Pepsi’s Lawsuit Defense: Mountain Dew Would Have Dissolved Mouse Carcass
Pepsi Co. is being sued by a man in Illinois who claims that he found a dead mouse in a can of Mountain Dew, but Pepsi says that it’s impossible. Why? It’s not because Pepsi has such high standards when it comes to work place cleanliness, but because a mouse carcass would have completely dissolved if it was placed in Mountain Dew.
Yep, Pepsi is pulling the ol’ “our product is so acidic that it would be impossible for an animal carcass to survive for more than a few days” defense. It’s genius.
Pepsi didn’t say that the Plaintiff, Ronald Ball, lied about finding a mouse in a can of Mountain Dew. The company just said that his story was ridiculous. If there was a mouse in the can, according to Pepsi, Ball would have found a “jelly-like substance,” not a whole mouse.
According to the Madison Record, Plaintiff Ronald Ball claims that he found a dead mouse in a can of soda that he purchased from a vending machine. Ball took a sip of the soda, tasted something foul, then spit out a dead mouse.
The Atlantic Wire reports that Pepsi’s lawsuit defense is ”a winning-the-battle-while-surrendering-the-war” sort of strategy. Pepsi may have proven that Ball didn’t “spit out the soda to reveal a dead mouse,” but they also proved that Mountain Dew has more in common with battery acid than soda.
Ball is seeking more than $50,000 from his lawsuit. Ball claims that he sent the mouse to Pepsi when he filed the lawsuit in 2009 and that the company destroyed it, presumably, by letting it sit in a can of Mountain Dew for a few days.
Do you drink Mountain Dew? Will you continue to drink Mountain Dew?
Tags : mountain dew, mountain dew acid, mountain dew dead mouse, pepsi, pepsi dead mouse, Pepsi Lawsuit
Posted: January 3, 2012
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Jan 3, 2012
I will continue to drink Mt Dew and other such products.
I will refrain from soaking daily for long periods of time in such soft drinks.
Jan 3, 2012
Extra protein is always good…..
Jan 3, 2012
Are you serious? Get a job, and stop making up reasons to sue People or Companies. Lazy ass.
Jan 3, 2012
My favorite drink……certainly beats battery acid!
Jan 3, 2012
Some one should slap Ronald Ball! Ugghh IDIOT! ALERT!
Jan 3, 2012
Damn and I use Mt. Dew to run my car. No wonder my mileage is suffering its gummed up by mouse guts.
Jan 3, 2012
I just got real thirsty for a dew!
Jan 3, 2012
protein shake mtn. dew flavor.. mmm SON
Jan 3, 2012
Oh yes I will! never found a mouse in mtn dew yet, so I'm good , and if mice make mtn dew taste so good than KEEP IT COMING!
Jan 3, 2012
I too found a dead mouse in my can of pop.
Jan 3, 2012
Now that his BS Story isn't true, what can Pepsi do to him…
Jan 3, 2012
Some people will try and do anything for free fast cash. Shows how stupid some idiots really are. BTW, I have been and always will be a Dew Drinker for life.
Jan 3, 2012
Easy test, go find a mouse that has passed away from age or other means, place the body in a container filled with Mt. Dew, and observe the results.
Jan 3, 2012
I BET HE WINS! Stupid lawyers wont ask how a mouse supposedly gets into the can!
Jan 3, 2012
I wouldn't doubt it I had a 2 liter dr.pepper having pieces of small cardboard paper in it before I opened it they was suppose to have send me more but d a hole never did. should have sue too.
Jan 3, 2012
I found a shark in my can of dew.
Jan 3, 2012
This no life faggot just wants money fuck him you stupid ass cunt.
Jan 3, 2012
Too funny….it's the old "Strange Brew" – how to get free beer trick.
If you haven't seen this movie…IT IS WHERE THIS GENIOUS CAME UP WITH THIS! See it it's too funny.
Jan 3, 2012
I drink a busch light can of beer and discovered some lumpy grainy substance in my mouth, I spit it out and discovered they were hops that apparently did not make it through the filtering process……yummy…..good thing it was my fourth beer…….all I did was pop a top again and the next one was fine……
Jan 3, 2012
I am so going to find a mouse now and just pour mountain dew on it to see if it eats it alive. That would be friggin awesome to see.
Jan 3, 2012
I found Hoffa in a can of code red!
Jan 3, 2012
I am a Quality Control Technician for Pepsi-Cola in New York the cans are rinsed and sanitized before they enter the filler its impossible.
Jan 3, 2012
Ewww… soda is disgusting..I usually drink water, homemade smoothies, tea or slurpees..lol.
Jan 4, 2012
Ive drank MT dew for the lat 30 years of my life until recently. I decided finally that I probably should be taking better care of my body and stopped all soda about a month ago. That combined with stopping smoking has been tough, but not as bad as you might think. I would love a MT dew right now, but I know if I do grab one, its back to the 3-4 a day like I used to. Maybe in 6 or 7 months from now Ill be able to have one every now and then and not worry too much about it!
Jan 4, 2012
If you placed said mouse inside a stomach, would it dissolve? How can our stomach dissolve a mouse and not destroy the stomach? It's like the time I was told not to drink from filtered water bottle that has gotten hot since the plastic could leech into the water. I would have been amazed to find out that they transport water cold! And the public's IQ drops 10 points.
Jan 4, 2012
I know…I put it there! I'm Doctor Pepper!
Jan 4, 2012
Do not drink mountain dew… Its diabetes in a can/bottle…. Even if there was a mouse in it, I still would not drink it…
Jan 4, 2012
Good Luck!!!
Jan 4, 2012
the stuff will give you mountain dew mouth!
Jan 4, 2012
All soft drinks cause diabetes and other health problems as well as obesity. Soft drinks also eat the enamel off of your teeth. Ask your dentist. I stopped drinking soft drinks 20 years ago and I'm in better shape than most I know my age. Soft drinks are like drinking battery acid with tons of sugar in it. There is no life in those artificial beverages. They WILL kill you.. If Mountain Dew can turn a mouse into jelly like substance, imagine what it is doing to your body, especially your liver.
Jan 4, 2012
I am drinking it right now….HMMMMMM tastes good.
Jan 4, 2012
I think that's silly ha! ha! ha!
Jan 4, 2012
I LOVE MY DEW I DRINK IT 24 7.
Jan 4, 2012
I'm shore being 45.i would of found something in a can or bottle.see I love pepsi and also injoy mt.dew.this is some money seeking, losers trying to get fast cash…45 never found nothing.think on that, he shore ant a thinker or planner.lol.
Jan 4, 2012
I love my Mt.Dew and I will never stop drinking it!
Jan 4, 2012
Yup – I will continue to drink it. Just not going to bathe in it. Somehow, I think my stomach is far, far more corrosive and acidic than mountain dew is.
Jan 4, 2012
Miles, Too crazy, lol. I think we're the same person. Quiting smoking has been easier than giving up Dew.
Jan 4, 2012
I'm getting a hot tub filled with Dew, then heading to the Disney Theme Parks and grabbing the first 6-ft. tall rodent I find.