Memoirs of an ex-Mountain Dew addict.

Vince Twelve · Fri 19/05/2006 02:03:50

Back in college I would stay up all night playing video games with my room mates. A fairly common thing. We would fuel our gameplaying with Mountain Dew. Also a fairly common thing. A lot of Mountain Dew. So much Dew, that one day, we decided to start building a wall out of our empties. A wall of Dew. A Mountain o' Dew, if you will.

By the time we were finished, it comprised of almost three thousand cans. We took lots of pictures, but they were all lost when one of my old hard drives went kaput.

But just today, my friend posted on his blog some pics that another of my friends managed to dig up from somewhere.

Behold, the wall! Note that it's two cans thick. (Neither of these people are me)

The view from my bedroom:

The view from my room mate's bedroom:

The view from our games area:

After these pics were taken, we added in a shelf that protruded out from the wall and could actually support books. Eventually, the wall was declared finished, and we started a pillar in the other corner of the room. Then on move-out day, we all sat in front of the wall and pulled it down on top of our heads and jumped around on the cans. It was really loud.

I've since kicked my caffeine addiction (though I still enjoy the occasional Dew).

I hope you enjoyed it!

Domino · Fri 19/05/2006 02:30:59

I would be more impressed if they were beer cans. If those suckers had a deposit on them, you would be looking at a cool 150 dollars.

Shawn

btw I love mountain dew, but too much caffeine for me.

MashPotato · Fri 19/05/2006 02:41:14

That is both hilarious and yet somehow disturbing ^_^.
It's strange--in Canada, Mountain Dew is caffeine-free. Though I think there's a new "Mountain Dew Red" (or something like that) that does have caffeine, and it's marketed as an energy drink.

Vince Twelve · Fri 19/05/2006 02:49:21

Unfortunately, my state, Nebraska, does not have a deposit on cans, so when we took the whole thing in for recycling, we got a check for a whopping $25.

And I should point out that yes, we did take the time to turn every can to face the same direction... because we are sad, sad people.

Kinoko · Fri 19/05/2006 04:15:16

I think I like you about 50% more just for knowing you made that. Maybe even 60%, I'm in a good mood today.

-Awesome-

How cool that you have the photo now. Make sure you don't lose it again!

EDIT: Oh, I have a question, sir. Did you wash all those cans before you made that? Rinse them out, like?

Las Naranjas · Fri 19/05/2006 04:21:27

Why spend all that time drinking soft drink when Lincoln is so fascinating?

Vince Twelve · Fri 19/05/2006 04:50:48

Kinoko: Yes, we washed them all out. It was an apartment (a pretty big one though) with four men living in it. We didn't need any more smells...

Las Naranjas: Actually Omaha, which is suprememly more fascinating than Lincoln...

Las Naranjas · Fri 19/05/2006 07:02:44

ahh, the Warren Buffet factor?

Vince Twelve · Fri 19/05/2006 07:05:38

Yeah, we just go hang at his house all the time. It's like MTV's Cribs, only older.

PsychicHeart · Fri 19/05/2006 07:16:32

Holy freakin' God. I agree with Kinoko, my respect of you just went up about eightfold.
I know they used to sell Mountain Dew here, and they might still,
though i haven't had it in about 4 years.

Las Naranjas · Fri 19/05/2006 08:25:08

Coincidently, my (Osakan) mistress attended UNL for 18 months. After a diversion here she decided to stay because of our interesting features like hills and plants other than corn.

ManicMatt · Fri 19/05/2006 10:01:12

I don't think mountain dew has been for sale in the UK for at least ten years if not longer. I miss the bitter sweet taste.

Also, why is cherry 7UP so rare to find? I lOVE that drink!

You're bitter about only getting 25$? I wouldn't have even thought you'd get any money at all! Be happy that you helped the environment. GO ON! BE HAPPY! NOW!

*Slurps his "Z" Dr Pepper*

Shane 'ProgZmax' Stevens · Fri 19/05/2006 10:36:06

Ha, I drink more 'dew than that on my own! I tried collecting the cans for recycling but there ended up being so many trashbags I just had to start chucking them. GO DEW, providing lazy Americans with energy since '48!

AGA · Fri 19/05/2006 11:57:09

Kinda cool, but yeah, the quantity isn't very large at all. As 2004 Mittens attendees can attest, I probably drank more MD than that in a week (2 litre bottles though, not cans). I rue the day they stopped selling MD in the UK, I can only get my fix on my ~yearly visit to the US now

Privateer Puddin' · Fri 19/05/2006 12:27:14

Or you could buy it online. Like i've been planning to for years.

Alynn · Fri 19/05/2006 13:05:46

AGA get yourself a contracting job on the nearest US military base...

All the MD you can drink...

Every week I buy 2 cases (48 cans) and I buy a 20oz bottle every day at lunch.

Alynn who is currently drinking MD in the UK

lo_res_man · Fri 19/05/2006 17:18:59

I dont know what they put in Mountain Dew Energy, but thats stuff is addictive, I drank one can, and I felt like I could run for miles, and when it burned off, I eanted more MORE! I haven't drunk one since, for safety reasons.

Nine Toes · Fri 19/05/2006 18:46:21

Quote from: Domino on Fri 19/05/2006 02:30:59
I would be more impressed if they were beer cans.

Quote from: MashPotato on Fri 19/05/2006 02:41:14
Though I think there's a new "Mountain Dew Red" (or something like that) that does have caffeine, and it's marketed as an energy drink.

We have something similar here in the U.S., it's called Mountain Dew: Code Red. But's here, it's just plain old soda pop any way you look at it. IMO it doesn't really do anything for me, I'll stick with the yellow.

There's actually a few different flavors of Dew here, they have the orange Mt. Dew Livewire, the purple Pitch Black, the energy drink MDX, and I think at one time they even had a blue Mt. Dew. The only one of these I really cared for was the Pitch Black.

Afflict · Fri 19/05/2006 19:25:58

Man thats a kewl wall!

I also like it though Mr hydes beer can tiling is growing on me as iam sure it will if it was really in my house!

Btw ProgZ Just squish the can, (flat) and then chuck it in the bag unless you have done that already. And still ran out of space.

Barbarian · Fri 19/05/2006 20:13:38

Hyde: Is that your place (or did you just find those pics floating around the internet somewhere?)? Man-o-man, that's scary!Ã,Â :oÃ,Â How would someone be able walk around that place (probably more like "swim around"), let alone live there? Heheh, so many cans ya can't see the floor, it even covers the stereo and TV.Ã,Â It's as if someone that lives there simply "lives to drink" (dare I say major "alcoholic"Ã,Â ;)Ã,Â