A few days ago when Sarah and I had some friends over, we decided to break out the Champagne and celebrate. For no reason whatsoever. Sarah wanted to make some of her gourmet treats and have several drinks centered around a Champagne theme.
Our friend Mario, anytime he drinks even a single drink, requires an antacid. As a result, I always have a full supply of Tums and Pepcid on-hand. Keep in mind, though, that the Pepcid I have in my medicine cabinet is not Pepcid AC, which is mostly a non-hydrogenated compound, but is Pepcid Complete, which is basically Tums with some Pepcid and Magnesium Hydroxide added to it.
So I decide, hey, let's put a Pepcid in Mario's champagne so he won't have to take it separately. 
Anybody who has ever built a volcano as a class project (either for themselves or for their child) will know that adding calcium carbonate and magnesium hydroxide to an already "bubbly" liquid, is bound to cause an eruption. It made a total mess all over my granite-topped bar.
The good news? I now know a cheap and easy way to build a volcano when Sydney goes to school. Buy a bottle of Andre Spumanté, add a touch of orange and red food coloring, and maybe a bit of Jell-o for texture, and then drop in a Pepcid. All to create a violent lava-looking explosion. I might be able to add a little nitrogen tube at the bottom and time it so that I get some liquid projecting upward instead of just bubbling out of the volcano.
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