Doesn't work. I stole a bottle of coke n' a pack of mentos...went to an open warehouse, and yeah, it didn't work.
Did you steel a Diet Coke?
Yes, I stole a bottle of diet coke.
Perhaps you decarbonated the soda while hot-footing it from the grocery police.
They were playing with mentos and diet coke on Mythbusters again this week. Which answered this question: What happens if you drink a bottle of diet coke and then eat the mentos? Not a damn thing. Drinking the coke releases the carbon dioxide, defusing the sugar bomb. Sad.