "air hockey" flooring.
You don't need to pretend anymore after riding that thing.

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jspec1594 — Mon, 14 Apr 2008 15:30:15 EDT

This is really cool, I guess. If you have this, whats the point of a refrigerator?

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Captain Nobody — Mon, 14 Apr 2008 15:29:51 EDT

yeah, that was in popular science last month.

cough plagiarism cough

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GOKOR — Mon, 14 Apr 2008 15:29:40 EDT

Does it chill the beer or just the can and the air around it?

A freezer is really cold too (and will get the metal can cold quickly), but it's not going to chill the liquid that fast.

GOKOR

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Darrone — Mon, 14 Apr 2008 15:28:00 EDT

Been doing this for like 10 years... secrets out!

bleepity bleep bleep, people always ruin a good thing.

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Johnny Chimpo — Mon, 14 Apr 2008 15:27:48 EDT

funny video but completely impractical.

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xint — Mon, 14 Apr 2008 15:27:43 EDT

20 Seconds?

I don't thinks so...

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James — Mon, 14 Apr 2008 15:26:36 EDT

Most air dusters have bitterant in it. I hope the beer doesn't absorb the taste.

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f0rge — Mon, 14 Apr 2008 15:25:11 EDT

that's genius, and way better than what they came up with on mythbusters...

f0rge