OT - Mindless Rant

Quikngruvn · #1 July 27th, 2001, 06:24 AM

Around here, in South Carolina, no matter what kind of soda it is, it's a Coke. (SC's state motto: "Hey, at least we're not dead Last in education!")

Yes, soda. Pop is what you do to a balloon. Or listen to on the radio. Or call your father.

Next time on Mindless Rant: "Sub, Hoagie, or Grinder: the Sandwich Wars."

Quikngruvn

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justjake73 · #2 July 27th, 2001, 06:33 AM

hoagies and grinders hoagies and grinders meatloaf sandwich....

I went to school at IUP in Western PA - Pittsburghers call it soda, Phillies call it pop... I'm from Rochester NY and usually say soda.

To all you Pittsburghers: Are yins gonna warsh ya cah today with wad'r, or drink soda and watch a tape of the Stillers?

justjake73 · #3 July 27th, 2001, 06:34 AM

Oh I got that reversed..who gives a %#@ anyways...

capnq · #4 July 27th, 2001, 07:02 AM

I grew up in Berks County, Pennsylvania, roughly 50 miles NW of Philadelphia. I drank soda when I lived there, and pop when I moved here to Pittsburgh. Back then I ate "Italian sandwiches" and "steak sandwiches", which are subs and Philly cheesesteaks here.

justjake: nah, I've got an appointment in 'Sliberty today; have to take a bus dahntahn to get there.

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The most merciful thing in the world, I think, is the inability of the
human mind to correlate all of its contents. We live on a placid
island of ignorance in the midst of black seas of infinity, and it was
not meant that we should go far. -- HP Lovecraft, "The Call of Cthulhu"

Quikngruvn · #5 July 27th, 2001, 07:03 AM

Don't make me start speaking Southern! Wait, I can't control it....

I'mon watch me some rasslin!

Quikngruvn

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Ponder this: Scientists already knew that matter is 98% empty space. After they figured out the structure of protons, they determined the remaining 2% is mostly made up of, well... nothing. Who says God doesn't have a sense of humor?

Alpha Kodiak · #6 July 27th, 2001, 07:10 AM

I was born and raised in AZ, and still live here, and I drink pop. My wife was born in up-state NY and moved to AZ as a teenager. She drinks pop as well. The trouble is, around here most people are transplants from elsewhere, so people here may drink pop, soda or coke. You have to have your universal translator on at all times.

Puke · #7 July 27th, 2001, 07:45 AM

It has been my experience that people that come from places that have 'pop' also posess a substance known as 'soda-water.'

I have heard this 'soda-water' used to refer to carbonated beverages of all kinds, as well as this Nasty Sh*t that you can obtain from 'soda fountains' (the source of fountain drinks) that appears to be the water+soda (being the chemical soda, not the slang term) before it is mixed with the flavouring syrup. why anyone would consume such a thing is beyond my ability to comprehend.

On this logic, it would seem that the back-woods folks with their 'pop,' while they are bizzare and culturaly-devoid enough to consume soda-water, are a step up in technical terminology from us in the civilized world with our 'soda.' In my defense, I atribute this to the fact that we have evolved passed the need for such things as 'soda-water' and that without this root from which to derive a destinction between 'soda' and 'pop' we have discarded an obsolete term.

While some of you might be thinking that ethnic clensing is a perfictly good method of settleing the 'soda' vs 'pop' debate, I would remind you that this is America (specificly, the United States of said continent) where at least I know Im free (to call my carbonated beverage whatever I darn well please.) ...and I think I'll call this one "Bob."

*pop* fizzzzz glug-glug-glug

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edit: wait, dont flame me. the backwoods culturally-devoid thing was a joke. I dont look down upon anyone based on their locality, unless they are from LA. you can tell from my superb spelling how edumacated I am, so if you really think I would insult the education / culture of a group of people just because they are from another part of the country.. well.. maybe i... I mean, THINK AGAIN!

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