In the middle of August, Pepsi-Cola launched Mountain Dew Pitch Black -- a new, limited-time grape soda with, for some reason, a spooky Halloween theme.
Quite soon, the first poop reports started coming in:
Doo the Dew (dooer@yahoo.com) -- 8.30.2004
A couple cans of Black Grape Dew has turned my Doo Doo to Dew green... thank gosh I had this to tell me I thought I was dumping bile!
Damn the Dew (i'll_never_tell) -- 8.30.2004
Damn that limited edition Mountain Dew Pitch Black grape soda! All 6 of them today.... I too found myself wondering what the hell was wrong with me when i saw the BRIGHT green toilet paper swipe, did an internet search, and found my answer! Thanks! :)
Gizzle (gizzleallnight@hotmail.com) -- 9.1.2004
Good to hear others are getting hit with the Mountain Dew Pitch Black Green Poop. I was talking with my friend about how recently my poop has been green. I put two and two together when it started happening after drinking large quantities of Pitch Black. My friend then told me my brother told him the same thing (who has been hooked on the Black Dew as well)....so yes, Mountain Dew Pitch Black, when taken in large amounts, will turn your poop green....
Mountain Dew Pitch Black contains Blue Dye #1. PoopReport's resident poop-color expert, Dave J, says that many kinds of blue dye (his experience was with Blue Dye #5 in Kool-Aid Purplesaurus Rex) "combine with bile, and form a brilliant green."
There's no doubt about it: drinking blue liquids turns your poop green. The real question is this: how often does it happen? Did Pepsi release this drink into the world, knowing the shock legions of caffeine-addicted teenagers (and haunted-beverage aficionados) would receive when peering into the crapper? Or is this a rare side effect, dependent perhaps on diet, metabolism, or the same kind of genetic quirk that causes asparagus to make some people's pee smell?
There's only one way to find out.
On Friday, September 17, PoopReporters across the country will Doo the Dew. Our goal is to find out whether green poop is a common side effect of Mountain Dew Pitch Black, or something rare that occurs only in the lucky (?) few.
Here's how to participate:
- On Friday, drink two 20-ounce bottles of Mountain Dew Pitch Black over the course of the day.
- This weekend, watch your poop.
- Report on Monday if it was green or not.
VERY IMPORTANT: Report back on Monday NO MATTER WHAT COLOR POOP YOU FIND. It's just as important to know how many people were not affected as it is to know how many of us painted the bowl green.
It's just that easy. If you want, enter your email below; I'll send you a message on Friday reminding you to drink your black Dew, and another email on Monday reminding you to submit your report.
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