[WillowTheWhisp]

I've noticed something about these particular cans of Tesco Cola. You know when you open a ring pull can how the level of liquid inside is slightly below the top? Well with these Tesco ones (we had a couple which didn't explode or expand so we drank those) the liquid was right to the top of the can so it actually came over onto the top surface when the ring pull was flicked and opened. Perhaps that's the problem. Maybe they are too full and it doesn't leave room for the liquid to expand when warm.

In the car we've got a couple of places between the front seats for cans to sit and quite often have one or two plonked in there. Supposing one of those had decided to explode when we were driving along?

Incidentlly "explode" refers to the ring pull being blown off and the liquid escaping - no shrapnel or anything from splinterd cans - but even so it could be distracting and dangerous enough to cause an accident. And yes, exactly how are you supposed to get them home from the store in summer if they shouldn't be in the boot of a car in hot weather?





As an amusing little post-script to this: We went on holiday to Malta at Half Term and the week before we went they'd had a heatwave. The fridge in our "complex/hotel appartment" (that's a like a flat but not self-catering just several rooms rather than a bedroom) had been turned down to compensate. However, when we got there the weather had cooled down considerably. We got a couple of cans which we put in the fridge to keep cool but at that point we didn't know it had been turned down. When we came back to it later that evening they had frozen and the ring pulls forced off! Have cans got somethng against us? If they're not exploding with the heat they're exploding with the cold!!!