How to Open and Drink Ramune: "Japan's Edible Drinking Soda Puzzle!"

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I've seen anime like Magical Shopping Arcade Abenobashi and Fooly Cooly (FLCL) that had those newtype bottled soda drinks called Lamune (Pronounced "Rah-Moo-Nay"), and earlier, on Dec. 31, 2008 just before the New Year 2009 as me and my sister were going to another mall farther than our own, and I shopped to my heart's desire before I start "financially fasting" this Monday. Interestingly enough, I found not only my favorite snack that goes well with watching Japanese anime, "Pocky", but I also found a lot, and I repeat, A LOT, of the same Ramune sodas that had a glass marble inside, and let me tell you, it's a lot different from the regular sodas like Sprite, Pepsi, Coca-Cola, etc. I decided to give it a go while watching "Gaki no Tsukai Haunted Hotel" on Youtube. I saw similar videos of how to open Ramune earlier this week, and so I decided to try it out from 1:48AM to 1:50AM. For those who are about to drink their very first Ramune soda, let me show you how to open and drink it as a way of sampling more of Japanese culture, but be warned, you must chill it before you do the following steps, or else your drink will blow its top giving you a sticky situation. Here's what you need to do: 1. First, you unwrap the thin wrapping paper that's covering the plastic jammer, but SAVE THAT PART FOR LATER!!! You'll need it, trust me. You lose it, and it's game over! 2. Next, pop the T-shaped jammer part. That part is crucial to jam down that glass marble. Throw away the remaining plastic covering though, that's not needed. At that time, you should see and feel the glass marble stuck on top, preventing any leakage and spilling 3. Place the T-part of the jammer on top of the glass marble on top, and carefully place your palm on the top of the jammer. Now with all of your strength and might, SHOVE THAT GLASS MARBLE DOWN THE RAMUNE BOTTLE'S THROAT!!! For some people, this might take a little time. For strong guys like me, all you need to do is to give it a little "1, 2, 3, POW!!!" The glass marble won't break the bottle, because it'll be stopped by the soda on the inside. 4. Place your lips around the bottle and suck on it, but sometimes the glass marble will block your soda flow, and it's perfectly normal even though if you pour it upside down when the marble covers the opening it'll drip sometimes. 5. Drink this with any Japanese TV show, anime or movie along with Pocky as an option, repeat Step 4 and enjoy! That's how to open and drink Ramune soda. Getting the glass marble in the bottle is easy, but getting it out is another story. It'd be like solving a puzzle in which i'm not even going to do. For more information, here are a few extra links to go with it: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ramune http://bestuff.com/stuff/ramune-soda http://www.leadpencil.net/ramune/ http://www.animecornerstore.com/ramunesoda.html http://www.associatedcontent.com/article/314624/ramune_from_japan_is_the_perfect_soda.html?cat=22 (Oh, and BTW, my bottle is "Melon Flavor" as my first one!)