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2021-05-10 -Great Cultural Revolution

Old Coke, New Coke, Woke Coke, Broke Coke

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Posted by Fred 2021-05-10 00:00|| || Front Page|| [13 views ] Top

#1 Dear wife of 58 years was an inveterate Coke drinker. No more! ME? I won't touch the stuff as I'd much rather sip on Laphroaig (It's the Water of Life you know).

Posted by Canuckistan sniper 2021-05-10 00:40|| 2021-05-10 00:40|| Front Page Top

#2

Local super markets still have Broken-Cola Six packs 5 for $10. That works out to about $0.35 cents a bottle.
That would be near the 1970-early 80's shelf prices.

Spoke with a Coke route guy at our local supermarket, when I noticed his cart only had Sprite and Fresca on it and I did not see any Coke bottles.

So I asked and he said Coke sells on his route were down and he noticed it varied depending on the community and consumer demographics.

Posted by NN2N1 2021-05-10 08:02|| 2021-05-10 08:02|| Front Page Top

#3 when I noticed his cart only had Sprite and Fresca on it and I did not see any Coke bottles.

Sprite and Fresca are also made by the CocaCola company, NN2N1. Switching to another brand in the CocaCola family just makes management laugh scornfully and double down on woke viciousness. Coke brands.

Posted by trailing wife 2021-05-10 08:54|| 2021-05-10 08:54|| Front Page Top

#4 I heard it's an excellent toilet bowl cleaner.

Posted by Dron66046 2021-05-10 09:00|| 2021-05-10 09:00|| Front Page Top

#5 Mexican Coke

Posted by Skidmark 2021-05-10 09:09|| 2021-05-10 09:09|| Front Page Top

#6 Trailing wife
you are correct....
I use to work for _OKE back in the later 70's while attending night classes at a local Tech college. There are a lot of stories to be told. But that was 40 + years ago and no need to WaKE up the Lawyers.

BTW:
The _OKE route guy mentioned people seemed to be focused on the COLA brand name, more so than the Clear looking sub-brands.

Posted by NN2N1 2021-05-10 09:10|| 2021-05-10 09:10|| Front Page Top

#7 Now it's just JOKE.

Posted by CrazyFool 2021-05-10 09:14|| 2021-05-10 09:14|| Front Page Top

#8 Had a client who was in distribution; I was drinking DC's like Trump did back then. He told me 'you wouldn't drink that shit if you knew what went in it.' Haven't drank a DC in years.

Posted by Raj 2021-05-10 09:32|| 2021-05-10 09:32|| Front Page Top

#9 Small Comment
The poster who said its good for cleaning toilets isn't kidding, I've used it last week to remove rust and calcium deposits from my porcelain, you know the ring from hard water, and used it to remove rust from the real chrome on my collector cars; 1953 Citroen Traction Avant, 1951 Salmson S4.61, 1953 Bentley R-Type, 1952 Nash Ambassador Airflyte.

Coke should be sold in a hardware store under "Cleaners & Rust Removers" .... Drink it if you want, wonder what it does to the Iron in your BLOOD ???? Hahahaha!

Posted by Fat Bob Squank3108 2021-05-10 11:34|| 2021-05-10 11:34|| Front Page Top

#10 Barq's Root Beer, I love it but have stopped drinking sodas several years ago so I don't buy it for home use... This just makes it harder to push that button at a burger joint.

Posted by magpie 2021-05-10 11:52|| 2021-05-10 11:52|| Front Page Top

#11 Tooth decay, obesity, diabetes...what's not to like?

Posted by Abu Uluque 2021-05-10 13:38|| 2021-05-10 13:38|| Front Page Top

#12 Raj, I know what's in it. I don't drink any of those types of beverages. Cnuckistan Laphroig is my relaxing drink of choice.

Posted by Deacon Blues 2021-05-10 14:02|| 2021-05-10 14:02|| Front Page Top

#13 I drink DP on a regular basis. It fills the need in my addiction to caffeine. Pleases me. Dropped DC because the case package of DP is easier to carry than DC at Sams. _oke has a decent dividend FYI.

Posted by Vespasian Ebboting9735 2021-05-10 14:33|| 2021-05-10 14:33|| Front Page Top

#14 Sprite is a drink loved by people of color and it doesn’t have the company name for easy boycotts. Combo of the two is probably keeping sprite consumption afloat.

Posted by Helmuth, Speaking for Thererong7228 2021-05-10 16:23|| 2021-05-10 16:23|| Front Page Top

#15 A friend loved "Weller's and Seven", mixed bourbon an 7-Up... Sprite cocktail mixes...?

Posted by magpie 2021-05-10 20:28|| 2021-05-10 20:28|| Front Page Top

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