Coke or Pepsi?

[Craig Tucker]

Coke, but I do like Pepsi also. I only drink the diet versions though, I can not stand the full sugar ones they are so sweet you can feel your teeth rotting away as you drink it.

[yoda313]

Hello,

Your KILLING me! Pepsi is losing!!!!! Please, Choose Pepsi!

AND CALL IT POP!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Kevin

[lordsmurf]

Pop? Not here. Maybe Soda or "Sodey Water" at worst. Never pop. Usually "a coke". Generic term for soft drinks (stupid euphamism ... what's so soft?).

[yoda313]

Hello,
Lordsmurf - I think its "soft" because a regular "drink" is/used to be liquor????

POP is a Midwestern term used here in Michigan and a couple of other northern states and parts of Canada.

Kevin

[Tommyknocker]

Hello,
Lordsmurf - I think its "soft" because a regular "drink" is/used to be liquor????

POP is a Midwestern term used here in Michigan and a couple of other northern states and parts of Canada.

Kevin

Hey Yoda, you think maybe you could send me a case of Faygo Rock and Rye?

[yoda313]

Hello,

Hey Yoda, you think maybe you could send me a case of Faygo Rock and Rye?

Sure, I just wouldn't open it for 10 years to let the fizz settle down from shipping!!!!

Kevin


--I'd hate to clean up that mess!!!---

[Capmaster]

Hello,
Lordsmurf - I think its "soft" because a regular "drink" is/used to be liquor????

POP is a Midwestern term used here in Michigan and a couple of other northern states and parts of Canada.

Kevin

Hey Yoda, you think maybe you could send me a case of Faygo Rock and Rye?

I shared a bottle of that once with a homeless guy at Wabash & Madison Smooooth.

[yoda313]

Hello,

Tommyknocker wrote:
yoda313 wrote:
Hello,
Lordsmurf - I think its "soft" because a regular "drink" is/used to be liquor????

POP is a Midwestern term used here in Michigan and a couple of other northern states and parts of Canada.

Kevin
Hey Yoda, you think maybe you could send me a case of Faygo Rock and Rye?

I shared a bottle of that once with a homeless guy at Wabash & Madison Smooooth.

I DON'T want to know!
Kevin
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[yalborap]

MOUNTAIN DEW CODE RED, biatches! Those who deny the greatness of mountain dew deserve death!

[Capmaster]

Hello,

Tommyknocker wrote:
yoda313 wrote:
Hello,
Lordsmurf - I think its "soft" because a regular "drink" is/used to be liquor????

POP is a Midwestern term used here in Michigan and a couple of other northern states and parts of Canada.

Kevin
Hey Yoda, you think maybe you could send me a case of Faygo Rock and Rye?

I shared a bottle of that once with a homeless guy at Wabash & Madison Smooooth.

I DON'T want to know!
Kevin

I was 22 years old or so. I was walking down Wabash in the loop after visiting a huge music store there - can't remember the name. This raggedy-looking guy came up to me and begged me for some money. I said "but you'll just use it to get drunk". He said "Just look at me sir. If you looked like this, wouldn't you get drunk too?"

After I stopped laughing, I said "Good point. Sure. Wait here." There was a liquor store nearby and I went in to buy some Rock & Rye, at his suggestion. It's a fruity blend. Not really my taste, but it was for him after all.

We sat there for about 2 hours watching people walk by, toking on that bottle, and had a great talk

[Doramius]

It's Soda or Soda-Pop. Pop is what you call your dad or grandfather. Do a search in google and you can look at statistics, more people drink Coke colas than Pepsi colas. In fact, Coke is the most consumed soft drink and has been for probably 100 years.

[yoda313]

Hello,

Doramius - We DO call it POP! It's the last half of Soda-pop and that's what many in the midwest call it. LIVE WITH IT! :P

Kevin

[Doramius]

Hello,

Doramius - We DO call it POP! It's the last half of Soda-pop and that's what many in the midwest call it. LIVE WITH IT! :P

Kevin

The Midwest also calls the glove compartment a Jockey Box. Doesn't help your story any.

[Capmaster]

Hello,

Doramius - We DO call it POP! It's the last half of Soda-pop and that's what many in the midwest call it. LIVE WITH IT! :P

Kevin

The Midwest also calls the glove compartment a Jockey Box. Doesn't help your story any.

I was born and raised in the midwest and I neeeeever heard it called that Where were you raised?

Are you sure it wasn't just "the Doramius household calls it a jockey-box"?

[yoda313]

Hello,
I have to agree with cap, Where did you come up with Jockey box for glove compartment????

I've never heard that term!

Kevin

--A glove compartment is a glove compartment as far as I know ---

[yoda313]

Hello,
Here's my first offer of evidence for pop:

http://encarta.msn.com/dictionary_1861709639/soda_pop.html

soda pop

so·da pop

noun

soft drink: a flavored and carbonated drink, served cold ( informal )


We in the midwest use the last half POP. There! I'll try to find an advertisement in a grocery add that says pop for further difinitive proof.

Kevin

[Tommyknocker]

I'm with Yoda. It took me years after joining the military to stop asking for pop when I wanted a soda. No one would know what I was asking for unless they were from the Midwest as well. And the jockey box thing is a new one to me as well. I used to work in a auto plant, and we call it a glove compartment like eveyone else.

P.S. Don't ask for a wobbly pop in Canada, unless you want a beer.

[yoda313]

Hello,
Thanks tommyknocker!

Here's undisputable evidence:

www.faygo.com



Kevin

HA!!!!!!!!!!

[Doramius]

I'm originally from the northeast (i thought you knew that already Cap). I heard the term widely used in Idaho, Wyoming, and parts of Washington and Oregon. I have no clue why they called it that. I found this out when a friend asked me to get a map out of the "Jockey Box". I thought he meant a cooler that was in the back seat. Puzzled, but still wanting to help out I reach around the back seat for the cooler and he looks at me funny and asks what I was doing. I told him I was looking for the map. He said, "IT'S IN THE JOCKEY BOX!" and opens the glove compartment. See what I mean though? these odd regions start making up their own terminology and mess things up. Got enough problems in that area with our British friends. There were some people From Nebraska that heard someone call me a Damn Yank. They though I was a habitual masturbater. Though there may be truth in that, it's not what the term really means. I'm sure as time passes, Yank will be another term for a gay man.

[Grimey]

Here in Canada it's referred to as "Pop". when I go down to the states and people call it 'soda' it just sounds funny.

[ViRaL1]

I heard the term widely used in Idaho, Wyoming, and parts of Washington and Oregon.

Since when was that the Midwest?

In fact, Coke is such a staple drink that most people here seem to use the term Coke to apply to all cola.

On more than one occasion, I've had people from the south (and Texas) ask me, 'what kinda Coke do you want?' When they're talking about pop.

[Tommyknocker]

And it looks like Yoda313 has picked up a powerful ally:

[Capmaster]

Faygo rock & rye is a soft drink?

"Rock & Rye" - at least the kind I've had - is no soft drink. It's more a wine-like fruit mixture, definitely alcoholic.

Those of you who read my story above probably thought I was being cruel - buying a soft drink for the homeless guy That bottle we shared definitely strapped a buzz on both of us 8)

[Tommyknocker]

Yes, Faygo only makes soft drinks. Although, as I recall, one of their flavors was called Moonshine ("it'll tickle your innards"). I believe it was lemon flavored. Kind of like Pepsi's Mountain Dew.

[ViRaL1]

Remember Faygo Red pop?

[Tommyknocker]

Remember Faygo Red pop?

Absolutely. And I remember Frosh. I think I can still sing the Faygo song. "Comic books and rubber bands, rolller skates and yo-yos..."

[Doramius]

Rube Goldberg and ain't are words in the dictionary and regular language, too. Doesn't make it the proper way of saying it.

Coke and Pepsi were made in the east and started the soda fountain. It was started as soda. The term Pop came from the popping of the bottle and can tops. Soda Pop-Bottle and Soda Pop-can. Later on the term changed to soda-pop bottle and soda-pop can. As cans became more widely used, they were known as POP-Tops or POP-cans. Then the last part just dropped off and the term became POP. It's still soda and the patents are all listed as 'soft beverage soda'.

[yoda313]

Hello,

Although, as I recall, one of their flavors was called Moonshine ("it'll tickle your innards"). I believe it was lemon flavored. Kind of like Pepsi's Mountain Dew.

Sorry tommyknocker, I think your remembering "MOONMIST"! BIG DIFFERENCE!! Same great taste though.

Kevin

[Doramius]

Remember Faygo Red pop?

Absolutely. And I remember Frosh. I think I can still sing the Faygo song. "Comic books and rubber bands, rolller skates and yo-yos..."

The Alternative Music group Insane Clown Possie used to chuck 2-liter bottles of Faygo into the crowds after they shook them up on stage. From some of the videos I've seen, they threw them hard into the front crowd.

[Tommyknocker]

Rube Goldberg and ain't are words in the dictionary and regular language, too. Doesn't make it the proper way of saying it.

Coke and Pepsi were made in the east and started the soda fountain. It was started as soda. The term Pop came from the popping of the bottle and can tops. Soda Pop-Bottle and Soda Pop-can. Later on the term changed to soda-pop bottle and soda-pop can. As cans became more widely used, they were known as POP-Tops or POP-cans. Then the last part just dropped off and the term became POP. It's still soda and the patents are all listed as 'soft beverage soda'.

Afraid you're splitting hairs. If you plan on toeing the line on proper English, you must never use the word "cookie" agian when referring to treats like Oreos. Cookie is the dutch word for what is properly called a biscuit. And what if you a round baked bread? That's a roll, my wordy colleague.