New Coke

[Sooner_Havok]

Was it really as bad as people say it was? I guess I am to young to actually remember what the stuff tasted like, but I can't imagine it being as bad as everyone said it was.

Now crystal Pepsi, that stuff was natty. Err, Nasty, sorry OleVet.

[frankensooner]

It was very close to Pepsi, without all the burping. My folks had stock-piled original coke, so I never had to go without. I was also quite popular for awhile too. ;)

[BigRedJed]

Yes. It actually was like a brown-colored crystal Pepsi, if that helps.

[Viking Kitten]

I too remember it tasting like Pepsi. And a**.

[BigRedJed]

And fail.

[bri]

I too remember it tasting like Pepsi. And a**.

Which, since Pepsi tastes like *ss already, it was like drinking a sugary can of double *ss.

[royalfan5]

I loved New Coke, and have no problem admitting it.

[Pricetag]

I was a total Coke fanboy at the time, and it was just too different. Overall, it was just a horrible, horrible marketing idea.

I didn't think Crystal Pepsi was all that bad. That whole "clear stuff" fad that hit in the early '90s was funny, though. Was it SNL that had the "crystal gravy" joke?

[frankensooner]

I loved New Coke, and have no problem admitting it.


Of course you did, It had twice as much HFCS in it! ;)

[Sooner_Havok]

Yes. It actually was like a brown-colored crystal Pepsi, if that helps.

Hmmm, so it was pretty bad then huh. I think I have a bottle or two of Crystal Pepsi up in the attic somewhere.

P.S. PEPSI PWNS COKE

[frankensooner]

Hmmm, so it was pretty bad then huh. I think I have a bottle or two of Crystal Pepsi up in the attic somewhere.

P.S. PEPSI PWNS COKE

For cleaning up grease, yes. For drinking purposes, uh, no.

[Pricetag]

Coke is not worthy of its industry dominance. It's kinda like Budweiser in that respect.

[Sooner_Havok]

For cleaning up grease, yes. For drinking purposes, uh, no.

Let me guess, you hate RC Cola too:rolleyes:

[frankensooner]

RC is excellent.

[Sooner_Havok]

Coke is not worthy of its industry dominance. It's kinda like Budweiser in that respect.

They make a crappy product that, through marketing, they make people think is teh awesome?


RC is excellent.

Good, we have some common ground... Dr. Pepper or Mr. Pibb?

[frankensooner]

I like both. So don't be hatin on me for that. (Mr. Pibb is a coke product you see) It is hard to beat the original though. I would put Dr Pepper ahead by a nose.

[Sooner_Havok]

I like both. So don't be hatin on me for that. (Mr. Pibb is a coke product you see) It is hard to beat the original though. I would put Dr Pepper ahead by a nose.

I just wish that Mr. Pibb hadn't dropped out of medical school :(

Nah, really a can barely taste the difference.

[BigRedJed]

But the real question is: is could Superman kick Batman's ***?

[Sooner_Havok]

But the real question is: is could Superman kick Batman's ***?

Hell no, Batman has a kryptonite batterang biatch!

[Pricetag]

Oh, yeah, Superman would kick Batman's *** quicker than a Star Destroyer would take out Enterprise.

[frankensooner]

Duh, Superman would kill Batman. Batman is just some crazy rich dood with a bunch of gadgets.

And Tom's owns Earl's.

[Sooner_Havok]

Oh, yeah, Superman would kick Batman's *** quicker than a Star Destroyer would take out Enterprise.

Whatever, Kirk would PWN the Star Destroyer, and Picard would just toy with it till he got bored.

[Sooner_Havok]

Duh, Superman would kill Batman. Batman is just some crazy rich dood with a bunch of gadgets.

And Tom's owns Earl's.

But Superman can't kill, he would just let Batman go.

[frankensooner]

Whatever, Kirk would PWN the Star Destroyer, and Picard would just toy with it till he got bored.

Duh, Phasers >>>>>>>> Blasters.

[Curly Bill]

RC is excellent.

This is spot-on true!

[frankensooner]

But Superman can't kill, he would just let Batman go.

He would give him a stern lecture though. And break his toys.

[bri]

This thread is going to die a virgin.

[Sooner_Havok]

So we can all agree then, Dr. Pepper is slightly better than Mr. Pibb, but Pibb is still a good drink. RC is FTW, and Superman is a punk *** biotch, who could kill Batman, but is to much of a ***** to do it.

[Sooner_Havok]

This thread is going to die a virgin.

:D :D

[frankensooner]

I agree with Havok on everything in this thread except for the Pepsi being better than Coke. On that point he couldn't be wronger than SSC at singles night at the senior center.

[Sooner_Havok]

On that point he couldn't be wronger than SSC at singles night at the senior center.

With that comment, I concede my argument. You win, I can in no way top that statement.:eek:

[Flagstaffsooner]

New Coke was flat and too sweet, much like Pepsi and the child molester that did their ads in the '80's.

And RC is good, the Natty of colas.

[BigRedJed]

Dude. Seriously I dug some RC. Though I always felt like I should be rocking a pompadour and chops when I was drinking it. WTF is that?

[Sooner_Havok]

Apparently people actually liked New Coke before they found out it was to replace Old Coke

Damn Interesting (http://www.damninteresting.com/?p=964)

[r5TPsooner]

RC is excellent.

RC Cola also can clean some battery posts very nicely as well.

[BigRedJed]

I think RC is more like the PBR of colas.

[frankensooner]

Jed, you should try RC with some of Tom's delicious ribs.

[ousoonerfan]

This thread is going to die a virgin.

Virgin or Extra Virgin?


;)

[BigRedJed]

Dude, you're not gonna catch me dogging the greatness that is Tom's.

[frankensooner]

So, you agree that Tom's owns Earls?

[BigRedJed]

In many ways. I only go to Earl's often because they're close to my office. And they're pretty good. But I've never said it was the best BBQ in town.

[Sooner_Havok]

What is this Tom's you speak of?

[BigRedJed]

It's a check yo' gun at the door shack over at NE 10th and I-35.

[frankensooner]

Get the Lemonade when you go!

[BigRedJed]

IMAGEOWNED!!!

[Sooner_Havok]

I may have to check the place out. I have been on an OKC BBQ tour lately.

[BigRedJed]

linky (http://maps.google.com/maps?rls=com.microsoft:en-us:IE-SearchBox&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&sourceid=ie7&rlz=1I7DMUS&um=1&q=tom's+barbecue&near=Oklahoma+City,+OK&fb=1&view=text&latlng=1387595778948628310)

[Sooner_Havok]

Do they serve coke or Pepsi?

[frankensooner]

LEMONADE dipstick!

[BigRedJed]

Yeah, duh.

[Sooner_Havok]

You're both wrong, it was a trick question! You are supposed to serve sweet iced tea with BBQ.

FAIL!!!!!!!!

[frankensooner]

They have that too, but the lemonade is Ghettotastic.

[BigRedJed]

Wait a minute. Sweet tea is some bull****.

[Sooner_Havok]

Wait a minute. Sweet tea is some bull****.

How you figure?

[BigRedJed]

If you really want to blend at Tom's, drink some strawberry pop.

[Sooner_Havok]

If you really want to blend at Tom's, drink some strawberry pop.

I prefer orange pop, with two straws.

[Tulsa_Fireman]

GAH.

Elmer's > Tom's > Earl's

Just like Tulsa > OKC.

Yeeehaw!

[BigRedJed]

How you figure?
Seet tea is some SE United States, backwoods, "southern hospitality" crap. Every good Okie hillbilly knows you don't put sugar in your iced tea.

[BigRedJed]

Actually, on second thought, most of us here probably would NOT blend very well at Tom's. You just have to embrace your status as a cracka who obviously loves great BBQ. Everyone will be nice to you.

[Sooner_Havok]

GAH.

Elmer's > Tom's > Earl's

Just like Tulsa > OKC.

Yeeehaw!

Sorry,
Leo's > Elmer's > Tom's > Earl's

[Sooner_Havok]

Actually, on second thought, most of us here probably would NOT blend very well at Tom's. You just have to embrace your status as a cracker who loves great BBQ.

I am willing to do that for some good BBQ. Hell, I'll wear a name tag that says "Honkey Cracker" if the BBQ is good enough.

[Sooner_Havok]

Let's say I found some New Coke and Crystal Pepsi on ebay. Would it be safe to drink now? If so, I know what I am bringing to the tailgates this year!

[Tulsa_Fireman]

DO EET.

It's just salmonella.

[ousoonerfan]

I've got an unopened bottle of 7-Up from 1975 (OU National Champions with schedule and results). Is it safe to open it and drink it? ;)

[Sooner_Havok]

Think I should? (http://cgi.ebay.com/4-RARE-FULL-GLASS-16OZ-DIET-CRYSTAL-PEPSI-BOTTLES-HTF_W0QQitemZ160261273882QQcmdZViewItem?hash=item1 60261273882&_trksid=p3286.m14.l1318)

Who else will down one with me?

[Sooner_Havok]

I've got an unopened bottle of 7-Up from 1975 (OU National Champions with schedule and results). Is it safe to open it and drink it? ;)

Sure man, chug-a-lug :D

[yermom]

i had a free case of Crystal Pepsi, it wasn't bad

i didn't realize it at the time, but New Coke was apparently a direct result of the Pepsi Challenge that Coke got pwn3d on. the problem was that with just a sip, sweetness is preferred. if the taste test was a whole can, or a whole case at home, the results change

i was a Pepsi person for years though, it's weird, now i like Coke better.

i remember back in the day how happy everyone was when you could buy Coca Cola Classic

Pibb > Pepper >>> Thunder

oh and Superman wouldn't break a sweat killing Batman if he really wanted to

[Getem]

i remember back in the day how happy everyone was when you could buy Coca Cola Classic



That was Coke's plan all along. They never really intended to replace Classic Coke. It was all a big marketing scheme to drum up consumer interest in Coke. And it worked - I was working in a grocery store at the time, and we sold truckloads of old Coke by the case before it happened, and we sold truckloads when they brought it back. It was a big joke to us.

[Viking Kitten]

WTF does that have to with nerdfiction smack?

[Sooner_Havok]

WTF does that have to with nerdfiction smack?

Um, just everything! Keep up

[Viking Kitten]

Sorry, I was busy reading a homosexual subtext into Batman and Robin's relationship again.

[Jerk]

I'm too drunk to read this thread.

All I have to say is this:

Before New Coke, real Coke had real fkn' sugar in it.

After New Coke, real Coke had HFCS in it.

Go figure. The greedy mother****ers got one by, and most of us never realized until it was too late.

I hope they burn in Hell, don't you?

[Sooner_Havok]

I'm too drunk to read this thread.

All I have to say is this:

Before New Coke, real Coke had real fkn' sugar in it.

After New Coke, real Coke had HFCS in it.

Go figure. The greedy mother****ers got one by, and most of us never realized until it was too late.

I hope they burn in Hell, don't you?

I hope your liver can hold out till you pass out ;) :D

[Jerk]

I hope your liver can hold out till you pass out ;) :D

I'm of English descent, fool.;)


http://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2008/07/the_essential_beer.html

[Lott's Bandana]

Supposedly they are still selling New Coke in the Great White North.

[StoopTroup]

I saw a "Coke Light" tonight.

I've never seen anything like it...

It looked kinda of like a "Silver Bullet" at 1st glance.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v282/naveenjoshi/CokeLight.jpg

[Lott's Bandana]

I saw a "Coke Light" tonight.

I've never seen anything like it...

It looked kinda of like a "Silver Bullet" at 1st glance.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v282/naveenjoshi/CokeLight.jpg


I had one of those on the plane to Taiwan...it was made in Hong Kong. It was a cross twixt Coke Zero and Diet Coke.

[jkjsooner]

That was Coke's plan all along. They never really intended to replace Classic Coke. It was all a big marketing scheme to drum up consumer interest in Coke. And it worked - I was working in a grocery store at the time, and we sold truckloads of old Coke by the case before it happened, and we sold truckloads when they brought it back. It was a big joke to us.

Whether or not it was their plan, I think Coke came out a winner from the whole thing. Before New Coke, Coke had become uncool with the whole Pepsi challenge and the "new generation" thing.

I drank Pepsi at the time because for some reason I thought I liked it better. Then when the original Coke came back I realized just how much more I liked Coke with the slightly less sweet and more burn/fizzy. Ever since then, when given a choice, I've drunk Coke. I suspect I wasn't the only one.

[Viking Kitten]

I saw a "Coke Light" tonight.

I've never seen anything like it...

It looked kinda of like a "Silver Bullet" at 1st glance.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v282/naveenjoshi/CokeLight.jpg

I have a bit of a Diet Coke addiction, that's what I drank anytime I've traveled out of the U.S. It tastes a little different depending on where you go because of different countries' rules about artificial sweeteners.

[olevetonahill]

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