Pepsi or Coke

[blueheaven]

I remember that episode. They concluded that it is pretty harmless. Check out what Snopes says about it.

http://www.snopes.com/cokelore/acid.asp

[Captain Haddock]

I'm a Coke fan (has to be ice cold!) just fot the taste more then anything, even though I know for a fact it totally rots your teeth. I did the whole put a tooth in a glass of coke experiment as a kid, gone in under a day .

[blueheaven]

I'm a Coke fan (has to be ice cold!) just fot the taste more then anything, even though I know for a fact it totally rots your teeth. I did the whole put a tooth in a glass of coke experiment as a kid, gone in under a day .

That's because they used baby teeth. Here's the truth about Coke and teeth.

http://www.snopes.com/cokelore/tooth.asp

We did the experiment in high school using and adult tooth. In the span of a week, the tooth turned light brown, but still weighed the same and retained its shape.

[Grico]

RC Cola

[transmet]

RC Cola

Heh... since grade school, whenever given the option between the two I've always said that even if I were desperately lost in the desert and came upon a Pepsi machine, I'd move on. I just detest it - too sweet.

What made me chuckle at your quote Grico is that they actually played out that exact scene in Family Guy, except it was an RC Cola machine that Peter and Brian find in the desert (I've always actually kind of liked RC, although it taste much more like Pepsi that it used to).
But give me an ice-cold Coca-Cola in the old-school green glass bottle and I am one happy consumer.

[blueheaven]

What made me chuckle at your quote Grico is that they actually played out that exact scene in Family Guy, except it was an RC Cola machine that Peter and Brian find in the desert...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X0Oio1_2Bak

[birdie]

I don't like sugar filled soda of any kind, we drink seltzer for refreshing bubbles. But for the purpose of this poll, I'll take Coke Classic, it gave us Santa Claus after all.

[Ronin]

I prefer Diet Coke, but like Diet Pepsi as well...for some reason I have never liked the taste of normal Coke/Pepsi. I would choose Diet Vanilla Coke over all others though, but they don't seem to make it here anymore!

[SME]

I'm a coke person. I don't know what it is with Pepsi, but it's way too sweet and syrupy and has a weird aftertaste. My husband loves Pepsi, so we have both in the house. I won't touch the Pepsi, and he won't touch the Coke.

[Princess Nadia]

Pepsi Max for me It's the best mixer for a double of Jack Daniels. I have done extensive research on this

[wELCOME cONSUMER]

I'm a coke person. I don't know what it is with Pepsi, but it's way too sweet and syrupy and has a weird aftertaste.

The formula for Pepsi is sweeter but with less fizz, while Coke is fizzer but with less sweet. This rationale lead the marketing geniuses at PepsiCo to devise the "Pepsi Challenge" in 1975. The results were often filmed and broadcast nation wide with an overwhelming number of people picking Pepsi in the blind-folded taste test. The conclusion was people liked one sip of Pepsi better than one sip of Coke. However, if they had to drink an entire can of cola, they would prefer Coke because it's not as sweet.

Anyway, this forced Coke to take drastic measures and reformulate their recipe, calling it "New Coke". People went berserk. One man even committed suicide over the change. In light of the huge disaster, Coke quickly back-peddled and claimed to return to the original recipe with "Classic Coke". Unfortunately, it's not the original recipe because, in effort to cut costs, pure cane sugar was replaced by high fructose corn syrup as a key ingredient. The public changes and marketing ploys are thought to have masked The Coca-Cola Company's desire to alter the recipe all along.

I really can't stand sodas of any kind. I sometimes drink root beer with pizza, but that's about it. Generally, I just don't like the fizz, the notion of the drink destroying my teeth and stomach lining, and the empty calories. Nutritionally, soda is probably one of the worst things man has ever created because it's 100% unhealthy, convenient and inexpensive. Even chocolate possesses nutritional value of some kind (obviously more if there's less sugar in the recipe and the chocolate is darker). Soda offers nothing.

As a side note, in TX, everyone refers to soda as "Coke". Even if they want Dr. Pepper or Pepsi, they say "Coke". While those are caramel sodas, it sort of makes sense, but when someone calls 7-Up or Mountain Dew "Coke" I just don't get it.

[transmet]

As a side note, in TX, everyone refers to soda as "Coke". Even if they want Dr. Pepper or Pepsi, they say "Coke". While those are caramel sodas, it sort of makes sense, but when someone calls 7-Up or Mountain Dew "Coke" I just don't get it.

I thought everyone out there referred to soda as "pop" - at least that's what my family lineage always called it (or am I just showing my age here ).

[blueheaven]

As a side note, in TX, everyone refers to soda as "Coke". Even if they want Dr. Pepper or Pepsi, they say "Coke". While those are caramel sodas, it sort of makes sense, but when someone calls 7-Up or Mountain Dew "Coke" I just don't get it.

I thought everyone out there referred to soda as "pop" - at least that's what my family lineage always called it (or am I just showing my age here ).

Pop is more of a mid-western thing. I know in Michigan and Minnesota, pop is pretty common.

[wELCOME cONSUMER]

My extended family is from Kentucky and I've only heard them (and people from that general area) refer to soda as "pop." I personally like both words because they have a nice, fun sound when you say them. Anytime I use the word "soda" near a Texan, they ask me if I mean "Coke". I was born in TX and refuse to use the wrong terminology when referring to something. If it's a tissue, it's a tissue, not a "Kleenex". Same thing for copies, they are not "Xeroxes" and it's not a "Band-Aid". Those are all name brands and people are just being lazy with their language. It's inaccurate and bothersome.

Regional dialect does have a tendency to evolve and migrate, so you might be right about the slang in rural areas. I live in Dallas, which is pretty contrary in trends to most of the rest of the state. I may not be the best example.

[miz ducky]

I voted for Pepsi. They all change their recipe every couple years, so there've been times that Pepsi tasted more weird than others. Over all I prefer the sweeter flavor. So between the two that's what I would choose.

My real preference is Dr. Pepper. *yum*
I also enjoy the cherry incarnations of the regular colas.