Not sure if you still get them ....
but car batteries often used to contain a small glass marble under the cap on the vent/filler cap and for some reason one day I had a couple in my pocket.

In a fit of irresponsibility I dropped one into a bottle of Irn Bru on the temporarily absent secretary's desk. When she came back from the bog or wherever and poured her Irn Bru the foreign body made its inevitable appearance - she was aghast. I too feigned outrage and insisted she phone Barr's to complain. However as she was of a somewhat timid nature I did it for her and a rep was despatched to the scene pretty damn quick.

The upshot was Barr's were understandably mystified as to how this potential choking hazard could have found its into the bottle but bought our silence with a few crates of some of their juicy favourites; Irn Bru, American Cream Soda, Pineappleade etc .... not to mention a couple of boxes of crisps.

Result !
( Ramsay Tupper, Thu 2 Sep 2010, 17:01, Reply)