Pardon Me, But There Is A Mouse In This Can Of Diet Pepsi
(Ed. note— Ok, let me just tell you that reading this story made my stomach flip, which is something that almost never happens to me, so if you're eating lunch or (heaven forbid) drinking a Pepsi — just go to Cute Overload and forget this ever happened.) A Florida man says he was drinking a can of Diet Pepsi when he noted that it tasted funny. (Warning: "Not Safe For Lunch" graphic picture inside.)
His wife told WFTV, "He made a face. I was sitting there and he said it tasted awful and something wasn't right." According to the couple, there was what appeared to be a mouse inside the can.
Here's how they described it.
"We're not sure what it is. It was pink. It looks like spaghetti. It's really sick," the wife said.
Pepsi said that something might have crawled in the can and died after it was open, but the couple doesn't really seem convinced. The FDA has opened an investigation into the incident, you can read their report here (PDF).
Couple Claims They Found Mouse In Can Of Pepsi [WFTV] (Thanks, Justin!)
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Does the 1 calorie include the mouse?
Ewww.
Ewww.
Ewww.
Ewww.
Ewww.
I almost went back to drinking soft drinks today after a 2 month self-imposed moratorium. Thanks for preventing that, Consumerist.
My parents used to make me clean the pool filter when I was a teenager. I found things that looked like this more often than I care to remember.
Now they're in food.
Welcome back, insomnia!
I read the warning but I clicked the story anyway. Why did I do it!?
Ugh.
Wow, I should have taken the warning a little more serious. I thought pictures couldn't gross me out but I was wrong, this made me gag. Just thinking about if it had been me drinking the soda and finding out what it was...*shudder* it would have been a one way ticket to vomit city.
Oh my. My, my, my.
Some poor guy DRANK THAT. Drank. That.
Oh my, my, my, my... no words, just so freaked out...
As for Pepsi's excuse - what a terrible cop-out. Crawled up there and died after it was opened? Give me a break.
I am now no longer hungry for the Chipotle that has been set before me. A waste of a mouse and marinated steak, all in the same day. What a shame.
uhh.... i hurled a little. thnx!
My dad always warned me that mice can fit through the smallest of holes. I'm always surprised we didn't lose more of them in the medical research facilities.
Might have crawled in AFTER it was opened? wow....just wow
Time to grab my can of Diet Pepsi out of the fridge.
Pepsi Challenge, anyone? This is why I drink Dr. Pepper.
glad i'm drinking a Coke right now :) "Coke - great taste, less mice"
Wow, Im drinking Diet Pepsi right now... yum
I dunno, it's gross, but no grosser than the rat in the loaf of bread story a few months back. That one, you could see the whole body mashed into the bread. This one, all we can see is a bedraggled mass that looks, well, like a drowned rat.
Maybe it was because he actually drank out of the can before he noticed the stowaway. That's a strong case for pouring the drink into a glass first, I would think.
Maybe I'm just jaded.
The picture's not all that graphic.
The description + the picture = suddenly I don't feel so hot.
This never happened when there were men on the bottling line.
@Anathema777: The same reason I did probably.. Sick curiosity... Sick sick sick.
I think I feel sick.
I'm not looking. I'm not looking. Seriously, I can't look. I just ate. I'm not doing it. I hate gross things, and yet the curiosity...it's so tempting!
NOOOOOOOOOOOOO NOT MY DIET PEPSI!
.... sadly, this story is still not bad enough for me to put down my can of diet, crispy, bubbly goodness.
OMG. I think I need to hurl.
That's REALLY disgusting.
@Anathema777: It's like watching two trains about to collide head on - you know the end result won't be pretty, but you can't turn away...
you missed blocking out the address on the PDF page 3 just under the type written part.
I think it's all in how you conceptualize it. To me it doesn't look like a mouse, it looks like goop that's developed a mouse-ish shape. I'm wondering if it's another slime mold incident like the Vitamin Water stuff.
look at the gunk in that bowl. I was actually okay until I saw all that... stuff.
yarf.
Not 0 Calorie anymore! The Protein is probably good for you!
@Verucalise-givingbirthaswespeak: Well, I know what I'm not going to be drinking. At first I thought it was going to be fine to get a soda later because I'd be getting it out of the fountain. But who the heck knows what's inside the tanks! Essence of rodent? Uggh!
@floraposte I hope that is the case because the issue of how a rodent might have gotten into the can prior to it being opened may be of greater concern. Would it mean the entire batch is tainted?
Now... Pepsi Mouse!
All the great taste of Pepsi, all the protein of Mouse, in one drink.
@GyroMight: It doesn't make me gag. Probably because I see it, acknowledge it, but don't think about what if I had tried drinking that. Once I do that then it's allllllll over.
Lesson here kids: DON'T THINK.
At least it should be free of germs - the CO2 environment should have killed most anything growing in the mouse.
//still gross
@chaoss13: I'm guessing if it didn't come from the factory, then someone left it on the patio from another day. It could have been outside, the mouse crawled in, guy grabs what he thinks is the Pepsi can he's been drinking from and then......that......THING. ::gag:: uuuuhhhh
Can't be any worse than Crystal Pepsi, can it?
Just imagining this scenario: "I'm thirsty, I'll get a can of Diet Pepsi from the fridge. Hmmmm...this can seems kind of heavy and something's rattling around inside it. I'll just drink it anyway and see what happens."
I don't know what really happened, I'm just sayin'...
Wow. Just wow. I'm speechless. Haven't had any pop in about two years. I'm not ever going to pick up the stuff again. Ever.
Think I'll send this story to my husband and see if it grosses him out enough to at least cut down on the amount of pop he drinks...
Well, the good news is that the mouse was fairly well pickled by the roughly 2.6 pH of Pepsi. So you're not going to die. Despite what you might wish after drinking some of that.
Okay, I cracked open a Diet Pepsi literally just as I scrolled down and hit the picture of the Diet Pepsi. I feel vaguely ill.
Don't the soda Mice usually dissolve? Very suspicious!
That's why you should drink COKE!!! if you drink pepsi the terrorist win
@emona: Meh. I just ate Chipotle for lunch. Just one more reason I choose Coke.
Oh yes, I'm going to blame the victim now:
Serves the OP right for drinking Pepsi.
[/sarcasm]
That may prevent me from drinking a can of Coke Zero (yum) with my lunch, but it won't make me stop drinking soda completely. I've been drinking soda for 36 years and have never had anything weird in a can, so I like my odds.
@chaoss13: Could've happened.
He might've been enjoying a sandwich made with his favorite freshly baked bread [ [www.buzzfeed.com] ] and had a little mouse caught in his teeth.
*ralph*
Chalk up one more reason why I'm glad I quit drinking soda.