'd never heard of OK Soda here in portland... never heard, seen, or anything of the sort until i ended up in Seattle... i must admit it does taste kinda like shasta or something... the Coca-Cola, huh? how disappointing.
perhaps we will find some really wierd consumables some day...
tony
p.s. 'preteens and squares'... where'd you get so hip anyway?
Anthony Davis <to...@sun.lclark.edu> wrote: >'d never heard of OK Soda here in portland... never heard, seen, >or anything of the sort until i ended up in Seattle... i must admit it does >taste kinda like shasta or something... the Coca-Cola, huh? how disappointing.
Why?
Why does the fact that a major corporation can do something cool disappoint you, why is it only good if it is done by a minor label.
Is a song any better if it comes out of MCA than if it comes out of Watermelon?
>perhaps we will find some really wierd consumables some day...
Why is that so important to you? Aren't you allowing your life to be defined by the large commercial interests if the only things which will make you happy don't come from them?
1) OK soda is a "graveyard" meaning it is equal parts of every soft drink Coca-Cola ever made 2) OK soda is an attempt to rid the "big brother" image that Coca-Cola company accidentally achieved by buying ad space in "Blade Runner" 3) OK soda is reverse psychology. OK soda is "non-advertising"
You have all fallen for it. Just because you're flying in formation doesn't mean you have the right bearing. I hve never, and never will A) buy OK soda or B) call that infernal 800 number. All 800's have ANI and I do not wish my phone number being used for marketing research by "big brother"
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: 1) OK soda is a "graveyard" meaning it is equal parts of every soft : drink Coca-Cola ever made
I dunno about that, my guess is that it is some sort of combination of other drinks.
: 2) OK soda is an attempt to rid the "big brother" image that Coca-Cola : company accidentally achieved by buying ad space in "Blade Runner"
Umm, try alt.illuminati or something.
: 3) OK soda is reverse psychology. OK soda is "non-advertising"
OK Soda is a marketing scam, plain and simple. an experiment. Who cares? The shit is good, an I happen to like thier "scam". : : You have all fallen for it.
Speak for yourself.
: Just because you're flying in formation doesn't mean you have the : right bearing. : I hve never, and never will A) buy OK soda or B) call that : infernal 800 number. All 800's have ANI and I do not wish my phone : number being used for marketing research by "big brother"
_most_ 800's have ANI. I'm sure that IFEELOK does have ANI, for marketing research. Coca cola is "big brother"? Thats news to me. Clue me in to this great theory.
Are you from AOL? oh, guess not.
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: : I hve never, and never will A) buy OK soda or B) call that : : infernal 800 number. All 800's have ANI and I do not wish my phone : : number being used for marketing research by "big brother"
: _most_ 800's have ANI. I'm sure that IFEELOK does have ANI, for marketing : research. Coca cola is "big brother"? Thats news to me. Clue me in to : this great theory.
All 800 numbers are traceable. Note, that in the US when you make a LD call, the number called appears on your statement. (In Europe, I do not believe this is so, seems they had had a bad experience with facism, and the effect that this recording of phone numbers had on the underground was not positive - hence they don't record this data. Too bad the US is simply launching itself into this same bad experience.) In a similar fashion, when the bill comes for the 800 (WATS) line, it too has all the numbers that called it.
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Jason Gilroy <hot...@max.tiac.net> wrote: >Nick Moffitt (b...@eskimo.com) wrote: >: infernal 800 number. All 800's have ANI and I do not wish my phone >: number being used for marketing research by "big brother"
>_most_ 800's have ANI. I'm sure that IFEELOK does have ANI, for marketing >research. Coca cola is "big brother"? Thats news to me. Clue me in to >this great theory.
"No secret government agent has monitored your call; it is being used to collect marketing information only. Thanks a lot. Please call again as time permits, and feel free to enjoy OK soda on various 'OK'-sions."
-- 1-800-I-FEEL-OK, after pressing '2' to hear how OK soda has changed the lives of people not unlike yourself.
{OK soda is a "graveyard" meaning it is equal parts of every soft drink Coca-Cola ever made}
The term "graveyard soda" reminds me of a similar phrase, "Suicide Coke."
When i was a kid, my parents briefly left the paradise of Berkeley for the hellholes of Santa Monica, where my misguided Evil Step-father decided he wanted to run a restaurant. He bought a Greek lunch spot called The Chicken Nest, on Pico Blvd., and learned how to make foods fried in lard. The soon-to-be-former-owner, before taking his money and running (back to his Agean village) told my Evil Step-father that he had to keep all the waitresses and the bus boy working, and thus i met Bobby the Bus Boy. Bobby was only 14, but he was tall and he had been working there since he was 12, in violation of child labor laws, but this was considered fine because "his mother is blind." He came in every day after school and washed dishes and flirted with girls his age, while i, a mere 8 year old, watched enviously.
Every day, Bobby threatened to make something he called a "Suicide Coke" and drink it while i watched. I had no idea what it was, but he really had me going. I wanted to try it too. One day, when the girls were not there flirting with him, he concocted this drink. It consisted of one squirt from every one of the fountain syrups (Coke, Cherry, Pineapple, Orange, Lemon, Chocolate) mixed with soda water, into which a scoop of vanilla ice cream was dumped, the whole topped off with whipped cream, chopped nuts, and a maraschino cherry. In short, a "Suicide Coke" consisted of one part everything in the fountain.
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