Whats so special about cokes formula?

[Evo]

Those people you know may be from the no data zones. You may also be talking with the other 70-20% of those who don't say pop. Or you may not realize that you've never heard them generally refer to a carbonated drink and they may in fact say pop.

Or they could all be from Minnesota and are lying about their origins.

 

[Office_Shredder]

Please don't paraphrase, or you will miss the whole point.

It was a joke. Look up some Dos Equis commercials on youtube

 

[Astronuc]

I use the term beer, preferably stouts or porters, or ale.

The other stuff is just carbonated water (or mild solution of carbonic acid) with sugar and artificial sweetners.

Root beer or real ginger beer (not wimpy ginger ale) are acceptable.

I didn't find the word 'seltzer' mentioned yet in this thread.

 

[TubbaBlubba]

Or they could all be from Minnesota and are lying about their origins.

Or maybe you have a hearing disability that prevents you from hearing "pop" unless it's with a Minnesota accent, and your brain automatically puts "soda" in place based on context, manipulating your memory of the event!

 

[Evo]

Or maybe you have a hearing disability that prevents you from hearing "pop" unless it's with a Minnesota accent, and your brain automatically puts "soda" in place based on context, manipulating your memory of the event!

Now I am beginning to fear that everyone I know is actually a Minnesotian... POLKA!

 

[Astronuc]

Now I am beginning to fear that everyone I know is actually a Minnesotian... POLKA!

Mostly Norwegian bachelor farmers.

 

[Evo]

Mostly Norwegian bachelor farmers.

They have a huge Swedish population.

 

[SonyAD]

Coke gives me awful heartburn. Like Carlsberg. I've lived for years on end on nothing but Pepsi without ill effects.

I wouldn't force the pig filth that Coke is on my worst enemies.

 

[Evo]

Coke gives me awful heartburn. Like Carlsberg. I've lived for years on end on nothing but Pepsi without ill effects.

I wouldn't force the pig filth that Coke is on my worst enemies.

Sounds like the commercial hype has really gotten to you. Who really has such feelings about a soft drink?

 

[nismaratwork]

I'm on Astronuc's side here, I'll take Otter Creek's Stovepipe Porter over soft-drinks any day. The exceptions might be a really excellent root-beer or ginger ale.

 

[Evo]

I stopped drinking cola drinks years ago, switched to Fresca, which I hated when it first came out, and now I've switched to Arizona Diet Green tea with ginseng. I don't buy it for the ginseng, it's just there.

Beer - I love Boulevard unfiltered wheat, has a great nutty taste.

 

[HeLiXe]

No paradox. You see, we are also in charge of who is in charge.

it's the doom I tell ya...the doom

 

[SonyAD]

Sounds like the commercial hype has really gotten to you. Who really has such feelings about a soft drink?

What commercial? I own three TVs but they've been in the closet since 2006. Is it about that Russian lady that sued?

I am a strongly opinionated individual. Don't get me start on kraut cars.

 

[HeLiXe]

http://strangemaps.wordpress.com/2008/08/18/308-the-pop-vs-soda-map/
I looooove this site. It is one of my favourite sites on the web.

Yep I once was in another state and I asked for a coke and the lady taking the order asked me, "What kind?" I was wondering if she meant diet or something, so I said just regular and she said, "No what kind...sprite, sunkinst..."

 

[HeLiXe]

Root beer or real ginger beer (not wimpy ginger ale) are acceptable.

Jamaica has some STRONG ginger beer!

 

[Astronuc]

I stopped drinking cola drinks years ago, switched to Fresca, which I hated when it first came out, and now I've switched to Arizona Diet Green tea with ginseng. I don't buy it for the ginseng, it's just there.

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Beer - I love Boulevard unfiltered wheat, has a great nutty taste.

Hey -they make Bully Porter and Boulevard Stout. And they're located in KC. Wow! Who'd've thought.
http://www.blvdbeer.com/beer.htm

 

[nismaratwork]

Jamaica has some STRONG ginger beer!

Jah luv da root beer away from da hell ah babylon. :)

Kidding done, you're right, and if you travel elsewhere there is a lovely beverage called Bhang...

 

[nismaratwork]

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Hey -they make Bully Porter and Boulevard Stout. And they're located in KC. Wow! Who'd've thought.
http://www.blvdbeer.com/beer.htm

Are you in any way a fan of Lambics? I find them to be very concessional, but when I'm in the mood they can really hit the spot. I'm also very fond of rich wheat-beers, but a good porter is a god to worship.

 

[HeLiXe]

Jah luv da root beer away from da hell ah babylon. :)

Judgment!

 

[VeeEight]

and if you travel elsewhere there is a lovely beverage called bhang...

:!) :!) :!)

 

[nismaratwork]

I am surrounded by fellow degenerate hedonists! I've never been happier. ;)

Cannabis jokes aside, I do love the kick of real ginger in a true ginger beer. That being said, I am a fanatic lover of ginger, in tea (fresh), candied, and in fizzy goodness.

 

[HeLiXe]

Ginger tea is the best. xD Where is bhang sold? Indonesia?

 

[turbo]

Maine used to have some fantastic birch beers. Light, not too sweet, and best slugged down ice-cold from an almost frozen wet-bottom cooler.

 

[nismaratwork]

Ginger tea is the best. xD Where is bhang sold? Indonesia?

Bhang is very common in northern India, but I don't believe it's legal in many places beyond that. Certainly I would not want to be smoking or drinking it around the wrong Hindu or Islamic sect. Indonesia... I don't know, but they make Kretek (clove cigarettes) which are terrible for you, but delicious.

Turbo-1: If you find a source for that, please post it, I adore birch beer, it has such a mild almost minty flavor.

 

[Astronuc]

Are you in any way a fan of Lambics? I find them to be very concessional, but when I'm in the mood they can really hit the spot. I'm also very fond of rich wheat-beers, but a good porter is a god to worship.

Yeah and Trappiste Ales, e.g., Chimay. Ommegang Brewery is not too far from here.

I've had some interesting Framboise Lambic Beer, but I generally prefer the pure lambic.

And whenever I get to SD, I have to visit Stone Brewery up in Escondido. They have their own and an incredible selection from around the world. Somewhere I have one of their weekly lists.
http://www.stonebrew.com/

There is also this thread so that we don't derail this one.
https://www.physicsforums.com/showthread.php?t=313464

 

[HeLiXe]

Bhang is very common in northern India

Thx!

 

[turbo]

Turbo-1: If you find a source for that, please post it, I adore birch beer, it has such a mild almost minty flavor.

I believe that Kist was the better brand, but it's been a long time, and there were several smaller plants putting out birch beer. Back then, sodas were made with cane sugar and they were heavily carbonated and heavily flavored. Orange Kist and Cherry Kist were a couple of my favorites.

 

[VeeEight]

Ginger tea is the best.

Especially for those cold Canadian winters
(bhang is good for all seasons )

 

[Borg]

I mostly drink water. However, I think that I know Pengwuino's preference.

[PLAIN]http://mthruf.files.wordpress.com/2010/06/eae6b61a-d8f7-456b-bebd-41984c9a2e8d.jpg

 

[nismaratwork]

I believe that Kist was the better brand, but it's been a long time, and there were several smaller plants putting out birch beer. Back then, sodas were made with cane sugar and they were heavily carbonated and heavily flavored. Orange Kist and Cherry Kist were a couple of my favorites.

Mmmm.. cane sugar... heavy carbonation... *drool*

Astronuc: I celebrated the 4th with friends, and our mutual friend Chimay! En route to other thread as well, after all, who doesn't like drinkable bread?

 

[nismaratwork]

Especially for those cold Canadian winters
(bhang is good for all seasons )

Bhang... good since at least 1000BC!

 

[VeeEight]

 

[HeLiXe]

Especially for those cold Canadian winters
(bhang is good for all seasons )

I don't know if you like anything Chai-like...but almond milk with cinnamon, ginger and black tea is SOOOOOOOOOOOO good for cold times

 

[VeeEight]

I don't know if you like anything Chai-like...but almond milk with cinnamon, ginger and black tea is SOOOOOOOOOOOO good for cold times

I am East Indian so I am a lover of all teas, especially spiced tea. Orange, lemon, cardamom and various essential oils are other things that I like to add.

 

[HeLiXe]

I am East Indian

That might explain it for both of us then There are A LOT of East Indians in my family

 

[nismaratwork]

When it's hot, a little Thandai goes a long way. Yum. I love the Japanese habit of making milk teas with strong black teas; if you take that and put an Indian twist on it (some spice, bergomot, and so forth) it can be perfect for a hot day.

 

[brainstorm]

When Coca Cola was first introduced, it contained cocaine. Obviously this has since become unfeasible and they had to switch to crack.

 

[DaveC426913]

Michael Jackson got burned on Pepsi, Richard Pryor got burned on Coke.

Is that still funny?

 

[KalamMekhar]

Micheal Jackson got burned on little boys.


Also, Coke destroys pepsi, pepsi is not recognized by the INSPRC.

 

[brainstorm]

Michael Jackson got burned on Pepsi, Richard Pryor got burned on Coke.

Is that still funny?

The question is how "close to home" can a joke about someone else's misfortune get before you take offense to it. If a family member was in the hospital due to heart problems and someone made a joke about that person never doing anything "whole-heartedly" anyway, would you take it as innocent humor? If they were long dead, would you?

 

[DaveC426913]

Bah. Explaining a joke is like dissecting a frog. You might find out how it works, but the frog dies.

On June 9, 1981, during the making of the film Bustin' Loose, Pryor set himself on fire after freebasing cocaine while drinking 151-proof rum. He was taken to the hospital, where he was treated for burns covering more than half of his body.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Pryor#The_freebasing_incident

On January 27, 1984, Michael and other members of the Jacksons filmed a Pepsi Cola commercial. In front of a full house of fans during a simulated concert, pyrotechnics accidentally set Jackson's hair on fire. He suffered second-degree burns to his scalp.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michae....22_and_business_career_.281984.E2.80.9385.29

 

[DaveC426913]

The question is how "close to home" can a joke about someone else's misfortune get before you take offense to it. If a family member was in the hospital due to heart problems and someone made a joke about that person never doing anything "whole-heartedly" anyway, would you take it as innocent humor? If they were long dead, would you?

If I were making a joke about his death, I'll grant it might* be in poor taste. But his death does not wipe out the previous 52 years of his life. The event to which I referred is 26 years past.

*Not, by any means, granted. As Carol Burnett said: "Comedy is tragedy plus time"

 

[brainstorm]

If I were making a joke about his death, I'll grant it might be in poor taste. But his death does not wipe out the previous 52 years of his life.

I was referring to Richard Pryor. Didn't he actually die in some kind of drug-related fire/explosion?

 

[HeLiXe]

I think he lived and even made a movie joking about it

 

[HeLiXe]

unless it was another drug related fire explosion thing

 

[DaveC426913]

I was referring to Richard Pryor. Didn't he actually die in some kind of drug-related fire/explosion?

Cremation, though fire-related doesn't really qualify as drug-related. He died of heart attack at the ripe age of 65.

 

[GeorginaS]

Bah. Explaining a joke is like dissecting a frog. You might find out how it works, but the frog dies.

You dissect live frogs?!

 

[turbo]

You dissect live frogs?!

Ewwwww!

 

[DaveC426913]

You dissect live frogs?!

All the dead ones I come across are only 1/4" thick and covered in treadmarks.

 

[nismaratwork]

Michael Jackson got burned on Pepsi, Richard Pryor got burned on Coke.

Is that still funny?

Still funny to me, and it was never too soon. Pryor accepted and joked about his situation, and Michael Jackson was sleeping with Propofol and little boys, or at least, life-size dolls of them (http://yfrog.com/05life7rj). That joke would be funny at his funeral, and I think Pryor wouldn't have advocated self-censorship.

GeorginaS: Interesting... the frog dies before you dissect, otherwise it's vivisection. To dissect, you still have to kill the frog first. Your mind works in interesting ways. ;)