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Pepsi Promotion Ends With Chants of ‘Pepsi Sucks’

Yankees fans who showed up for a Pepsi-sponsored promotion yesterday were none too pleased after standing in line for hours only to find out fewer tickets were being given out than promised. According to the New York Post, “Chanting ‘Pepsi sucks! Pepsi sucks!’ the over-caffeinated mob cracked open cans of the soft drink and poured it onto the pile of swag, sending cops racing to the scene.” And there’s video! Video in which an angered fan also shouts, “Drink Coca-Cola!”

Phil Coke was not available for comment.

Bring Me the Head of Alfredo Griffin (Vlad) Posted: April 20, 2009 at 02:42 PM | 179 comment(s)
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1. Shooty Did Not Kill McGurk

Posted: April 20, 2009 at 01:52 PM (#3145734)

I cannot remember the last time I had a Pepsi. Maybe at a fast food restaurant when you have no choice of colas. If you think about it, isn't a cola a weird drink? I'll stop now before I go all Andy Rooney on your unsuspecting asses.

2. The New Gloucester Whaler Posted: April 20, 2009 at 01:53 PM (#3145737)

Be sure to watch the video for a highly enlightened assessment of the situation by one Yankee fan. My favorite part is her mention of the children being "mangled" by the crowd.

3. Dewey, Local Boy and Soupuss Posted: April 20, 2009 at 01:55 PM (#3145739)

Won't somebody PLEASE think of the CHILDREN?!?!?!

4. Ryan Jones Posted: April 20, 2009 at 01:56 PM (#3145741)

To ensure that you do or don't mangle them?

5. Kyle S at work Posted: April 20, 2009 at 01:58 PM (#3145744)

Pepsi does suck.

6. Hang down your head, Tom Foley Posted: April 20, 2009 at 01:58 PM (#3145746)

The crowd was further angered by Gossage's drive-by visit with the crowd.

"I hope you all get tickets!" was all the flamethrower, who tossed heat for the Bombers in the 70s and early 80s, was able to say before ducking back into his car, which was surrounded by admirers screaming his name.

Coke should hire Sparky Lyle for a promotion and make sure he talks to everybody.

7. Sexy Lizard Posted: April 20, 2009 at 02:12 PM (#3145756)

#### y'all pepsi cola is the ####### *pride* of new bern you can ####### go and ####### drink your ####### shasta lite or ####### rc ####### cola or whatever ####### #### you ####### drink no i'm going to ####### *pound* a god damn ####### massive pepsi cola and reread the whole ####### oeuvre of my man nicholas sparks ok now #### you peace

8. Shooty Did Not Kill McGurk

Posted: April 20, 2009 at 02:21 PM (#3145762)

or ####### rc ####### cola

RC Cola was always my favorite. I have a soft spot for Shasta since they were HQ'ed in Hayward, CA when I was a kid. My granndma used to buy the lemon-lime and diet cola by the case in those corrugated 4 inch high boxes with the indentation of the cans on the bottom. Man, thinking of Shasta makes me go all gooey with nostalgia. I can almost feel the texture of the rubber ball I used to throw against the wall of my grandma's house when I was pretending to pitch for the A's in the World Series. If I got wild and threw a pitch too low the ball would bounce over my head into a lemon tree behind me and the "other" team would win and I'd have to slink off the patio in shame.

9. The District Attorney Posted: April 20, 2009 at 02:26 PM (#3145765)

"And here comes the Pepsi!"

"Oh, no! No, don't do that! You're supposed to be tasting it!"

"Hall of Famer Goose Gossage now in the square pleading with the crowd for... for some kind of sanity."

"Uh-oh... and a barrage of Pepsi now knocking Goose unconscious."

"Wow. This is, uhhh... this is a black day for baseball."

10. Biff uses the power of mental thinking Posted: April 20, 2009 at 02:26 PM (#3145766)

Pepsi is much better than Coke.

11. McCoy Posted: April 20, 2009 at 02:29 PM (#3145771)

For cleaning drains.

12. Millon deFloss Posted: April 20, 2009 at 02:32 PM (#3145774)

RC Cola and a Moonpie. Breakfast of Champions.

13. As foretold by the prophesy (JFSE) Posted: April 20, 2009 at 02:33 PM (#3145776)

The only difference is one has caramel and the other doesn't.

14. Crashburn Alley Posted: April 20, 2009 at 02:39 PM (#3145784)

I'd have to slink off the patio in shame.

So you and Kyle Farnsworth do have something in common.

15. Van Lingle Mungo Jerry Posted: April 20, 2009 at 02:41 PM (#3145786)

All I wanted was a Pepsi, just one Pepsi, AND SHE WOULDN'T GIVE IT TO ME!

16. gef the talking mongoose Posted: April 20, 2009 at 02:41 PM (#3145788)

I haven't had a cola (or any other carbonated beverage, alas -- god, do I miss red cream soda) in years, but when I was drinking them my ranking would've been 1) RC 2) Pepsi 3) Coke. Though going waaaay back, Tab with Cyclamates would knock Coke to 4).

17. Shooty Did Not Kill McGurk

Posted: April 20, 2009 at 02:42 PM (#3145789)

So you and Kyle Farnsworth do have something in common.

Ha! I was going to make a Farnsworth joke, too. We both can blame our failures on poor managing.

18. TerpNats Posted: April 20, 2009 at 02:43 PM (#3145790)

Of course, RC was the Mets' cola sponsor for many years (including 1969, IIRC), and in the late '80s, it was served at Yankee Stadium for a year or two.

19. Johnny Clash Posted: April 20, 2009 at 02:48 PM (#3145795)

The A's radio station has been playing very prominent PEPSI MAX commercials this year.
PEPSI MAX is the diet cola that REAL MEN drink, with BACON.

20. Sexy Lizard Posted: April 20, 2009 at 02:51 PM (#3145801)

I have two associations with RC. One is watching the Mets on WOR in the late 80s, and the other is my 4th grade teacher explaining that it's not polite for a young gentleman to drink RC, because RC is for field hands.

21. Dayn

Posted: April 20, 2009 at 02:53 PM (#3145803)

Barq's in a bottle. I probably drank that more than water when I was a kid.

22. Barry`s_Lazy_Boy Posted: April 20, 2009 at 02:54 PM (#3145805)

The boycott starts right here.

23. Rusty Priske Posted: April 20, 2009 at 02:57 PM (#3145806)

Coke is leagues better than Pepsi... but man do I miss Vanilla Coke.

24. Toolsy McClutch Posted: April 20, 2009 at 02:59 PM (#3145810)

I love this story on so many levels. People lining up to get free tickets at 7am that they could afford to buy if they just worked for 2-3 hrs in a Burger King - and get a Pepsi there too. Mob turns bad. Pepsi does an excellent PR cover on it - they probably get more sales from this than if they had actually given away 1000 tickets. Even the stupidity of lining up with the hope you'll be one of the first 250 people. Great, great stuff.

25. villageidiom Posted: April 20, 2009 at 03:00 PM (#3145812)

I'll stop now before I go all Andy Rooney on your unsuspecting asses

Andy Rooney was the Jerry Seinfeld of his day, in terms of observational humor.

26. Dedicated to Esoteric but he wasn't listening Posted: April 20, 2009 at 03:00 PM (#3145813)

The only soda worth killing for is Diet Sunkist.

But man, it's worth killing a LOT for. I quite literally drink far, far, far, far, far more of it than I do water.

27. Dayton Moore is a Big Fat Idiot (AG#1F) Posted: April 20, 2009 at 03:04 PM (#3145819)

When I was a student at KU, at basketball games the announcer always did a promotion that ended "Gatorade, is it in you?" and every time without fail the entire place would shout "NOOOOO!!!!" Always gave me a chuckle.

28. Los Angeles Softballer of Anaheim

Posted: April 20, 2009 at 03:06 PM (#3145822)

Andy Rooney was the Jerry Seinfeld of his day, in terms of observational humor.

True, but his day was over two decades ago. Maybe three.

29. phredbird

Posted: April 20, 2009 at 03:08 PM (#3145823)

Barq's in a bottle. I probably drank that more than water when I was a kid.

couldn't get it when i was a kid living overseas, so when we would come home on leave each summer, we'd drink a couple a day.

30. The District Attorney Posted: April 20, 2009 at 03:12 PM (#3145827)

Pepsi does an excellent PR cover on it - they probably get more sales from this than if they had actually given away 1000 tickets.

And also, TFA says:

Furious fans tossed t-shirts, posters, crackerjack and [sic] ["and" WHAT?? -- ed.] into a big pile on the street.

Chanting "Pepsi sucks! Pepsi sucks!" the over-caffeinated mob cracked open cans of the soft drink and poured it onto the pile of swag, sending cops racing to the scene.

So yeah, if they went and bought Pepsi just so they could pour it onto random objects, I guess that increased sales right there.

Still trying to figure out what the hell happened here.

31. Kyle S at work Posted: April 20, 2009 at 03:13 PM (#3145829)

There used to be an RC Cola machine at the service station between Birdwood GC and my house off UVA's campus in Charlottesville. I would always stop and get one on the way home - they were only 35 cents. I completely agree that it is the most delicious of the major colas.

32. Zac Schmitt Posted: April 20, 2009 at 03:15 PM (#3145832)

i try to avoid soda unless i'm really in the mood for one, and have never actually had rc cola, though its proponents tend to rave about it.

i've heard amazing things about mexican coke - which apparently uses real sugar instead of fructose - but does anyone know the lowdown/how to go about getting your hands on some?

33. Bob Dernier Cri

Posted: April 20, 2009 at 03:16 PM (#3145833)

The only soda worth killing for is Diet Sunkist

Perhaps, but: they used to have this jingle that went

"No caffeine (dah, dah)
Diet Sunkist (Diet Sunkist)
No caffeine (dah, dah)
Diet Sunkist (Diet Sunkist)"

over and over and over again. And come to find that a few years ago they added caffeine.

I have probably drunk a couple of tanker cars' worth of pop in my life, but I rarely do anymore. I can't handle caffeinated pop; the sugar in non-caffeinated pop will certainly kill me if I drink any more of it. And there are very few good diet decaf sodas. Fresca (original or black cherry) is OK. So is diet-caffeine-free Dr Pepper. And I actually like Fanta Zero, orange flavor. But try finding these at a typical convenience store.

Recently on whim I bought a bottle of diet Orange Crush, no caffeine, and I really liked it. Well whenever I read the label, the second ingredient after water was high-fructose corn syrup. There was something like 50 calories a glass. No wonder it tasted good, but that's a pretty lardifying "diet."

And did'ja' ever notice how ...

34. A Surfeit of Peaches Graham (SdeB) Posted: April 20, 2009 at 03:16 PM (#3145834)

Pepsi is better than Coke.
Macs are better than PCs.
Cats are better than dogs.
Legs are better than breasts.

That is all.

35. Zac Schmitt Posted: April 20, 2009 at 03:17 PM (#3145835)

but man do I miss Vanilla Coke.

i just recently picked up a case of vanilla coke at sam's club. i was shocked (in a very, very good way) to learn they still made it.

36. Zac Schmitt Posted: April 20, 2009 at 03:19 PM (#3145837)

Cats are better than dogs.
Legs are better than breasts.

these are the only two i have a strong opinion about, and man are those opinions strong:

cats and dogs are equally awesome, but in different ways.

nothing against legs and breasts...but neither hold a candle to asses.

37. villageidiom Posted: April 20, 2009 at 03:20 PM (#3145838)

That is all.

You're batting .250, tops.

38. Shooty Did Not Kill McGurk

Posted: April 20, 2009 at 03:20 PM (#3145839)

Legs are better than breasts.

I've got legs.

i've heard amazing things about mexican coke - which apparently uses real sugar instead of fructose - but does anyone know the lowdown/how to go about getting your hands on some?

Kosher Coke, if you can find it, uses real sugar. It's available in New York around Passover. Coke in Latin America tastes much better than here, IMHO, because of the sugar and I don't give a #### what those corn syrup propaganda ads have to say about it.

39. Craig Calcaterra Posted: April 20, 2009 at 03:23 PM (#3145844)

and have never actually had rc cola, though its proponents tend to rave about it.

Parkersburg, WV was rotten with RC when I lived there between 1985-1988. Not sure why, but it was in all kinds of places, even fast food restaurants that I'm sure had deals with Coke or Pepsi at the time (must have been a rogue franchise thing). Anyway, I can tell you based on considerable experience that RC sucked in multiple, profound ways. Truly vile stuff. And don't even get me started on Diet Rite or Teem.

My point is that I suspect the RC love here is based on that particular irrational esteem many of us have for that which is rare, fleeting, and nearly forgotten. Like Priazzo at Pizza Hut and Alf and stuff.

40. The District Attorney Posted: April 20, 2009 at 03:23 PM (#3145845)

I've got legs.

But you don't know how to use them.

My point is that I suspect the RC love here is based on that particular irrational esteem many of us have for that which is rare, fleeting, snd nearly forgotten. Like Priazzo at Pizza Hut and Alf and stuff.

Alf is back. In pog form.

41. Zac Schmitt Posted: April 20, 2009 at 03:24 PM (#3145846)

Kosher Coke, if you can find it, uses real sugar. It's available in New York around Passover.

today would seem like the perfect time to stop in some places to see if anyone has any left if it weren't for the weather.

I've got legs.

your point is taken, but that's a little bit like writing off hamburgers because you're not impressed with mcdonalds.

42. Shooty Did Not Kill McGurk

Posted: April 20, 2009 at 03:25 PM (#3145847)

But you don't know how to use them.

You mean I'm NOT supposed to be stuffing them up my own ass?

edit: also, the legs line is just from Seinfeld. I won't begin to pretend I can choose between the two. It's like trying to decide between Dwayne Murphy or Mark Ellis. It can't be done. (No, I don't care if that comes off as unintentionally homoerotic.)

43. Bob Dernier Cri

Posted: April 20, 2009 at 03:26 PM (#3145849)

nothing against legs and breasts...but neither hold a candle to asses

Well, not if we're talking Church's Fried Chicken, here.

"Dublin Dr Pepper," made with sugar, used to be a rarity in Texas, something you could only get at or near the factories where it was made in small batches. It is now pouring into supermarkets at a great rate. Costs a lot more than corn-syrup Dr Pepper, though.

44. Scott Lange Posted: April 20, 2009 at 03:29 PM (#3145852)

Pepsi Cola sucks.
It tastes like ----ing --it.
Flush it down the toilet,
and get rid of it.
If you drink Coke
then you are in luck.
Don't drink Pepsi Cola,
'cause Pepsi Cola sucks.

Pepsi Cola, Pepsi Cola, Pepsi Cola,
sucks my -ss!

Coca Cola, Coca Cola, Coca Cola,
rules the world!

Don't drink Pepsi Cola,
'Cause Pepsi Cola sucks

-- "Pepsi Cola Sucks" by Dangerous Darrinn

45. Backlasher Posted: April 20, 2009 at 03:31 PM (#3145854)

because RC is for field hands.

An RC Cola, a honey bun and a can of Vienna sausages. (but I was a field hand).

My point is that I suspect the RC love here is based on that particular irrational esteem many of us have for that which is rare, fleeting, and nearly forgotten. Like Priazzo at Pizza Hut and Alf and stuff.

RC had the vending contract with Auburn University at least through my freshman year (and I think a little longer). Some RC products are still around a bit in central MA because the local beverage company (Polar) has a bottling contract for Diet Rite.

46. Ryan Jones Posted: April 20, 2009 at 03:32 PM (#3145856)

I've got legs.

Drink enough cola, and you'll also have breasts.

47. Backlasher Posted: April 20, 2009 at 03:32 PM (#3145857)

-- "Pepsi Cola Sucks" by Dangerous Darrinn

I was guessing Ian MacKaye and Minor Threat. (With a rebuttal from CM Punk.)

48. A Surfeit of Peaches Graham (SdeB) Posted: April 20, 2009 at 03:33 PM (#3145858)

You're batting .250, tops.

Hey, I'm a scrappy white guy, too, so that should be good for a 10-year MLB career!

49. Ryan Jones Posted: April 20, 2009 at 03:33 PM (#3145860)

i've heard amazing things about mexican coke - which apparently uses real sugar instead of fructose - but does anyone know the lowdown/how to go about getting your hands on some?

I don't know how to get your hands on Mexican Coke (apart from going to Mexico), but the Jones Soda Company (no relation, unfortunately) does a cane sugar cola which is lethally sweet.

50. Backlasher Posted: April 20, 2009 at 03:34 PM (#3145863)

I don't know how to get your hands on Mexican Coke

Stick with the fine Columbian.

51. Shooty Did Not Kill McGurk

Posted: April 20, 2009 at 03:35 PM (#3145865)

I don't know how to get your hands on Mexican Coke

It's funny that Colombian coke is so much easier to get than Coca Cola with sugar in it.

edit: Damn you straight to hell BL.

edit edit: And I guess I owe you an RC.

52. AndrewJ Posted: April 20, 2009 at 03:35 PM (#3145866)

At yesterday's Phils/Padres game, one of the names on the scoreboard during the "Happy Birthday" listings between innings was a year-old girl with the first name "Pepsi-Marie." I kid you not.

53. Jason Kendall's #6,530,420,771 fan (AS) Posted: April 20, 2009 at 03:36 PM (#3145867)

Costco has Mexican Coke (sometimes). Also, many Mexican restaurants will serve it. There's an awesome joint near my house that has some primo Coke.

54. PreservedFish Posted: April 20, 2009 at 03:36 PM (#3145868)

I don't know how to get your hands on Mexican Coke (apart from going to Mexico),

It's sold here in California.

55. Zac Schmitt Posted: April 20, 2009 at 03:37 PM (#3145870)

the Jones Soda Company (no relation, unfortunately) does a cane sugar cola which is lethally sweet.

the jones soda company does a lot of things, none of which has ever sounded especially appealing to me.

56. AndrewJ Posted: April 20, 2009 at 03:38 PM (#3145871)

Andy Rooney was the Jerry Seinfeld of his day, in terms of observational humor.

Actually, Andy Rooney was always a poor man's Henry Morgan.

57. Randy Jones Posted: April 20, 2009 at 03:38 PM (#3145874)

I don't know how to get your hands on Mexican Coke (apart from going to Mexico), but the Jones Soda Company (no relation, unfortunately) does a cane sugar cola which is lethally sweet.

unfortunately, Jones's cola is terrible.

I already stocked up on Kosher Coke last week though.

58. TerpNats Posted: April 20, 2009 at 03:39 PM (#3145875)

I prefer Diet Coke to Diet Pepsi, but neither are as good as Pepsi One.

59. Ryan Jones Posted: April 20, 2009 at 03:40 PM (#3145879)

unfortunately, Jones's cola is terrible.

I really can't argue with this. I like a lot of their other sodas, but I can't handle the lethal sweetness of their cola. It was more just to point out the existence of a company which was still using proper sugar in their cola.

I'm also unwilling to inflict their Thanksgiving sampler pack upon myself.

60. AndrewJ Posted: April 20, 2009 at 03:42 PM (#3145880)

Pepsi Max is terrific, and I always enjoy a Diet Pepsi with Lime.

61. hscs Posted: April 20, 2009 at 03:45 PM (#3145883)

I prefer my Cola sans murder.

62. Hubie Brooks (Not Really) Posted: April 20, 2009 at 03:53 PM (#3145894)

Welcome to Obama's America.

63. JMN Is Convinced He Has H1N1 Every Time He Coughs Posted: April 20, 2009 at 03:57 PM (#3145900)

Jeff Francoeur always asks the flight attendant on his Delta flights for a Pepsi.

64. Harmon "Thread Killer" Microbrew Posted: April 20, 2009 at 03:59 PM (#3145901)

As Cameo noted, the word up is, in fact, Cherry Coke.

65. The Good Face Posted: April 20, 2009 at 04:00 PM (#3145904)

Non-diet sodas, be they sweetened with corn syrup or good ole fashioned sugar, are ridiculously laden with calories. If I'm going to drink that many calories, it will be in the form of wholesome, nourishing alcohol.

Diet sodas are primarily composed of pesticides and earwig honey, and should be avoided by all right thinking people.

/Gaelan

66. Player X Posted: April 20, 2009 at 04:03 PM (#3145908)

i've heard amazing things about mexican coke - which apparently uses real sugar instead of fructose - but does anyone know the lowdown/how to go about getting your hands on some?

Depends on where you live, but in suburban Chicago, most Mexican groceries (as well as Caputo's and Valli) carry it.

They also carry Jarritos; I recommend the lime and grapefruit. Sugar and natural flavoring - can't go wrong.

67. Tripon Posted: April 20, 2009 at 04:04 PM (#3145909)

http://www.drsoda.com/mexicancoke.html

You can buy a case of mexican coke for 36 dollars excluding taxes and crv.

68. BFFB

Posted: April 20, 2009 at 04:06 PM (#3145910)

Here in the UK coke etc. uses sugar and not corn syrup.

Not that I drink them too sweet. Coke Zero is about the sweetest I can handle.

69. Random Transaction Generator Posted: April 20, 2009 at 04:15 PM (#3145920)

When I was on a cruise through the Caribbean, the Coke they served on the ship (and in the harbours) was definitely a different flavour than what I was used to up in Canada.
I don't know if it was "better", but since it was "different" it made it enjoyable to drink for the 7 days.

BTW, Coke >>>> Pepsi

The most disappointing phrase I hear in restaurants is "We serve Pepsi. Is that okay?" when I order a Coke.

70. Lassus Posted: April 20, 2009 at 04:17 PM (#3145923)

69 posts and NOTHING about Primus?

I'm shocked and appalled.

71. BFFB

Posted: April 20, 2009 at 04:21 PM (#3145928)

Pork Soda is the king of the soft drinks

(that do you Lassus)

72. Jolly Old St. Neck Wound, Marching Through Georgia

Posted: April 20, 2009 at 04:24 PM (#3145931)

RC Cola and a Moonpie. Breakfast of Champions.

When I was 20 years old and living on a salary of $18.36 a week, my breakfast was bacon, eggs & RC, my lunch was a coconut cream-filled cake and RC, and my dinner was a can of Campbell's Beans 'n' Ground Beef and RC. And there was no f*cking way that that menu fit for a king would have worked with Coke or Pepsi. It just wouldn't have been right.

73. mrams Posted: April 20, 2009 at 04:37 PM (#3145941)

Coke w/ sugar cane (a/k/a Mexican Coke) is often found in big shopping stores in the 'Hispanic Food' Section. I've bought it for years at a Milwaukee grocery chain (Pic'n-Save) even in the whitey suburbs. It is only in single glass bottles, around 16-20 ounces if I recall.

The WSJ did an article about this a couple years ago, it is illegal, but Coke, its bottlers and the Gov't doesn't do too much to try and stop it. I suppose there's not enough volume to get them excited. Obviously Coca-Cola uses the corn syrup version because it is cheaper and Americans don't seem to mind corn syrup over the cane sugar.

74. Van Lingle Mungo Jerry Posted: April 20, 2009 at 04:43 PM (#3145944)

I've got legs.

Drink enough cola, and you'll also have breasts.

I couldn't let this thread-winning entry pass without extending a laurel and hearty handshake to its author. Congratulations, sir.

75. Scott Lange Posted: April 20, 2009 at 04:48 PM (#3145949)

By the way, if you're watching calories and haven't tried Coke Zero yet, I strongly recommend it. I can still tell a difference between Zero and a regular Coke, but its far better than any version of Diet Coke I've ever tried.

76. Dr Stankus and the Semicolons Posted: April 20, 2009 at 04:54 PM (#3145955)

Non-diet sodas, be they sweetened with corn syrup or good ole fashioned sugar, are ridiculously laden with calories. If I'm going to drink that many calories, it will be in the form of wholesome, nourishing alcohol.

Amen.

I cut back my soda so that I can keep my beer consumption up to a healthy level as I age.

77. McCoy Posted: April 20, 2009 at 05:11 PM (#3145966)

The WSJ did an article about this a couple years ago, it is illegal, but Coke, its bottlers and the Gov't doesn't do too much to try and stop it. I suppose there's not enough volume to get them excited. Obviously Coca-Cola uses the corn syrup version because it is cheaper and Americans don't seem to mind corn syrup over the cane sugar

There is a bottler in Texas that uses cane sugar instead of corn syrup in their Dr. Pepper. You can even order it online but it costs a fortune to ship it.

78. Lassus Posted: April 20, 2009 at 05:14 PM (#3145968)

10 years ago I went cold turkey off caffeine, and 15 years before that I was unceremoniously forced off sugar sodas, so that really cuts down on my soda consumption.

The best non-sugar, non-caffeine sodas:

Diet Dr. Brown's Diet Cherry and Diet Cream Soda
Diet A & W Root Beer
Sprite Zero
Diet Canada Dry Cherry Ginger Ale
Diet Sierra Mist

Diet 7up kind of sucks.

79. Bring Me the Head of Alfredo Griffin (Vlad) Posted: April 20, 2009 at 05:17 PM (#3145972)

Just one last bottle of Nesbitt's Lime Soda, and we had to throw it away.

80. Crispix Attacks is in the best shape of his life. Posted: April 20, 2009 at 05:20 PM (#3145974)

When I see Mexican Coke, it lists something like "cane sugar and/or high fructose corn syrup" on the ingredient label, and I've bought it a couple times and it tasted exactly like regular Coke. My point is that you're not guaranteed to get the cane sugar type.

81. Dayn

Posted: April 20, 2009 at 05:24 PM (#3145976)

Pepsi is better than Coke.
Macs are better than PCs.
Cats are better than dogs.
Legs are better than breasts.

Well, you're right about Macs.

If I'm going to drink that many calories, it will be in the form of wholesome, nourishing alcohol.

This was precisely my reason for forcing myself to develop a taste for Diet Coke after college.

82. Scott Lange Posted: April 20, 2009 at 05:25 PM (#3145977)

The best non-sugar, non-caffeine sodas:

Have you tried varieties of Fanta Zero? The orange one is my beverage for when its too close to bedtime to have a Coke Zero.

83. Halofan Posted: April 20, 2009 at 05:39 PM (#3145986)

I once drove a forty mile round trip for two 4-packs of COKE BLAK on a top shelf at a Target. A friend called me knowing I was crazy for it.

84. Dr. I has a big closet full of HO clothes Posted: April 20, 2009 at 05:42 PM (#3145991)

I don't know how to get your hands on Mexican Coke (apart from going to Mexico)

They seem to now be in supermarkets now. I live in Cincinnati, so I figure that if I can get them here, you can find them anywhere. Look in the section with all of the other Mexican food items, and there is a good chance you will find them. They are a bit pricey, though.

85. Biff uses the power of mental thinking Posted: April 20, 2009 at 06:02 PM (#3146002)

Well, if we're talking about non-cola sodas, Dr. Pepper is quite easily the winner.

And if Jones Cola is very sweet, I suppose I should try it. The whole reason I like Pepsi much more than Coke is because it's sweeter.

(Oh, and although Pepsi > Coke, Cherry Coke > Cherry Pepsi.)

86. Alex_Lewis Posted: April 20, 2009 at 06:14 PM (#3146009)

Root Beer pretty much rocks the socks off all colas, Coca included. Kudos to the Bargs nod earlier in the thread. However, out of the tap from a decent A&W;outlet is almost tops. Almost. IBC Root Beer is the undisputed champion of flavor. Of course, here in England, they don't know even know what Root Beer is... Philistines.

87. Alex_Lewis Posted: April 20, 2009 at 06:17 PM (#3146010)

Addendum:

A conversation while I was in high school circled the subject of giving up soft drinks. My friend's house was famous for being permanently and inexhaustibly stocked with soda of all varieties (what an oddly spelled word!). His decision to abandon it as a drink was met with due incredulity. 'What about Bargs?' I asked. 'That's different. It's Bargs.'

88. The Joe Mauer Power Hour (kj) Posted: April 20, 2009 at 06:25 PM (#3146017)

(Oh, and although Pepsi > Coke, Cherry Coke > Cherry Pepsi.)

Cherry Coke is basically the best beverage created by man.

89. hscs Posted: April 20, 2009 at 06:33 PM (#3146026)

Cherry Coke is basically the best beverage created by man.

Flawed. Phlegm issue.

90. Tripon Posted: April 20, 2009 at 06:44 PM (#3146035)

If you can wait until year, coke and pepsi sell kosher versions of their soda for passover, with real sugar. Its a bit more expensive(I bought mine at Ralph's for 3 two-liter bottles for $5 dollars), but worth it.

91. ghost of perros Posted: April 20, 2009 at 07:04 PM (#3146043)

Beverages I consume, by quantity: water, beer, coffee, green tea, fruit juice, whiskey.

No soda, no sugar, a little honey, definitely no freaking high fructose corn syrup. Diet soda is the worst drink devised by humankkind.

But to each his own.

92. TerpNats Posted: April 20, 2009 at 07:18 PM (#3146053)

By the way, if you're watching calories and haven't tried Coke Zero yet, I strongly recommend it. I can still tell a difference between Zero and a regular Coke, but its far better than any version of Diet Coke I've ever tried.

Pepsi One > Coke Zero, though the latter's commercials are amusing. (I haven't seen any Pepsi One commercials in years. In fact, I don't think Pepsico has redesigned the Pepsi One 2-liters or cans to conform with the rest of the newly-packaged Pepsi line, which isn't a good sign.)

93. AndrewJ Posted: April 20, 2009 at 07:28 PM (#3146057)

I prefer Pepsi to Coke, though I admit I like Diet Coke Plus.

At yesterday's Phils/Padres game, one of the names on the scoreboard during the "Happy Birthday" listings between innings was a year-old girl with the first name "Pepsi-Marie." I kid you not.

THe birthday girl's last name, BTW, is Vecchio.

94. Bring Me the Head of Alfredo Griffin (Vlad) Posted: April 20, 2009 at 07:30 PM (#3146058)

"...the latter's commercials are amusing."

Not so much, no.

95. isaacc7 Posted: April 20, 2009 at 09:19 PM (#3146114)

Of course the real reason that US soft drinks use corn syrup instead of sugar is because of the price. Why is corn syrup cheaper? We can thank the sugar cartel for that, the price of sugar in the US is something like 2-3 times what the world price is. This is done with lots of tariffs on importing sugar. They get away with this because people think to themselves, "How much sugar do i buy, it's no big deal..." We're stuck with corn syrup so that American sugar companies can get rich. Incidentally, this is also why ethanol in this country is a disaster. Anyway... rant off...

I'm not sure if importing products with sugar in them is covered by the tariff, so I'm not sure that there's anything other than shipping charges preventing Mexican soft drinks from overrunning us. That would be... um, sweet.

96. A Surfeit of Peaches Graham (SdeB) Posted: April 20, 2009 at 09:28 PM (#3146116)

The best non-sugar, non-caffeine sodas:

You forgot Diet Caffeine-Free Mountain Dew (although it's disturbingly unavailable in wide swaths of the U.S.).

97. PreservedFish Posted: April 20, 2009 at 09:38 PM (#3146121)

In America, first you get the sugar, then you get the power, then you get the women.

98. the Tuque of Flatbush

Posted: April 20, 2009 at 09:47 PM (#3146123)

I prefer my Cola sans murder.

This makes me want to go out and buy some Coke. I love the taste of fear.

99. Tripon Posted: April 20, 2009 at 09:59 PM (#3146127)

100. a bebop a rebop Posted: April 20, 2009 at 10:05 PM (#3146130)

A conversation while I was in high school circled the subject of giving up soft drinks. My friend's house was famous for being permanently and inexhaustibly stocked with soda of all varieties (what an oddly spelled word!). His decision to abandon it as a drink was met with due incredulity. 'What about Bargs?' I asked. 'That's different. It's Bargs.'

Interestingly enough... it's Barq's.

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