> > > As a consiensious objector in the cola war (I
> > like root beer) I still feel driven to tell
> > everyone that today, (according to the radio)
> > marks the birthday of Coke-a-Cole. the first
> batch
> > was brewed in someguys back yard in Atlanta.
> Just
> > thought it was interesting.
> > >
> > > Speed'stillthough,Barq'shasBite'ball
> >
> > Another legend is about the naming of Dr.
> Pepper.
> > I read somewhere that a grocery clerk at a
> mom&pop
> > joint. He liked the bosses daughter, and when
> his
> > boss, Dr. Pepper, found out, he fired the kid.
> He
> > still loved the girl and when he came up with
> the
> > formula for his soft drink he named it after Dr
> P
> > in the hopes that he would lighten up and let
> the
> > two get married. The legend goes that Dr.
> Pepper
> > was dead at the time, though.
> >
> > And by the way, PEPSI IS BETTER THAN ALL, except
> > for Fruitopia. I mean, who can't like the name?
> >
> > Finchplucker
> >
>
> Oh, and the red dot on a 7up can comes from the
> eye of the inventor, who was an albino.
>

Cool! Wait, ewwww, that makes those Dot commercials from the late 80's kinda creepy. You remember those, the dot's jumped off the cans and ran around in sun glasses. Just think, those wern't just Dots, they were disembodied eyes.

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