I will not rest until Sex and the City solves this horrifying, 10-year mystery

In 2008, the gods blessed us with a feature film starring our favorite fabulous New York women. The Sex and the City movie elevated the television show. It gave us flawless fashions. It gave us everything but Dante's dick.

What it also gave us is the most horrifying mystery of the 21st century. If I could dedicate an entire investigative podcast to this mystery, I would. Sex and the City left us with a burning question that, quite frankly, almost ten years later needs answers:

Did Charlotte shit her pants because of the water or the pudding?

I have been chasing the answer to this question for years.

I've even begged Kristin Davis for help.

Sarah Jessica Parker even thought she knew the answer.

But then…

So, what is the truth? Was it the water or the pudding that made Charlotte shit her pants?

The case for the pudding

On their Mexicoma getaway, Charlotte consumed nothing but chocolate pudding made in Poughkeepsie. She wanted to avoid getting sick, so she avoided the Mexican water and food altogether.

Pudding is a milk-based dessert aka lactose. Lactose has been known to make people shit — lactose intolerance, anyone? Consuming nothing but pudding could have easily been too much on Charlotte's stomach thus being the culprit behind the pants shitting.

I have firmly been team pudding since 2008. If that's the only thing you eat then surely, your stomach will take its revenge on you. There was simply no other explanation.

The case for the water

While showering, Charlotte opens her mouth and lets in the tiniest bit of Mexican water. Just a small little taste before spitting it right back out.

"She spit it out, it was the pudding!" You exclaim as you read this post! But… sometimes when you spit something out little droplets still linger behind in your mouth and throat. What if one of those droplets got away and slithered all the way down into her stomach? What if, despite her cat-like reflexes, water stayed behind?

Even though she didn't fully drink the water, water may have found a way. Therefore, making the water the culprit.

Charlotte wanted to enjoy her vacation. She avoided eating food and drinking water so that she wouldn't get sick. But in avoiding the food and not drinking the water, she got sick anyway.

Maybe then it really was the pudding.

Or was it the water?

We may never know what caused Charlotte's poohkeepsie but one thing is certain: I will not rest until I learn the truth. Even if it takes me the rest of my life, I will solve this mystery.

@jenniferficarra