OT - Mindless Rant

[Saxon]

In South Africa, you have “Cool drinks”, which covers everything in the soda pop range and here in Kenya, we have “Softa” or “Soda”. In Canada as kid we had “soft drinks”. But you shouldn’t be drinking that stuff, it gives you acne. Well, that is what Mom told me...

[capnq]

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I want to know what happened to Jolt!

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It's here:
http://www.wetplanet.com/main.html

Poking around there a bit, I found a page that mentions it has 54% more caffeine than Mountain Dew. ISTR reading somewhere that it had the legal limit for caffeine content to still be categorized as a "soft drink".

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Cap'n Q

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"

[disabled]

I think if it's any higher than 54% it becomes either Instant Death or Instant Diabetes....

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HADRIAN AVENTINE
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[raynor]

Here's some info on how much caffeine is in various beverages:
http://coffeefaq.com/caffaq.html#HowMuchCaff

[dmm]

I'm from Philly. (That's Philadelphia, Pennsylvania for you non-USAers.) We say "soda" definitely. Also most Washington, D.C. area natives say "soda." I'm fairly sure that it is "soda" throughout the entire Philly to DC megalopolis. I think "soda" extends north to NYC, but changes to "pop" by the time one reaches Boston. And I'm fairly sure that it changes to "pop" pretty suddenly south of DC.

[Karras Barrens]

Florida here, soda all around...

[AJC]

POP......Western Washington USA...

If you say SODA, eveyone assumes your from california and you are identified as someone who we can blame for all our traffic problems, housing prices, and urban sprall , and they must be one of those ultra liberals who voted for Mayor Paul Shell ..... ;-)

**Puts on asbestos suit**.....

[disabled]

CLEAR PEPSI GAWD DAGNABIT

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HADRIAN AVENTINE
pacea@solar-outpost.com
http://www.hyperionbase.com

[Puke]

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Originally posted by AJC:
POP......Western Washington USA...

If you say SODA, eveyone assumes your from california and you are identified as someone who we can blame for all our traffic problems, housing prices, and urban sprall , and they must be one of those ultra liberals who voted for Mayor Paul Shell ..... ;-)

**Puts on asbestos suit**.....

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DARN RIGHT! well, all but the ultra liberal bit. who the heck is Paul Shell? care for a Soada?

[Quikngruvn]

Soda! S-O-D-A Soda! So- So- So- So- Soda! (With apologies to the Kinks.)

Quikngruvn