Bouncy Mentos eaters guaranteed to irritate

Mentos used to make quirky commercials for its mints that everybody liked. What I mean is: The spots were popular. The candy, not so much. Now, to launch Mentos Gum in Canada, the company (with help from Cossette) is staging stunts everyone can hate. In Toronto and Montreal, kids and grownups dressed in what appear to be HazMat suits and rode big red bouncing balls down the streets. There was also break-dancing in paint. They're Canadians, so it's no use trying to fathom their frosty, black-bacon-fueled ways.