What do you call it?

[Jadeite]

Its Coke you heretics!

[lux]

I call it pop, or soda. I don't really care.

Just as long as I get to drink it.

[Zaia]

It's soda, or pop, depending on where you live. 'Coke' refers to one specific type of soda, not the entire genre of carbonated drinks.

It annoys me when people do that, like when they refer to tissues and 'Kleenex,' or 'Xerox' when they mean 'copier.' It's a BRAND NAME, not the thing itself. People who do that come across like extreme label whores to me. You going to start calling jeans Abercrombies now? Bleh.

And in the midwest and in the Pacific Northwest (ie: Utah), they call it pop still. Don't know why, but they do. It's kind of cute.

And where I come from, soda water is seltzer, which is nothing at all like soda, pop, coke, etc. Ick.

[Darth Garden Gnome]

What? You actually call them Cokes? No no no! 'Cokes' are Coca-Cola. POP is any carbonated soft drink. I, in all my years of living here, have yet to ONCE have pop reffered to as SODA. Never. Not even once.

So if you ever decide to move to the Great Lake states, you better get damn used to calling them pop, because that's what they are!

[Zaia]

DGG, where are you again? Michigan?

[Soontir C'boath]

Normal people call it "soda"

Are you calling people on this board normal?

If he's referring to people like me and the 11 others that voted soda. Then yea ~Jason

[BoredShirtless]

Beer.

[Darth Garden Gnome]

DGG, where are you again? Michigan?

Ya don't remember me parading the Red Wings all around the board last hockey season?

But yeah, that's where I hail from, and I can't even imagine people calling pop--cause that's what it is!--soda or coke. It just sounds like such an alien concept, calling pop 'soda' or 'coke'. I swear, I'll never undertsand some of you people. Not that that's neccesarily a bad thing.

[Zaia]

Beer.

LOL

If the Boxing Kangaroo avatar didn't give it away, that answer did...

"Waltzing Matilda, waltzing Matilda...."

[Larz]

Vodka mixer component?

Actually, I call it Soda, but occasionally Soda Pop just to confuse the younger generations... and yes it does confuse some of them...

[BoredShirtless]

Beer.

LOL

If the Boxing Kangaroo avatar didn't give it away, that answer did...

"Waltzing Matilda, waltzing Matilda...."

Once a jolly swagman sat beside the billabong,
Under the shade of a coolibah tree,
And he sang as he sat and waited by the billabong
You'll come a waltzing matilda with me

Waltzing matilda, waltzing matilda
You'll come a waltzing matilda with me
And he sang as he sat and waited by the billabong
You'll come a waltzing matilda with me.


Down came a jumbuck to drink beside the billabong
Up jumped the swagman and seized him with glee
And he sang as he tucked jumbuck in his tuckerbag
You'll come a waltzing matilda with me

Waltzing matilda, waltzing matilda
You'll come a waltzing matilda with me
And he sang as he sat and waited by the billabong
You'll come a waltzing matilda with me.

Down came the stockman, riding on his thoroughbred,
Down came the troopers, one, two, three.
"Where's the jolly jumbuck you've got in your tuckerbag?
You'll come a waltzing matilda with me

Waltzing matilda, waltzing matilda
You'll come a waltzing matilda with me
And he sang as he sat and waited by the billabong
You'll come a waltzing matilda with me.


Up jumped the swagman and plunged into the billabong,
"You'll never catch me alive," cried he
And his ghost may be heard as you ride beside the billabong,
You'll come a Waltzing Matilda with me.

[Ghost Rider]

Just Soda...Coke only covers cola for me.

[fgalkin]

Газировка.

Have a very nice day.
-fgalkin

[Zaia]

<snip unofficial Aussie National Anthem>

What you have under your location doesn't do your location justice. You happen to be in my favourite area (generally, anyway) of that place called Earth.


And btw, guys, I'm a Pepsi girl, so when I order any type of cola, it's PEPSI to me, NOT EVER COKE!!!!!!! *ahem* That is all.

[Darth Garden Gnome]

And btw, guys, I'm a Pepsi girl, so when I order any type of cola, it's PEPSI to me, NOT EVER COKE!!!!!!! *ahem* That is all.

*squints eyes* Pepsi will burn in righteous flames...

[Darth Yoshi]

Non-flammable liquid doesn't burn well.

[Darth Garden Gnome]

Non-flammable liquid doesn't burn well.

In a perfect world it would.

[Rye]

In fact, due to our camp attitudes we now refer to the different brands as various sex-related things.

Coke is now "cock" cherry coke is "cherry cock", sprite is "piss" dr pepper is dr shit, but we are a very bored people...

[Batman]

Non-flammable liquid doesn't burn well.

In a perfect world it would.

Amen to that.
And there's another reason why Zaia and I wouldn't get along...

[BoredShirtless]

<snip unofficial Aussie National Anthem>

What you have under your location doesn't do your location justice. You happen to be in my favourite area (generally, anyway) of that place called Earth.

I've never met a person who doesn't like Stuttgart, but it's your favorite place?

And btw, guys, I'm a Pepsi girl, so when I order any type of cola, it's PEPSI to me, NOT EVER COKE!!!!!!! *ahem* That is all.

You sure? Confess your sins and all shall be repor- absolved.

[Zaia]

Amen to that.
And there's another reason why Zaia and I wouldn't get along...

I'm so glad you're keeping track.


The hot weather/cold weather thing I get--it would be hard for us to live anywhere near each other with differing opinions on that--but how would it affect you if I drank Pepsi and you drank Coke?

Silly, silly, silly. See, guys? Boys throw away quality women for the dumbest things.

[Batman]

Amen to that.
And there's another reason why Zaia and I wouldn't get along...

I'm so glad you're keeping track.

Considering you remember what I'm talking about, it seems I'm not the only one whose keeping track here...

The hot weather/cold weather thing I get--it would be hard for us to live anywhere near each other with differing opinions on that--but how would it affect you if I drank Pepsi and you drank Coke?

Not at all, actually, since we both are rational human beings (well, you are, anyway). But the amount of arguments I've witnessed over what kind of soft drink to buy while waiting to pay for my case of beer (or whatever bottled beer is packaged in in the US) seems to indicate it's NOT a trivial matter...

Silly, silly, silly. See, guys? Boys throw away quality women for the dumbest things.

That would be true if I were Brian. Since I'm not, and on the other side of the Atlantic, AND you're neither Vicky Vale, Selina Kyle, or Talia Al Ghul, there isn't any chance of us getting together in the first place.
NTM that quality women deserve quality men, which includes me right out.

[Zaia]

I've never met a person who doesn't like Stuttgart, but it's your favorite place?

Ok, let me amend--you're in my favourite country/continent. If I told you my favourite place there, you'd laugh at me, I know you would.

You sure? Confess your sins and all shall be repor- absolved.

NEVER!!!!!!!!!!

*clears throat*

Considering you remember what I'm talking about, it seems I'm not the only one whose keeping track here...

*chuckles* But of course! I remember most of everything.

Not at all, actually, since we both are rational human beings (well, you are, anyway). But the amount of arguments I've witnessed over what kind of soft drink to buy while waiting to pay for my case of beer (or whatever bottled beer is packaged in in the US) seems to indicate it's NOT a trivial matter...

Ahh *sighs nostalgically* reminds me of the time I lodged a frozen pizza into a guy's back while waiting in the checkout line at the grocery store because I saw he was buying Coca-Cola...

That would be true if I were Brian. Since I'm not, and on the other side of the Atlantic, AND you're neither Vicky Vale, Selina Kyle, or Talia Al Ghul, there isn't any chance of us getting together in the first place.
NTM that quality women deserve quality men, which includes me right out.

Awww, that was surprisingly sweet. *kisses Batman's cheek* Thanks.

And..er....NTM? Don't know that one.

[El Moose Monstero]

*pulls out trademark monocle for examining text*
"Not to mention", I believe...

[Batman]

That Silly-Looking Guy With All The Gadgets

This is positively hilarious. I love you, Zaia.

Not at all, actually, since we both are rational human beings (well, you are, anyway). But the amount of arguments I've witnessed over what kind of soft drink to buy while waiting to pay for my case of beer (or whatever bottled beer is packaged in in the US) seems to indicate it's NOT a trivial matter...

Ahh *sighs nostalgically* reminds me of the time I lodged a frozen pizza into a guy's back while waiting in the checkout line at the grocery store because I saw he was buying Coca-Cola...

...says the woman who thinks it's silly to expect difficulties over softdrink preferences

That would be true if I were Brian. Since I'm not, and on the other side of the Atlantic, AND you're neither Vicky Vale, Selina Kyle, or Talia Al Ghul, there isn't any chance of us getting together in the first place.
NTM that quality women deserve quality men, which includes me right out.

Awww, that was surprisingly sweet. *kisses Batman's cheek* Thanks.

I left THAT bad an impression that this is surprising?
*hangs head in shame*

And..er....NTM? Don't know that one.

Not to mention.

*notices The_Lumberjacks post*
This is what I get for taking freaking forever to post...