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IVNORD 
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 Posted: March 09 2007 at 07:58 |
Funny when, in a bizarre marketing trick back in 1985, they pushed the “new” Coke resulting in a popular uproar and nearly riots, some Coca Cola “experts” could not distinguish between the two in televised blind/”placebo” tests, often confusing Pepsi with Coke and even with independent brands.
No difference for sure.
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markosherrera
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Posted: March 09 2007 at 08:57 |
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I prefer coke because pepsi is too sweet ,but my favorites are the transparents like sprite,7up etc etc.
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Philéas
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Posted: March 09 2007 at 11:03 |
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I prefer Pepsi, but I don't drink either of them anymore because I've
grown tired of the taste and because I've heard that both companies
have had a lot of unpleasant business in third world countries (such as
sponsoring dictators and executing employees who are in the
union).
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Raff
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Posted: March 09 2007 at 11:07 |
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Neither for me... I am a big water drinker, and avoid soft drinks like the plague - though in the past I have occasionally drunk Coke. In the summer, my favourite drink is iced tea in the Italian style - with sugar and lemon.
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Sean Trane
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Posted: March 09 2007 at 11:13 |
 IVNORD wrote:
Funny when, in a bizarre marketing trick back in 1985, they pushed the “new” Coke resulting in a popular uproar and nearly riots, some Coca Cola “experts” could not distinguish between the two in televised blind/”placebo” tests, often confusing Pepsi with Coke and even with independent brands.
No difference for sure. |
I remember that. Yes, that new version coke was not any different than Pepsi. Which was the point, since Pepsi was gaining points.
Then the uproar forced then to reintroduce the "Classic Coke" , which actually doubled their shelf space in supermarkets.
I always thought this reaction was expected and even planned.
I always hated Pepsi, even if don't drink Coke often (twice a year tops), and when I do, I crush half a lemon into the content of a can. This takes away the overly sugar taste away (but only the taste, not the sugar) and then it tastes delicious.
However the lemon diet coke is disgusting (so is the normal diet coke)
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let's just stay above the moral melee
prefer the sink to the gutter
keep our sand-castle virtues
content to be a doer
as well as a thinker,
prefer lifting our pen
rather than un-sheath our sword
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magnus
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Location: Norway
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Posted: March 09 2007 at 11:37 |
None of the above. Pepsi Max  (aka Diet Pepsi?)
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The scattered jigsaw of my redemption laid out before my eyes
Each piece as amorphous as the other - Each piece in its lack of shape a lie
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toolis
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Posted: March 09 2007 at 11:39 |
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definitely Coke...
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-music is like pornography...
sometimes amateurs turn us on, even more...
-sometimes you are the pigeon and sometimes you are the statue...
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Passionist
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Posted: March 09 2007 at 11:43 |
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Taste the same to me... but I usually buy Pepsi Max because my friends go nuts for some reason.
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IVNORD
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Posted: March 09 2007 at 11:43 |
Sean Trane wrote:
IVNORD wrote:
Funny when, in a bizarre marketing trick back in 1985, they pushed the “new” Coke resulting in a popular uproar and nearly riots, some Coca Cola “experts” could not distinguish between the two in televised blind/”placebo” tests, often confusing Pepsi with Coke and even with independent brands.
No difference for sure. |
I remember that. Yes, that new version coke was not any different than Pepsi. Which was the point, since Pepsi was gaining points.
Then the uproar forced then to reintroduce the "Classic Coke" , which actually doubled their shelf space in supermarkets.
I always thought this reaction was expected and even planned.
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Of course, it was planned. I laughed my butt off watching blindfolded guys sipping stuff from urine-test cups and mortgaging their houses to fight for re-instating the original Coke. What a great free publicity stunt. Coca Cola probably saved a bundle suspending all their commercial advertising for a few months. I was just waiting to see how they would bring the old Coke back, gracefully succumbing to the desperate cries of the distressed population. Then the Classic Coke appeared. How special was that!
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el böthy
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Posted: March 09 2007 at 11:45 |
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Coke by hendreds of miles...and this comming from a cokeaholic
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"You want me to play what, Robert?"
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memowakeman
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Posted: March 09 2007 at 12:22 |
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Coke always.... though im trying not to drink it as often as i used to
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Follow me on twitter @memowakeman
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The T
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Posted: March 09 2007 at 15:45 |
Atavachron wrote:
No, no, DT are New Coke   |
Oh no... DT is traditional coke, good coke... new coke is like some kind of avant-garde coke... kayo-dot coke?? That's much better!  Both are equally, well, tasteless.... 
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Bj-1
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Posted: March 09 2007 at 15:48 |
COKE!
PWNS all other things you can drink no matter what
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RIO/AVANT/ZEUHL - The best thing you can get with yer pants on!
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Vompatti
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Posted: March 09 2007 at 16:03 |
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They don't taste the same at all, but I still like them pretty much equally.
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Melomaniac
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Posted: March 09 2007 at 16:09 |
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Pepsi for me. Always thought Coke was too thick, too siruppy and too sweet for my tastes...
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"One likes to believe in the freedom of Music" - Neil Peart, The Spirit of Radio
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Dalezilla
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Posted: March 09 2007 at 16:12 |
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Root Beer.
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MikeEnRegalia
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Posted: March 09 2007 at 16:22 |
Sasquamo wrote:
Self explanatory
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And has been done before ...  But why not have another poll about the subject ... then we can compare results!
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Nash
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Posted: March 09 2007 at 16:41 |
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I like coke more than pepsi, but i prefer drinking water
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Atkingani
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Posted: March 09 2007 at 17:49 |
And how much a 12 oz (350 ml) can cost in your town/state/country?
Here in Brazil, the price is almost the same everywhere, ranging from USD 0.8 up to 1.0 (in a restaurant, for instance). In many places, Pepsi is a bit cheaper than Coke. However, in a supermarket you can buy a can half the price while in a night club or dancing place it may double.
BTW, I prefer Coke.
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markosherrera
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Posted: March 09 2007 at 22:02 |
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Here in Venezuela we have a soda similar to coke and pepsi called KR the same of Peru,in Brazil the sodas with guarana are delicious ,and inca cola of Peru IS GREAT.In Colombia there are very fine sodas and in the future Bolivia will export sodas with real coca to Venezuela.
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