Coke or Pepsi [Archive] - Frell Me Dead

fermicat

10-23-2003, 07:15 AM

Originally posted by Darth Buddha
Gawd Damn Boys, Pepsi is in the LEAD?

What kind of HEATHENS do we have populating this board?
I'm shocked, too, but the sample size is currently very small (17). That has to be the reason. Coke rules. [My grandmother always pronounced Coke as "co-CO-ler". It's a southern thing.]

But speaking of southern things..... anyone ever drink "RC Cola"? I find it inferior to Coke, but in some parts of the country (some backwoods locales, I think) it is the king of soft drinks.

LiLOrion

10-23-2003, 07:21 AM

RC Cola....for the mom who refuses to by brand-name soda just to piss her kids off. :)

I used to drink it way back when, and I guess I liked it (or just got used to it) but I tried to drink it when I got older and...ick!

DentArthurDent

10-23-2003, 07:24 AM

Yeah, when the choice is RC, then I drink...water [oh the HORROR ;) ]

Darth Buddha

10-23-2003, 07:29 AM

O.K., I am NO southerner.

I LIKE to think of myself as a hybrid of the best of a Midwesterner and a Northeasterner. I've actually decided between competing jobs based on their positions relative to the Mason-Dixon lline.

But I've been a Coca-Cola man all my life. Pepsi makes me dyspeptic. Furthermore, most people can't tell you which cola is which when blindfolded... I can discern Coke, Pepsi, RC, and even store brand colas with ease when blindfolded. I can even discern Coke and Pepsi from the nose alone.

RC isn't bad.

Coke isn't what it was... remember the whole New Coke Debacle (Paging Bonnie Yammer -- there's a lesson for ya, gal)?

Well, when Coke went away for a while, it was still sweetened with SUGAR. When it came back it was sweetened with Corn Syrup! They are NOT the same. I can tell the difference, and we don't need any more of that damned FRUCTOSE in our diets anyway. GIVE ME BACK MY SUGAR AND STOP FRELLING WITH MY LIVER!

O.K. so here's a cross post with my thoughts of FRUCTOSE!

http://www.watchfarscape.com/forums/newreply.php?s=&action=newreply&postid=251938
Fructose is evil. We should dump all our corn sweetener and go back to sugar. I put you on a fructose IV and it will kill your liver pretty quick. Fructose does some funky stuff to the brain and satiety too... This has been known for AN AGE, and yet, does it make the front page of the newspaper? NAY!

Of course, that might have something to do with the continued existence of sugar tariffs and the lobbying efforts of the Archer Daniels Midland Company. ADM - superlobbyists to the world.

AAAAAUGH! :beergood:

But on the upside, anybody ever try Birch Beer?

Wible and Polar both make a pretty good white birch beer.

Wilbe also makes a red birch beer.

What about REAL root beer? The kind that if you leave it in the can or bottle too long it will explode because of LIVE YEAST! Anybody remember A&P Rootbeer? You could tell when it was old because there would be broken bottles all over the place?

DentArthurDent

10-23-2003, 07:50 AM

I guess the Corn Lobbyists are more powerfull than the sugar lobbyists... Not that theres a law or anything, but favorable tax breaks, etc, etc... it piles up... I suppose I could stop drinking pop...don't get us started on what to call soft drinks...

janey_13

10-23-2003, 07:50 AM

Especially VANILLA coke

Lord Loser

10-23-2003, 07:56 AM

Don't drink pop anymore, but when I did it was Pepsi, no substitutes. Well I would drink Royal Crown as well, but I avoid all Coke products...

AgentSun

10-23-2003, 08:01 AM

coke coke coke coke coke! i love coke and down with pepsi! well in my college cafeteria, all they have is pepsi products. so i've gotten used to pepsi. but i still definately prefer coke.

vikingscaper

10-23-2003, 08:04 AM

Although I don't drink much pop anymore,I would go for a Coke because that was what I was brought up on and I believe that Pepsi tastes disgusting. On the other hand, I will drink Pepsi products like the occasional Mt. Dew or Sierra Mist.

LiLOrion

10-23-2003, 08:35 AM

Well it looks like the Coke-heads are leading. :D

For some reason I dont like Birch Beer or Root Beer, it might be that black licorice taste. Cream soda on the other hand....yummy!

DentArthurDent

10-23-2003, 08:39 AM

it's amusing that it's such a polarizing question. I actually drink A LOT of coke because very few returaunts have pepsi. Truthfully I don't like Coke out of a can or bottle, but as a fountain drink, I find coke and pepsi much more difficult to tell apart, and don't care because there isn't a choice anyway...

LiLOrion

10-23-2003, 08:47 AM

Originally posted by DentArthurDent
but as a fountain drink, I find coke and pepsi much more difficult to tell apart

Yeah I noticed that too. Sometimes I swear I'm drinking RC cola at restaurants...cause they dont know how to fix the syrup/seltzer calibration on their soda machines, or maybe cause they are really serving RC cola instead of Coke or Pepsi (which like you said is usually Coke).

I usually end up ordering water if I'm out. But what the hell is with the lemony water? Are they trying to hide that it comes from the tap?

Darth Buddha

10-23-2003, 08:59 AM

Yeah, ditch the lemon on the side.

If you MUST put a citrus slice on there, I prefer a lime.

fermicat

10-23-2003, 09:14 AM

Originally posted by LiLOrion
Well it looks like the Coke-heads are leading. :D

For some reason I dont like Birch Beer or Root Beer, it might be that black licorice taste. Cream soda on the other hand....yummy!

I'm with you!

Root beer BLEAH, cream soda GOOD.

I haven't tried Birch Beer, although I've been curious about it.

fermicat

10-23-2003, 09:23 AM

Originally posted by Darth Buddha
Well, when Coke went away for a while, it was still sweetened with SUGAR. When it came back it was sweetened with Corn Syrup! They are NOT the same. I can tell the difference, and we don't need any more of that damned FRUCTOSE in our diets anyway. GIVE ME BACK MY SUGAR AND STOP FRELLING WITH MY LIVER!

I think they should go back to the original recipe..... you know, the one from 1885 with extract of coca leaves (i.e. cocaine) and kola nuts in it. And real sugar! Talk about BUZZ.......

:ewink: :smokin:

Scaper_S

10-23-2003, 09:40 AM

Regular Coke or Diet Coke with Lemon, but I have let go a bit flat first.
Never Pepsi (since it makes me throw up). Sorry - may have been too much information!

Selena

10-23-2003, 09:46 AM

Originally posted by stellar
That's purely coincidental (and cool). ... :whoops:
And I thought it had come about from careful planning and considerable forethought! :D

trinamick

10-23-2003, 10:18 AM

If I happen to be in an alternate universe where Mt. Dew is not the reigning soft drink, I drink Pepsi. There was a time when I was a Coke fan, but when I worked at my uncle's welding shop, it was across from the Pepsi plant. We did some work for them in an emergency and saved them thousands of dollars, so they gave us free pop anytime we wanted. I ended up drinking my body weight in Pepsi everyday, and now I don't like Coke.

I am always whining about how many restaurants only serve Coke products. But a friend & I went to Omaha last weekend, and she is an avid Coke drinker. Every gas station we stopped at only sold Pepsi products! It was great revenge! :D

Lord Loser

10-23-2003, 10:25 AM

Aw Trina, you're becoming more and more attractive all the time... :ewink: :lech: :otc:

stellar

10-23-2003, 11:21 AM

Originally posted by Darth Buddha
I've actually decided between competing jobs based on their positions relative to the Mason-Dixon lline.

Hey! Me too! :aok: Why anyone would want to live above the Mason-Dixon Line is beyond me... in fact I prefer the Deep South and consider Arkansas a bunch of Yankees.

Coke is prevalent down here. In fact, nobody calls soda "pop," or "soda" or whatever... no matter what it is it's called "coke".

I do agree about the corn syrup and remember Coke never quite being the same after the debacle of New Coke (which strangely enough tasted like Pepsi).

And that's my 1000th post! In a little over a month... maybe I should cut back... nah!

Saajak

10-23-2003, 11:36 AM

I've become quite addicted to Pepsi Twist. I can't stand the blue stuff (sorry Grinner).

fermicat

10-23-2003, 11:36 AM

Originally posted by stellar
Hey! Me too! :aok: Why anyone would want to live above the Mason-Dixon Line is beyond me... in fact I prefer the Deep South and consider Arkansas a bunch of Yankees.

I foolishly didn't think it mattered all that much, and BOY WAS I WRONG!!! I can't wait to move back down to Georgia, but it will probably be another year before I've saved enough to do it.

There are some things about New England that are nice, but on the whole I don't feel like I belong here. For one thing, its just too damn cold half the year. It snowed today, for example. It's not even Halloween! The clocks haven't been changed. The hell? That is just wrong.

There are a lot of subtle or not-so-subtle cultural differences between where I am from and where I live now. Stuff like what Stellar mentioned (I also call all soft drinks "coke"), but also stuff like how you have to order iced tea in order to get iced tea delivered (just saying "tea" doesn't work, as it usually results in your getting served hot tea, and asking for "sweet tea" results in confusion much of the time), and people look at you funny if you order iced tea in the winter (more prevalent 10 years ago, not so much now), and what you call the water fountain (it's a "bubbler" around here), and what sports are emphasized in the newspapers, and what kind of foods are common, and of course the way you pronounce "car". ;) The colder climate makes a lot of things different. I never had to drive in snow before I moved here. If it snows in Atlanta, you just stay home - no problem. I get really, really, REALLY tired of being cold.

I've managed to wander far off topic. Mostly I miss my family (and my fiance!) and having mild weather and short winters and being able to do things outside most of the time. And COKE! Gotta love Coke. And in Atlanta, I'd be able to go to the coke museum any time I want. See, brought it back around!

Congrats Stellar on your 1000th post!!!
:colors: :grabbounc :grabbounc :grabbounc :multi: :clap: :chex: :boogie: :highfive: :highfive: :highfive: :thewave: :partytime :bluenana: :banana: :bluenana: :rockband: :prop: :radar: :wingnut: :applaud: :joy:

Sunderflame

10-23-2003, 12:02 PM

http://www.emotipad.com/newemoticons/Belly.gif

I only drink one real coke a day...coz I don't want to look like this...I like the real stuff , No diet stuff for me...it ruins the taste:rollin: :smokin:

Silk

10-23-2003, 12:07 PM

Coke.
And it appears you made it. I see you now have 1000 posts.:beer:<--Coke.

LiLOrion

10-23-2003, 12:20 PM

I really cant tear my eyes away from that....quite mezmerizing actually. :)

fermicat

10-23-2003, 12:28 PM

Originally posted by Sunderflame
http://www.emotipad.com/newemoticons/Belly.gif

I only drink one real coke a day...coz I don't want to look like this...I like the real stuff , No diet stuff for me...it ruins the taste:rollin: :smokin:

Coke would turn you into a fat man with a beer belly?!? :lol :lol

Eiley

10-23-2003, 12:30 PM

I'm a pepsi girl. I love diet pepsi and caffeine free diet pepsi, but I usually only drink about 1 a week if that.

I can't stand coke. Regular coke has too much sugar or something, it makes my teeth all gritty. Diet coke has something in it that works like a diaretic for me. If I drink a diet coke, I'm sure to be on the toilet urinating for hours afterwards. It's not fun. In other words, I avoid diet coke at all costs. I have no idea if caffeine free diet coke would do the same thing, but I'm not about to try it to find out.

Judith

10-23-2003, 01:28 PM

COKE! It has to be coke. Pepsi is gross. It tastes too sweet.

And I only drink real coke. No diet...it's gross. No vanilla or cherry...again...too sweet. And only from a can. Otherwise it ruins the taste.

One beverage pet peeve of mine is that it's getting so hard to order non-sweetened ice tea. Personally, I think iced tea is perfect the way it is, and I think anyone who adds anything to it...just doesn't get tea.

But this is turning into a post for the High Horse Board.

Uh...coke.

mfa96

10-23-2003, 01:34 PM

Pepsi for me- though i agree that out of a fountain either is fine, and it is hard to tell them apart. I don't understand diet caffeine free anything- I mean, what's the point?

And where's the soda drinking smile??:ewink:

stellar

10-23-2003, 01:50 PM

Originally posted by Judith_Shakespeare
Personally, I think iced tea is perfect the way it is, and I think anyone who adds anything to it

I never sweeten iced-tea, or put lemon in it, or drink it with a straw. I drink too fast and sugar slows me down, and that other stuff would probably injure me.

who45

10-23-2003, 01:51 PM

I do not drink soft drinks much, but when I do it's Pepsi.

Digger

10-23-2003, 02:23 PM

Coke but it has to be caffeine free diet (most of the time) the regular is just too sweet.
While I respect your opinion Selena, I just don't see the point of caffeine-free diet soda. It makes no sense to this former JOLT COLA addict. I loved their advertisements.......ALL THE SUGAR AND TWICE THE CAFFEINE. Yeehaw! Now that's what I call a soft drink!! I used to dring a couple of Jolts a day when I was in college (a million years ago). Kept me wired all day long! I had to give it up though when I developed an ulcer.

But if it came to a decision between Coke and Pepsi I would have to go with Coke. On the rare occasion when I do drink soda it is usually Coke. I find Pepsi too sweet. Although sometimes during the summer I enjoy a Grape soda becuase it reminds me of my childhood.

Judith

10-23-2003, 02:39 PM

Originally posted by Digger
I used to dring a couple of Jolts a day when I was in college (a million years ago). Kept me wired all day long! I had to give it up though when I developed an ulcer.

I'm in college, and I used to take Vivarin to keep me awake. I stopped when my hands started shaking in class one day and I couldn't make them stop. I had to hide them under my desk...I was afraid my professor would think I was a drug addict. Has anyone else ever had that effect from Vivarin?

I think I'm getting an ulcer of my own. Can't drink too much coke anymore, even though I love it. And when I do, I keep the tums close by.

talyn3

10-23-2003, 02:45 PM

COKE!!

if you can't get your hands on this stuff. (time to find all those 'tuckians)

ALE 8!!

edited to say: Only in bottles.

stellar

10-23-2003, 02:49 PM

Originally posted by Judith_Shakespeare
Has anyone else ever had that effect from Vivarin?

Nope... when I was in college I just drank a lot of Dr. Pepper... a lot of it... to the point where my butt jiggled. So I quit. And now my butt don't jiggle no more... but it does shake to the groove:

http://www.emotipad.com/newemoticons/Belly.gif

Egg

10-23-2003, 03:44 PM

Coke would turn you into a fat man with a beer belly?!?

No your woman does that for you!:smash:
And then she gets some cats too, just to rub it in!

Silk

10-23-2003, 04:02 PM

I was so scarred by that dancing dude that I had to call over a friend to see it, just so that I would not be the only scarred one.

*edit: you mean, to rub egg in your face?:rollin:

grinner

10-23-2003, 04:11 PM

Originally posted by LiLOrion
RC Cola....for the mom who refuses to by brand-name soda just to piss her kids off. :)

I used to drink it way back when, and I guess I liked it (or just got used to it) but I tried to drink it when I got older and...ick! I thought that was Shasta cola.

grinner

10-23-2003, 04:14 PM

Originally posted by DentArthurDent
it's amusing that it's such a polarizing question. I actually drink A LOT of coke because very few returaunts have pepsi. Truthfully I don't like Coke out of a can or bottle, but as a fountain drink, I find coke and pepsi much more difficult to tell apart, and don't care because there isn't a choice anyway... you want to know the reason for this? It is because 99% of fountain machine lines are DIRTY. They are supposed to be cleaned twice a year... but they never are. Also it is really bad when the restaurants run a different soda thru a line than what it was originally set up for... nasty.

grinner

10-23-2003, 04:18 PM

okay... one of the main differences between Coke and Pepsi is the amount of Carbonation that is in each drink. Coke has more carbonation which gives it that bite while Pepsi doesn't use as much which gives it a sweeter taste. If you were to over-carbonate a Pepsi... it will taste very similar to a Coke.

Darth Buddha

10-23-2003, 04:19 PM

Hey, stellar, in truth, I'd just feel too out of place. Growing up in Western PA makes me sort of midwestern in my values, and sort of northeastern. Plus I like snow. Lots of frelling snow. Providence had a banner year for it last year, but it wasn't enough for this snow belt boy's fix!

I DO have to give certain elements of Southern etiquette high points. Having lived in New Jersey, New York, Connecticut, and Rhode Island, I can say that not ALL New England states are what one would call friendly!

As to the fountain drinks... yeah, a buddy of mine who bartends told me the same thing. Disgusting.

stellar

10-23-2003, 04:38 PM

Originally posted by Darth Buddha
Plus I like snow. Lots of frelling snow.

Me too! In a cone... covered in grape-flavored syrup.

studentsteve

10-23-2003, 04:41 PM

Diet coke rules was drinking it this afternoon when i voted and still drinking it now does this mean that my guts will soon be frelled. :hork: Quit drinking it for four days once got the shakes big time hands wobbling a fair bit and major cranky

trinamick

10-23-2003, 04:44 PM

Diet pop is nasty - it has aspertame. That's like drinking formaldehyde! "Look, kids, Granny's drinking a Diet Coke. That's why she's so well preserved!" I'd chew my own arm off before I drank diet pop! :spew:

trubador

10-23-2003, 05:11 PM

All this discussion over what is essentially sugar-water with bubbles?

Third EYe

10-23-2003, 05:14 PM

Coke, I voted for Coke, but to be honest, I hate em both, but I really hate pepsi. I swear and spit at a pepsi. Pepsi frogs. No cheese for pepsi.

blech

Lord Loser

10-23-2003, 05:21 PM

...anti frog nazi...

Third EYe

10-23-2003, 05:22 PM

"..." abuser

studentsteve

10-23-2003, 05:33 PM

Diet pop is nasty - it has aspertame. That's like drinking formaldehyde! "Look, kids, Granny's drinking a Diet Coke. That's why she's so well preserved!"
So thats why i look so youthfull i am using diy cryogenics slowly preserving my body from the inside out. Might try to quit again:) :( :mad: :otc:Me over the next week.

fermicat

10-23-2003, 05:41 PM

Originally posted by Darth Buddha
Hey, stellar, in truth, I'd just feel too out of place. Growing up in Western PA makes me sort of midwestern in my values, and sort of northeastern. Plus I like snow. Lots of frelling snow. Providence had a banner year for it last year, but it wasn't enough for this snow belt boy's fix!

You like snow, eh? Didja get any last night? Snow, I mean. :ewink:

I had about three inches of wet, yet oddly fluffy snow on my car this morning (and yard, trees and back steps). It was a very pretty ride into work. It looked strange with snow-coated trees in full brilliant fall color. Different.... Didn't take long to melt away, even as it kept coming down throughout the morning.

Maybe we'll have another snowy winter.

Darth Buddha

10-23-2003, 06:15 PM

Not a bit of it stuck on the ground. Though the little bit that hit my shaved head as I walked 'cross campus felt awfully good.

Trust me when I say that you don't really appreciate snow until you've gone hairleess.

Invigorating stuff.

Judith

10-24-2003, 12:54 AM

Originally posted by fermicat
You like snow, eh? Didja get any last night? Snow, I mean. :ewink:

I had about three inches of wet, yet oddly fluffy snow on my car this morning (and yard, trees and back steps). It was a very pretty ride into work. It looked strange with snow-coated trees in full brilliant fall color. Different.... Didn't take long to melt away, even as it kept coming down throughout the morning.

Maybe we'll have another snowy winter.

Still hot out here.

Getting sick of it.

Johnsgirl727

10-24-2003, 08:56 AM

I don't like either one. Doctor Pepper all the way!! :D

stellar

10-24-2003, 10:16 AM

Dr. Pepper people, as I am one of, generally fall into the Coke category...

fermicat

10-24-2003, 10:28 AM

Mmmmm, Dr Pepper!

trinamick

10-24-2003, 10:39 AM

I can handle Dr. Pepper or Mr. Pibb, too. Mt. Dew will always reign supreme, but I'm not stuck on just that. Whatever will take my withdrawal headaches away works for me... but NO DIET POP! :yuck: My sister has problems with her sinuses, so tastes are really distorted for her. If she can't tell if they gave her diet pop like she insists upon, she makes me taste it. If I get that instant bitter beer face, she knows they gave her the right stuff!

LiLOrion

10-24-2003, 11:20 AM

Originally posted by stellar
Dr. Pepper people, as I am one of, generally fall into the Coke category...

See now I LOVE Dr. Pepper, but prefer Pepsi to Coke. :D

Silk

10-24-2003, 12:08 PM

I like Dr. Pepper and Mr. Pibb (excuse me, Pibb Xtra!) equally. But Pepsi is nowhere close to Coke in my mind.

Judith

10-24-2003, 01:57 PM

Originally posted by Johnsgirl727
I don't like either one. Doctor Pepper all the way!! :D

See, I used to like Dr. Pepper, but then one of my friends back in high school told it has prune juice in it, and I don't think it actually does, but she had some great powers of suggestion I guess, cause now if I drink it, I can taste the prune juice, I can actually taste it. So I don't drink Dr. Pepper anymore.

Johnsgirl727

10-24-2003, 02:09 PM

Originally posted by Judith_Shakespeare
See, I used to like Dr. Pepper, but then one of my friends back in high school told it has prune juice in it, and I don't think it actually does, but she had some great powers of suggestion I guess, cause now if I drink it, I can taste the prune juice, I can actually taste it. So I don't drink Dr. Pepper anymore.
:rollin: :rollin: :rollin:

generic_screenname

10-24-2003, 02:19 PM

I would put the beverages in this order:

1. Dr. Pepper
2. Barq's Root Beer
3. Coke
4. Pepsi
5. Bile
6. Water from Boston Harbor
7. Mountain Dew

Johnsgirl727

10-24-2003, 02:21 PM

Originally posted by generic_screenname
I would put the beverages in this order:

1. Dr. Pepper
2. Barq's Root Beer
3. Coke
4. Pepsi
5. Bile
6. Water from Boston Harbor
7. Mountain Dew
Hey! I like Mountain Dew! Why does it rate lower? :rollin:

generic_screenname

10-24-2003, 02:23 PM

Monkey Spew is gross. Unless it has Midori in it.

Johnsgirl727

10-24-2003, 02:24 PM

Oh yeah? And how often would you do that? :rolleyes:

generic_screenname

10-24-2003, 02:25 PM

Well, more often then I'd drink bile.

Judith

10-24-2003, 02:27 PM

I would rather drink bile than both mountain dew or pepsi.

AgentSun

10-24-2003, 02:46 PM

why is that, judith_shakespeare?

Judith

10-24-2003, 02:47 PM

Because mountain dew and pepsi taste icky.

trinamick

10-24-2003, 02:55 PM

Nobody appreciates my wonderful Mt. Dew! That just means for me! gs, you gotta try it mixed with Crown - it's worth it!

grinner

10-24-2003, 02:56 PM

Originally posted by Judith_Shakespeare
Because mountain dew and pepsi taste icky. and that my friends is highly subjective

Judith

10-24-2003, 02:57 PM

Originally posted by trinamick
Nobody appreciates my wonderful Mt. Dew! That just means for me! gs, you gotta try it mixed with Crown - it's worth it!

I don't like to dilute my alcohol.

generic_screenname

10-24-2003, 02:59 PM

I don't like Mount Dew or alcohol, but I like them together. Odd.

Judith

10-24-2003, 03:02 PM

you don't normally like ANY alcohol? Weird.

Nap or homework...nap or homework....NAP.

Later guys.

talyn3

10-24-2003, 04:13 PM

Originally posted by Judith_Shakespeare
you don't normally like ANY alcohol? Weird.

Nap or homework...nap or homework....NAP.

Later guys.

Drink a Coke then take a nap.

Judith

10-24-2003, 05:44 PM

Originally posted by talyn3
Drink a Coke then take a nap.

I'm outta coke, so I had to go with the nap.

trubador

10-24-2003, 05:48 PM

Is it just me, or is Mountain Dew the only soda that tastes best when it's ice cold from a can?

talyn3

10-24-2003, 05:55 PM

any soda from a can is sacralige(sp?).

trubador

10-24-2003, 05:56 PM

ONLY Mountain Dew from a can... ice cold... don't knock it 'til you've tried it! :D

Lord Loser

10-24-2003, 06:01 PM

Originally posted by trinamick
you gotta try it mixed with Crown - it's worth it! :hork: too sweet...

Judith

10-24-2003, 06:01 PM

No...coke must be drunk from the can. As far as ice cold, I'd rather not since anything too cold makes my teeth hurt. But I'd rather they not be WARM either.

talyn3

10-24-2003, 06:04 PM

No soda can be drunk warm. That's a rule.

Judith

10-24-2003, 06:12 PM

I'd prefer to drink coke warm than to drinking it out of a glass.

grinner

10-24-2003, 08:28 PM

Originally posted by trubador
Is it just me, or is Mountain Dew the only soda that tastes best when it's ice cold from a can? Truby... you have never had Mountain Dew fresh of the bottling line in a GLASS bottle have you? Nothing better than that. I used to love going to the bottling plant and grabbing a bottle of Pepsi off of the line. Ice cold and oh so fresh. I miss the old glass bottles. Don't miss delivering them... those things were HEAVY.

who45

10-24-2003, 08:30 PM

Originally posted by grinner
Truby... you have never had Mountain Dew fresh of the bottling line in a GLASS bottle have you? Nothing better than that. I used to love going to the bottling plant and grabbing a bottle of Pepsi off of the line. Ice cold and oh so fresh. I miss the old glass bottles. Don't miss delivering them... those things were HEAVY.

I remember Pepsi in glass bottles. Really any drink in glass bottles were better than what we have now.

Lord Loser

10-24-2003, 08:34 PM

And what ever happened to the 16oz size. 12's not enough, 20's too much. And yes, glass was the shiznit. Kept it cold, didn't go flat quite as quickly. Making me long for the days when I used to drink the stuff...

trubador

10-24-2003, 08:34 PM

Ahhh yes.... soda bottles made of glass.... thick, heavy, clear or slightly green-tinted glass...... with non-twist metal caps that required a bottle opener....... heavy, HEAVY carbonation.

OH YEAH!

grinner

10-24-2003, 08:46 PM

The last year of production of a Pepsi bottled in glass was 1993. 10 years ago... and it was 11 years ago when I destroyed my shoulder pulling cases of glass bottled Pepsi off of a high bay on a Pepsi truck. Memories. I loved them... but I don't miss working with them.

AgentSun

10-24-2003, 09:46 PM

is coke still making the glass bottle cokes? i was driving back to college and i stopped at a store to get a soda and there was the bottles of coke.

grinner

10-24-2003, 09:49 PM

Coke only bottles glass for 'special occasions' They still bottle the 8oz bottles for Christmas with the classic pictures on them. I don't think any company bottles returnable glass bottles anymore. It wasn't cost effective. Heck... the non-returnable bottles were glass when I worked for Pepsi. They didn't go totally plastic for everything until 1995 or 1996. PET is cheaper than glass... you just melt it down and re-use it.

stellar

10-25-2003, 08:13 AM

I too prefer glass bottles, but 8oz? Come on... what can you quench with 8oz? Plus the bottles sound better when you flatten your lips and blow into them.

grinner

10-25-2003, 08:17 AM

yep 8oz bottles. They are non-returnable decorative bottles.

studentsteve

10-25-2003, 08:36 AM

My local asda uk wallmart sells coke in the old size 275ml glass bottles in six packs. They have been selling there for a while but they cost more than the equivalent plastic bottle do taste great from the fridge though:D

Darth Buddha

10-25-2003, 09:08 AM

Hey, stendsteve, I can get the stuff at the local warehouse club by the case... but only in the 8 oz bottles. Last I got 16 oz bottles was back in 1990.

Coke from glass is eminently superior. First, it can take more CO2, i.e., more fizz.

Second, it tastes different from cans and plastic. I can actually recognize the plastic notes from the 2-liter bottles. Not entirely sure if I can pick out the notes from cans, but I CAN discern the two. It only makes sense.... you cannot have a product with that much phosphoric acid in it and NOT get some of the metal ions in the drink.

BTW - Women worried about osteoporosis should avoid colas. The phosphoric acid is very bad news for bone calcium density.

trinamick

10-25-2003, 05:59 PM

I especially want Pepsi ice cold, preferably from a can. I want my Mt. Dew ice cold as well, but I am willing to drink it even if it starts getting warm. I want my Bud Light ice cold from a bottle...sorry, lost my train of thought for a second! :D

studentsteve

10-25-2003, 06:08 PM

One of my more stupid mates puts his in the freezer for the real ice chill. None have exploded yet but i am expecting it some time soon. He keeps forgetting they are there.:flamed:

trinamick

10-25-2003, 06:10 PM

I keep my fridge at about 34 degrees, so my pop is extremely cold without forgetful me having to clean out the freezer! :D

studentsteve

10-25-2003, 06:23 PM

He does it with beer to he forgot about that as well pointed out to him alchohol doesnt freeze as fast as the water in the beer so when he took them out he was just drinking the alchohol alone and the rest was still frozen. He seemed to get drunk fast.

Judith

10-25-2003, 07:58 PM

Originally posted by Darth Buddha

BTW - Women worried about osteoporosis should avoid colas. The phosphoric acid is very bad news for bone calcium density.

Eh...I drink the coke, my stomach hurts, I eat some tums. It's all good.

Jellyfish

10-26-2003, 06:00 AM

Coke rules down with Pepsi.

Darth Buddha

10-26-2003, 06:08 AM

Originally posted by studentsteve
He does it with beer to he forgot about that as well pointed out to him alchohol doesnt freeze as fast as the water in the beer so when he took them out he was just drinking the alchohol alone and the rest was still frozen. He seemed to get drunk fast.

Ah, yes, the eternal quest for the mirage of the BEER-CICLE.

You know, if we put some sort of polymer in there, say Knox Gelatin, to make a jello like matrix and THEN froze it, I bet we could make a beer-cicle.

studentsteve

10-26-2003, 09:22 AM

You know, if we put some sort of polymer in there, say Knox Gelatin, to make a jello like matrix and THEN froze it, I bet we could make a beer-cicle.
How great would that be summer time favourite to go with tequilla lolly pops

Judith

10-26-2003, 09:56 AM

Originally posted by Darth Buddha

You know, if we put some sort of polymer in there, say Knox Gelatin, to make a jello like matrix and THEN froze it, I bet we could make a beer-cicle.

I think I'll just stick to jello shots.

talyn3

10-26-2003, 10:05 AM

back to the topic at hand

Originally posted by Jellyfish
Coke rules down with Pepsi.

Jellyfish

10-26-2003, 01:04 PM

http://techhelpers.net/e4u/drink/trink36.gif

studentsteve

10-26-2003, 02:29 PM

:otc: :whip: :otc: :boom:
Down with pepsi, coca coke is original and best except for when they changed the flavour for a while in the eighties.:mad:

stellar

10-27-2003, 04:11 AM

That was "New Coke" (what marketing genius thought up that name?). The funny thing about New Coke is that it tasted suspicously like Pepsi. I smell a conspiracy.

studentsteve

10-27-2003, 07:06 AM

I also remember drinking clear coke at some point dont think it lasted that long.

stellar

10-27-2003, 07:11 AM

They had a clear Pepsi... I don't remember a clear Coke.

After Saturday's wholloping of Aurburn by LSU (I was on the 30-yard line :)), my wife and I, and a couple of friends went to Hooters (the only place open that late ;))... turns out they only serve Pepsi. Didn't effect me because I was drinking beer, but come on. Give people a choice!

studentsteve

10-27-2003, 07:15 AM

Might of been a uk thing not sure remember the clear pepsi it had a transparent can if i remember right

stellar

10-27-2003, 07:19 AM

Originally posted by studentsteve
Might of been a uk thing not sure remember the clear pepsi it had a transparent can if i remember right

Transparent Aluminum? There be whales here!

studentsteve

10-27-2003, 07:44 AM

Ment transparent plastic can not aluminium got disturbed mid tpre and forgot to put that bit in

grinner

10-27-2003, 10:09 AM

clear Coke was made AFTER PepsiClear came out. It was the same soda without the Caramel coloring.

Riot Chik

10-27-2003, 03:06 PM

Coke, of course!

:aok: :aok:

talyn3

10-27-2003, 03:10 PM

Does anyone drink Coke II. I had a friend that would get some up in like Michigan (any Michigan folks in here) and bring it back. It was like coke but stronger.

stellar

10-27-2003, 03:10 PM

Another enlightened soul. Keep 'em coming. I'm just jazzed to have a sucessful thread going. :aok:

Darth Buddha

10-27-2003, 03:21 PM

Yep, stellar, this is an AWESOME thread.

COKE BUT STRONGER! IS THIS STILL MADE? IS IT A TEST MARKET VENTURE?

WHERE CAN I FIND IT?

:beer: :beergood:

stellar

10-27-2003, 03:32 PM

I've never seen or heard of Coke II. I think if it were down here I would know about it. I vote test market... or your friend from Michigan was jerking you around.

Darth Buddha

10-27-2003, 03:35 PM

Hey, they test marketed Vanilla Coke in Erie, PA, before it hit nationwide.

I heard rumors of a "Coke Dry" being test marketed back in the dry craze days... because folks at the Coke bottling facilities would reconstitute the damaged syrup lots with less corn sweetener to their tastes... (actually, the latter part isn't exactly rumor, I got it first hand from somebody who used to work for Coke - unless he was BS-ing me)

stellar

10-27-2003, 03:37 PM

I vote for the latter.

grinner

10-27-2003, 04:15 PM

Coke II is not stronger than regular Coke. What Coke II is, is NewCoke. And I don't think it is being made anymore because I don't see it in any stores in Michigan. It used to be sold in Chicago when I was working for Pepsi... but it isn't there anymore either.

Darth Buddha

10-27-2003, 04:18 PM

Originally posted by stellar
I vote for the latter.

I would too... 'cept I pulled a few similar stunts when I worked for a "food science" company.

So if -I- got ahold of some unsweetened Coke syrup, I suspect my inner chemist would feel the need to express itself. Not that far out.

Chiana wannabe

10-27-2003, 04:42 PM

Coke. No question. Vanilla coke, Cherry coke, lemon coke, all of 'em.

stellar

10-27-2003, 05:11 PM

Okay... lemon coke tastes like battery acid... or how I imagine battery acid would taste. I rarely stray from Coke... sometimes when I'm feeling crazy I'll get a cherry Coke, but that's it.

Silk

10-28-2003, 10:00 AM

What? Lemon Coke?
Do they have that in the States?

grinner

10-28-2003, 10:04 AM

yeah... it came out after PepsiTwist did.

talyn3

10-28-2003, 02:47 PM

So I'm guessing by now, that I'm the only Ale 8 fan on here, since no one replied to that post.

studentsteve

10-28-2003, 02:48 PM

Coke II is that to coke what crack is to cocain super strength alternative

who45

10-28-2003, 02:49 PM

I've never heard of Lemon Coke. It must have never made it down here.

stellar

10-28-2003, 03:13 PM

Originally posted by who45
I've never heard of Lemon Coke. It must have never made it down here.

It's repugnant. Consider yourself blessed.

grinner

10-28-2003, 03:26 PM

Originally posted by studentsteve
Coke II is that to coke what crack is to cocain super strength alternative maybe they have a different variety in the UK... but all Coke II is in the states is the failed NewCoke.

who45

10-28-2003, 03:27 PM

Originally posted by stellar
It's repugnant. Consider yourself blessed.

Yeah, it doesn't sound to good.

grinner

10-28-2003, 03:39 PM

I love Diet Pepsi Twist. It is good with Jalepeno's

who45

10-28-2003, 03:41 PM

Never had Jalepeno's with Pepsi...mmm I'll have to try that.

LiLOrion

10-28-2003, 03:41 PM

Originally posted by talyn3
So I'm guessing by now, that I'm the only Ale 8 fan on here, since no one replied to that post.

I never heard of it until your post.

grinner

10-28-2003, 03:44 PM

Originally posted by who45
Never had Jalepeno's with Pepsi...mmm I'll have to try that. mmmm good.

who45

10-28-2003, 03:49 PM

Originally posted by grinner
mmmm good. Yes, I am...oh,:O you mean Pepsi and Jalepeno's. I'll be sure and try it.

stellar

10-28-2003, 03:50 PM

Originally posted by grinner
I love Diet Pepsi Twist. It is good with Jalepeno's

Well that's something to think about... :whip:

I don't know if it's a New Orleans thing or not, but down here a lot of people put roasted peanuts (shelled) in their Coke. I never have... I don't know if they have to be salted or not.

grinner

10-28-2003, 03:53 PM

Originally posted by who45
Yes, I am...oh,:O you mean Pepsi and Jalepeno's. I'll be sure and try it. It's getting hot in here.............................................. .............
from the Jalepeno's

studentsteve

10-28-2003, 06:39 PM

Never had new coke here in uk just lemon coke, vanilla coke and cherry coke, clear coke in the 80s and the usual dietcoke and caffine free diet coke. The caffine free diet tastes like coke coloured water vile and the regular tooth erroding coke. Has anyone tried the leaving a tooth that has fell out in a glass of coke over night by the morning it has erroded away scary. Its also great for cleaning coins back to there just out the mint shine. Coke still far superior to Pepsi though. As for jalepinos leave them on the pizza.

stellar

10-29-2003, 04:13 AM

Originally posted by studentsteve
Has anyone tried the leaving a tooth that has fell out in a glass of coke over night by the morning it has erroded away scary.

That's a myth. I saw the experiment on Myth Busters. The penny thing sort of works. Coke won't dissolve a steak, degrease an engine, clean clothes. It will polish chrome (with Aluminum foil) better than store-bought chrome polisher. It also cleans blood off of streets slightly better than using nothing.

fermicat

10-29-2003, 06:41 AM

Coke does contain a very small amount of phosphoric acid and citric acid, as do other soft drinks. Not enough to hurt you, or to dissolve teeth/flesh/nails/etc.. It isn't even close to the level of acidity of normal stomach acid. A glass of orange juice has more acid in it than a coke.

stellar

10-29-2003, 06:49 AM

What about a glass of acid?

fermicat

10-29-2003, 07:05 AM

Originally posted by stellar
What about a glass of acid?

Never had one.

Judith

10-29-2003, 10:19 AM

Originally posted by stellar
That's a myth. I saw the experiment on Myth Busters. The penny thing sort of works. Coke won't dissolve a steak, degrease an engine, clean clothes. It will polish chrome (with Aluminum foil) better than store-bought chrome polisher. It also cleans blood off of streets slightly better than using nothing.

Oooh...Myth Busters rocks. Are far as cleaning up blood...I hope you also got that from Myth Busters. Otherwise, boy, how often you gotta clean up blood?

stellar

10-29-2003, 10:20 AM

They do rock!!! As for the blood bit... that's for me to know. :)

Judith

10-29-2003, 11:09 AM

Originally posted by stellar
They do rock!!! As for the blood bit... that's for me to know. :)

Eek.

(Mental note not to leave any more personal information that could lead to being serial killed).

stellar

10-29-2003, 11:17 AM

In order to be serial killed you would have to be killed more than once. People who are killed by a serial killer are just "killed". And serial killers hardly ever clean up after themselves.

Judith

10-29-2003, 11:21 AM

Originally posted by stellar
In order to be serial killed you would have to be killed more than once. People who are killed by a serial killer are just "killed". And serial killers hardly ever clean up after themselves.

I guess I call it "serial killed" because to me the idea of being murdered by a serial killer is far more terrifying than the idea of by murdered when it's just a one time deal. Cause serial killers are the scary thing that scares me the most.

Really? They rarely clean up? Is this a profiling thing?

stellar

10-29-2003, 11:27 AM

Profiling isn't an exact science... Actually it's about as general as you can get. I wonder if the FBI uses palm readers too.

I would say that it's a safe bet that if you kill for fun, you're not worried about getting caught and therefore have no reason to clean up after yourself, e.g. removing your DNA from the crime scene. That's not profiling, that's common sense.

Profilers just use statistical data to predict specific outcomes in a chaotic environment, which is invalid. Budha will probably hose me on this though.

Judith

10-29-2003, 11:48 AM

Originally posted by stellar
Profiling isn't an exact science... Actually it's about as general as you can get. I wonder if the FBI uses palm readers too.

I would say that it's a safe bet that if you kill for fun, you're not worried about getting caught and therefore have no reason to clean up after yourself, e.g. removing your DNA from the crime scene. That's not profiling, that's common sense.

Actually, most serial killers are very methodical.

And criminal profiling isn't an exact scienece, but it does work to some extent. I guess what's important is to not rely on any one method, but to understand a variety of different methods in your field. Profiling and forensic science often seem to be quite useful together.

I'm SO interested in both criminal profiling and foresnsic science, and I'm always watching the science channel specials on them. Which, given my phobia, is not very smart, and leads to a lot of bad dreams.

stellar

10-29-2003, 12:00 PM

Originally posted by Judith_Shakespeare
I'm SO interested in both criminal profiling and foresnsic science, and I'm always watching the science channel specials on them. Which, given my phobia, is not very smart, and leads to a lot of bad dreams.

Really... aren't most of those specials on right before bedtime?

Judith

10-29-2003, 12:06 PM

Originally posted by stellar
Really... aren't most of those specials on right before bedtime?

YES! That's why it's so dumb that I watch them.

If I learn about serial killers, I can avoid serial killers.

Okay, that's not that logical...so...I want a panic room.

talyn3

10-29-2003, 02:54 PM

Originally posted by Judith_Shakespeare
YES! That's why it's so dumb that I watch them.

If I learn about serial killers, I can avoid serial killers.

Okay, that's not that logical...so...I want a panic room.

All you need is a shotgun and some aim.

Darth Buddha

10-29-2003, 02:56 PM

Don't tell the feds, because I don't want them pulling a Randy Weaver on my ass, but if you saw off the shotgun you can nix the need for aim, too.

talyn3

10-29-2003, 03:00 PM

Originally posted by Darth Buddha
Don't tell the feds, because I don't want them pulling a Randy Weaver on my ass, but if you saw off the shotgun you can nix the need for aim, too.

Yeah but you lose accurate distance.

Jellyfish

10-29-2003, 03:01 PM

Posted by Judith Shakespeare
If I learn about serial killers, I can avoid serial killers. You can't avoid the serial killers they just kill the series before you know it and there is nothing you can do.... except maybe protest and write letters and join a campaign and make them BRING THE DAMN THING BACK!!!!!!!!

AgentSun

10-29-2003, 03:09 PM

cereal killers?

: P

::looks over at the dvd sitting on the shelf, waiting to be mocked::

Judith

10-29-2003, 03:17 PM

Originally posted by talyn3
All you need is a shotgun and some aim.

But what if they suprise me before I can get to my gun? I need a panic room that I can sleep in.

Judith

10-29-2003, 03:18 PM

Originally posted by Jellyfish
You can't avoid the serial killers they just kill the series before you know it and there is nothing you can do.... except maybe protest and write letters and join a campaign and make them BRING THE DAMN THING BACK!!!!!!!!

Not sure how to respond to that except to say: I thought it was damn funny!:aok:

SunKrux

10-31-2003, 01:09 PM

Pepsi, Diet Pepsi to be exact. :otc: Since I had to give up regular sodas...I've gone diet. Never thought I would. Use to hate them...but hey...when the doc tells you, Quit drinking them or be diabetic. What's a gal to do? *shrugs*

So now I drink Diet sodas and prefer Diet Pepsi over Diet Coke. I do like the occasional Diet Dr. Pepper as well. And every now and then, I just have to have a Wild Cherry Pepsi. I LOVE me some Wild Cherry Pepsi...tastes better than Cherry Coke. Damn wish Pepsi would make Diet Wild Cherry Pepsi!!!! Then I'd be a seriously happy camper!! :D

Co-worker calls Lemon Coke "Lemon Pledge". :D :rollin: It tastes like drinking Lemon Pledge. Nas-TAY! :spew: :yuck:

:innocent:

btw, why are you all killing cereal? What has cereal ever done to any one here? :ewink:

stellar

11-18-2003, 01:32 PM

:bump:

fermicat

11-18-2003, 01:39 PM

COKE RULES!

And all "soft drinks" are COKES.
http://www.hcs.harvard.edu/~golder/dialect/staticmaps/q_105.html

stellar

11-18-2003, 01:48 PM

Great link Fermicat! Who says cocola? Do stutterers count?

fermicat

11-18-2003, 02:03 PM

Originally posted by stellar
Great link Fermicat! Who says cocola? Do stutterers count?

My grandmother used to say it. Actually she said "co-co-ler".

grinner

11-18-2003, 02:41 PM

It is either Soda or Pop... but then I grew up in Chicago... and if you look at that map... both are used there.

talyn3

11-18-2003, 05:05 PM

Originally posted by fermicat
COKE RULES!

word yo.

DRD 1812

11-18-2003, 05:16 PM

Pepsi. Wild Cherry.

stellar

11-18-2003, 05:38 PM

Nice avatar DVD 1812... bad choice in carbonated beverages though.

JrMissToughChick

02-18-2004, 10:26 PM

Originally posted by stellar
What with all the seriousness of the opinion threads lately, I thought I'd interject with some good old-fashioned American trivialities... and I'm trying to get 1000 posts by the end of the day.

Of course, the correct answer is Coke. :aok: No it's water of course

KellEy.. "red"

02-18-2004, 10:32 PM

i prefer Dr Pepper!!!!

but i still call almost all "dark" carbonated beverages COKE

bouyantman

02-18-2004, 10:32 PM

pepsi!:D

AgentSun

02-18-2004, 10:39 PM

COKE!!!

BaseLine

02-19-2004, 05:15 AM

Coke. Pepsi is too sweet for my taste.

UTChick

02-19-2004, 06:29 AM

Always was Coke, but for caloric reasons, have now changed to Diet Coke (fountain only - hate the canned & bottled Diet). Coke just isn't as sweet - more refreshing!!

mgraylorn

02-19-2004, 09:17 AM

COKE!!!!! Pepsi sucks!

I can also tell them apart in a blind taste test. Pepsi is way too sweet, and Coke is great because it burns!

I've changed to diet coke these days for caloric reasons, and because I am getting old I've had to change to caffiene free diet coke at night (during the work week only, not on the weekends - hmmmm). Now regular coke tastes too sweet as well.

My SO used to practically live on regular coke in college. He'd drink it all day and only eat dinner. He has also switched over to diet, and while he doesn't drink as much as he used to, we should still own stock in the company.

Don't drink Dr. Pepper. I think it does have prune juice in it. My little brother would drink a can of it and then have the runs. Worked every time and no other pop did that to him.

MsWiggi

02-19-2004, 09:21 AM

Howdy!
Pepsi, but only because I like vanillia pepsi better than vanilla coke.

talyn3

02-19-2004, 12:42 PM

ok JrMTC.

Clarsax

02-19-2004, 01:51 PM

Pepsi. Coke is a little too bitter tasting for me.

Enforcer

02-19-2004, 02:52 PM

I like pepsi although I only drink it rarely, I have switched to water. I have always hated Coke. It tastes like Dren.

JrMissToughChick

02-19-2004, 11:01 PM

Originally posted by talyn3
ok JrMTC. Bad bad Talyn3 :rollin:

*must stop using that expresion*

Still I chose water!

Wolli World

02-28-2004, 01:08 AM

Definitely coke. To me, Pepsi tastes like flat coke. :yuck: Of course, given a choice, I always do a Dew. In desperate times, I have drank them in the can at room temperature - not too bad actually.

As for peanuts in cokes, they're best in root beer.

As for root beer, the best is IBC - and they're still in bottles. Yay!

I live in the heart of Dixie, and this is a typical conversation in the drive-thru:

Give me a #2 combo.

What kind of coke you want with that?

Uh...Give me a Mountain Dew.

:)

grinner

06-09-2004, 12:50 PM

:bump:

MrVesham

06-09-2004, 01:37 PM

I may have already posted this, but I feel lazy. And I feel a little egotistical so I believe I'll reiterate. >=D

RC Cola trumps the big two. I'm a cola fanatic - love em. Even some store brands*. But RC just knocks em all outta the park.

[* While not cola, I do have to mention that I recently tried Sam's 'Dr Thunder' - it's like a Pibb/Pepper knock off, but examined a little closer, it's not. Where Pibb and Dr Pepper are more of a sassafras derivative flavor, Thunder is more like teaberry. Excellent stuff. Just different enough to earn special mention.]

stellar

06-09-2004, 02:09 PM

:bump:

Let me get this straight. Not only did you bump a thread, which you always complain about, but you also bumped a poll thread which will ultimately mean that this thread will go to the top as new people vote but not necessarily post, which you always complain about.

Bored are we? Next you'll be :ignoreing: the ignore thread ;).

grinner

06-09-2004, 02:16 PM

Let me get this straight. Not only did you bump a thread, which you always complain about, but you also bumped a poll thread which will ultimately mean that this thread will go to the top as new people vote but not necessarily post, which you always complain about.

Bored are we? Next you'll be :ignoreing: the ignore thread ;).
this thread was mentioned in the article that I posted about cola and the increase of diabetes in women... so I just bumped it as someone said that I started the thread. I wanted you to get all the credit for the poll. Just clarifying something.

stellar

06-09-2004, 05:16 PM

Hey, thanks buddy! :aok:

Mike0812

06-09-2004, 05:47 PM

Pepsi :otc:...unless I'm in Europe, in which case I choose Coke :D

divinedaydreams

06-09-2004, 05:59 PM

Coke all the way in this house. Especially Cherry Coke my personal favorite.

The hubby is a Dr. Pepper fan.

AgentSun

06-09-2004, 06:42 PM

oh my gosh...we've resurrected the coke vs. pepsi thread...

i'm a coke girl all the way though my college only carries pepsi :( i have gotten used to it...

Martincore

06-09-2004, 06:49 PM

neither... but I drink Coke when I occasionally visit Burger King...

LT Garrix

06-09-2004, 08:30 PM

Coke all the way. Pepsi is too sweet for me. I love all varieties of Coke with the exception of plain Diet.

I will admit to a special weekness for Dr. P, IBC root beer and cream soda, especially in a float.

AgentSun

06-09-2004, 08:42 PM

really? i think coke is sweeter. weird.

divinedaydreams

06-09-2004, 08:45 PM

I think the big difference is Coke has that wonderful fizzly to it. You know the kind that every once in a while causes your eyes to water. Pepsi is just sugar and tame by camparison.

Col. Kathryn O'Neill

06-09-2004, 08:58 PM

but i like both.. A&W for the pepsi product of rootbeer and Barqs for the coke product..

LT Garrix

06-09-2004, 09:00 PM

Coke has a bit of acidic bite that I don't notice in Pepsi. Barq's is another good root beer, comes in second to IBC for me.

grinner

06-09-2004, 09:10 PM

I think the big difference is Coke has that wonderful fizzly to it. You know the kind that every once in a while causes your eyes to water. Pepsi is just sugar and tame by camparison.
The 'fizzy' that you like is carbonation. Coke has more carbonation in it than almost any other drink. The 'bite' you feel when you drink it is that.

trubador

06-09-2004, 09:29 PM

Coke - Vanilla
Pepsi - Lemon

Me - refuses to participate in the poll. :P

Jeff O'Connor

06-09-2004, 09:32 PM

I like pepsi more but I drink water, iced tea, juice, gatorade, lemonade, and all sorts above most colas.

Col. Kathryn O'Neill

06-09-2004, 09:40 PM

they need one thats says both

AgentSun

06-09-2004, 09:45 PM

they need one what that says both? coke and pepsi? cepsi? poke? hahaha poke. copsi? peoke?

JrMissToughChick

06-09-2004, 09:46 PM

Water!

Jeff O'Connor

06-09-2004, 09:47 PM

peoke?

...puke?

Col. Kathryn O'Neill

06-09-2004, 09:52 PM

both as in you like to drink both and havin a hard time deciding

Mike0812

06-09-2004, 10:12 PM

cepsi? poke? hahaha poke. copsi? peoke?

:lol...these names just seem so wrong...

AgentSun

06-09-2004, 10:26 PM

hehehehe.

Scarran Raptor

06-09-2004, 10:56 PM

I've always been more of a mountain dew code red man myself, and if that's not available It's either Root Beer or Dr. Pepper

scapergin

06-09-2004, 11:28 PM

I like both but http://pages.prodigy.net/rogerlori1/emoticons/pepsi.gif beats all.

here's alittle something for the moutain dew lovers http://pages.prodigy.net/indianahawkeye/newpage04/12.gif

Sponge

06-10-2004, 01:00 AM

Of course, the correct answer is Coke. :aok:

Damn right! ;)

Pepsi tastes absolutely foul, for one thing.

Another thing is that one of the ingredients they put in Pepsi is phenylalanine (some kind of diet additive, I think). I think that's what gives Pepsi its weird taste, as Coke doesn't have it. But long-term consumption of that can cause heart arrythmia :eek:

Ouroboros

06-10-2004, 01:10 AM

Gotta go with coke. I mean come on people they created Santa Claus.:D

Jeff O'Connor

06-10-2004, 01:42 AM

Gotta go with coke. I mean come on people they created Santa Claus.:D

But Pepsi created Polar Bears!

BaseLine

06-10-2004, 02:16 AM

Gotta go with coke. I mean come on people they created Santa Claus.:D

Modernized, not created :D

The modern Santa Claus is a composite character, made up from the merging of two quite separate figures. The first of these is Saint Nicholas a bishop of Byzantine Anatolia, modern-day Turkey, famous for generous gifts to the poor. In Europe he is still portrayed as a bearded bishop in canonical robes. The second character is Father Christmas, which remains the British name for Santa Claus. Father Christmas dates back at least as far as the 1600s in Britain, and pictures survive of him from that era, portrayed as a well-nourished bearded man, dressed in a long, green, fur-lined robe. He typified the spirit of good cheer at Christmas, and is reflected in the 'Spirit of Christmas Present' in Charles Dickens' famous story, A Christmas Carol.

When the Dutch still owned the land that later became New York, they brought the Saint Nicholas' eve legend with them to the Americas; however without the red mantle and other symbols. Note that in Dutch, the feast is called 'sinterklaas feest', it celebrates the birthday of sinterklaas during sinterklaasavond ("sinterklaas's evening") December 5th or in Belgium at December 6th.

Sinterklaas was Americanized to Santa Claus, but lost his bishop's apparel, and was at first pictured as a thick bellied Dutch sailor with a pipe in a green winter coat. Santa Claus appeared in various colored costumes, as he gradually became amalgamated with the figure of Father Christmas, but red soon became popular after he appeared wearing such on an 1885 Christmas card. The horse was converted to reindeers and a sleigh. The black peters (which are in fact Moorish slaves) were converted to elves, and in an attempt to move the origin of the festivities away from their pagan background to a more Christian one, the date was moved a few weeks to the celebrated day of the birth of Jesus, Christmas.

Santa's image was further modernized by the Coca-Cola company, who at the turn of the 20th Century featured the character in a variety of advertising campaigns. The final version was designed in 1931 by the Swedish-American artist Haddon Sundblom, who used the Swedish Tomte as a model for Santa. These campaigns helped establish a "uniform" Santa character, whereas prior to this his appearance and costume had varied from artist to artist.

Source (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Santa_claus)