Record-breaking Mentos and coke explosions

Around 1,500 students kitted out in waterproof ponchos discovered exactly what happens when you drop a mint sweet into a bottle of Coca Cola, in an attempt to break a world record.

The pictures are just surreal - you've got everyone in blue ponchos, with rows and rows of Coke bottles spewing Coke into the air....

Hey, there was a nursing mother on this season's Top Model who drank some of the milk she was pumping -- but probably not enough to record.....

Today is going by too slowly.

tommy, those pics are great. Those wacky Belgians!

The explosive record-breaking event was held in Ladeuzeplein square in Leuven, Belgium.

who cleaned it up?

They were giving away cute little glass bottles of coke across the street from the entrance to the Long Beach Grand Prix. You were not allowed to bring glass bottles into the race confines. By the end of the day the sidewalks surrounding the trash cans near the entrance were coated with a thick layer of discarded coke. It was nasty.

They were giving away cute little glass bottles of coke across the street from the entrance to the Long Beach Grand Prix. You were not allowed to bring glass bottles into the race confines. By the end of the day the sidewalks surrounding the trash cans near the entrance were coated with a thick layer of discarded coke. It was nasty.

Thinking things through is *hard*.

The pictures are just surreal - you've got everyone in blue ponchos, with rows and rows of Coke bottles spewing Coke into the air....

Yet oddly beautiful.

I know some Buffistas know of hotels in downtown Chicago that aren't terribly expensive. Scola, possibly? My sister and I are getting stuck planning a bachelorette party.

in total wah wah wah news. I was hoping to get baseball tix for Memorial Day weekend, but no such luck. Now I need a plan for entertainment - when does Speed Racer open?

The Best Western Grant Park and River North hotels are both in the $150 range, definitely affordable for downtown.