Coca-Cola stupid marketing

His Divine Shadow · Post by **His Divine Shadow** » 2003-12-12 02:57am

HemlockGrey wrote:You poor sad little man....

I don't see whats sad about drinking soda of superior quality to that dishwater you call coke and pepsi.

Slartibartfast · Post by **Slartibartfast** » 2003-12-12 05:28am

CmdrWilkens wrote:
Slartibartfast wrote:
Simon H.Johansen wrote:
No, they didn't.
I was talking about the red & white costume. The article says that I'm right.
Actually the article says that the Red and White was already established before oke chose to use it, read again

Just red. Red fur outfit. The "contemporary" look definitely was made by Coca, and every single detail is copied exactly from their marketing drawing/thing/whatever. Red + white outfit. With sleeves, n' stuff.

Yeah, the adult, fur-wearing Santa/Pere Noel/Bon Natale/Kris Kringle with presents and stupid deer or whatever existed before, I'm talking about the specific outfit we see today everywhere. I didn't mean that Coca invented Santa, just the red and white fur coat and shit.

Slartibartfast · Post by **Slartibartfast** » 2003-12-12 05:30am

In an unrelated note, I'm really pissed off at Coca Cola for using us as guinea pigs for their biohazard "Coca Cola Light" experiment. Yeah, it tastes a lot of better than Coke Diet but heck, why the fuck are you trying to GIVE US ALL CANCER YOU MOTHERFUCKER CORPORATION!!!

Peregrin Toker · Post by **Peregrin Toker** » 2003-12-12 12:26pm

neoolong wrote:Not really. You ever eat crab and it has a fair amount of liquid, that would be the crab juice.

Hmm.... I recall once eating canned crab, and there was some clear liquid in the can. That must have been crab juice.

This leaves another question - okay, now I know what crab juice is, but what is khlav kalash?

neoolong · Post by **neoolong** » 2003-12-12 01:55pm

It's what the vendor in New York in that episode was selling.

Mayabird · Post by **Mayabird** » 2003-12-12 02:07pm

I'm a Dr. Pepper gal myself (been an addict since before I was born). However, I have to go to this little gas station about a twenty minute walk away to get my fix because my campus is across the street from the Coca-Cola World HQ and we ONLY have Coke machines! AAAAAAHHHHHHHH!

Not to mention, they have one of the ugliest skyscrapers.

Peregrin Toker · Post by **Peregrin Toker** » 2003-12-12 03:56pm

neoolong wrote:It's what the vendor in New York in that episode was selling.

Yes, but what the heck was it made of?? All I know is that it's really spicy and is served on a stick.

CmdrWilkens · Post by **CmdrWilkens** » 2003-12-12 04:18pm

Slartibartfast wrote:
CmdrWilkens wrote:Actually the article says that the Red and White was already established before oke chose to use it, read again
Just red. Red fur outfit. The "contemporary" look definitely was made by Coca, and every single detail is copied exactly from their marketing drawing/thing/whatever. Red + white outfit. With sleeves, n' stuff.

Yeah, the adult, fur-wearing Santa/Pere Noel/Bon Natale/Kris Kringle with presents and stupid deer or whatever existed before, I'm talking about the specific outfit we see today everywhere. I didn't mean that Coca invented Santa, just the red and white fur coat and shit.

"...the jolly, ruddy, sack-carrying Santa with a red suit and flowing white whiskers had become the standard image of Santa Claus by the 1920s, several years before Sundlom drew his first Santa illustration for Coca-Cola."

Again Coke didn't invent the Santa suit, they just made it more widely known.

neoolong · Post by **neoolong** » 2003-12-12 04:28pm

Simon H.Johansen wrote:
neoolong wrote:It's what the vendor in New York in that episode was selling.
Yes, but what the heck was it made of?? All I know is that it's really spicy and is served on a stick.

I don't know if it's even real.

Slartibartfast · Post by **Slartibartfast** » 2003-12-12 05:15pm

CmdrWilkens wrote:"...the jolly, ruddy, sack-carrying Santa with a red suit and flowing white whiskers had become the standard image of Santa Claus by the 1920s, several years before Sundlom drew his first Santa illustration for Coca-Cola."

Again Coke didn't invent the Santa suit, they just made it more widely known.

(emphasis mine)

This

Not this

"At the beginning of the 1930s, the burgeoning Coca-Cola company was still looking for ways to increase sales of their product during winter, then a slow time of year for the soft drink market. They turned to a talented commercial illustrator named Haddon Sundblom, who created a series of memorable drawings that associated the figure of a larger than life, red-and-white garbed Santa Claus with Coca-Cola."

Post by **LadyTevar** » 2003-12-12 05:26pm

O give it a rest about who did the SantaClaus we all see in stores today.

Back to the Julmust... So.. what does it taste like?

Spanky The Dolphin · Post by **Spanky The Dolphin** » 2003-12-12 05:31pm

While Coca-Cola is the best domestic soft drink, C.C. Lemon is the pure, sacred nectre of the gods.

Everything else is dog piss when compared to C.C. Lemon...

Andrew J. · Post by **Andrew J.** » 2003-12-12 05:57pm

This thread makes me thirsty...

Coke and Pepsi are both good, but I'll get sick of either if I have too much of it. That said, Diet Pepsi is crap, whereas Diet Coke is crapx10^23.

Crayz9000 · Post by **Crayz9000** » 2003-12-12 06:55pm

Mayabird wrote:I'm a Dr. Pepper gal myself (been an addict since before I was born). However, I have to go to this little gas station about a twenty minute walk away to get my fix because my campus is across the street from the Coca-Cola World HQ and we ONLY have Coke machines! AAAAAAHHHHHHHH!

How about this, we switch campuses. Cal State Northridge only serves Pepsi, which is really getting on my nerves...

DPDarkPrimus · Post by **DPDarkPrimus** » 2003-12-12 07:46pm

Fun fact: Atlanta has the only Pizza Hut in the world to serve Coca-Cola products instead of Pepsi-Cola products.

Mayabird · Post by **Mayabird** » 2003-12-12 11:20pm

Fun fact: Atlanta has the only Pizza Hut in the world to serve Coca-Cola products instead of Pepsi-Cola products.

DarkPrimus speaks truth. It's in our student center.

Switch campuses? But California's an even longer trip for me to get my Dr. Pepper. Besides, I like to think that lugging 2 12-packs across campus builds muscles.

Companion Cube · Post by **Companion Cube** » 2003-12-13 05:34am

His Divine Shadow wrote:Have any of you ever drunk... Jaffa?

Yep, frequently. One more upside of having relatives in Finland.

Peregrin Toker · Post by **Peregrin Toker** » 2003-12-13 06:05am

neoolong wrote:
Simon H.Johansen wrote:
neoolong wrote:It's what the vendor in New York in that episode was selling.
Yes, but what the heck was it made of?? All I know is that it's really spicy and is served on a stick.
I don't know if it's even real.

However, "Kalash" is the name of an ethnical group in Pakistan.

Tranan · Post by **Tranan** » 2003-12-13 08:24am

I demand that all americans goes to IKEA and get som Must.

Or I will spank the nerast horse! You will fear Me!

CmdrWilkens · Post by **CmdrWilkens** » 2003-12-13 01:03pm

Slartibartfast wrote:
CmdrWilkens wrote:"...the jolly, ruddy, sack-carrying Santa with a red suit and flowing white whiskers had become the standard image of Santa Claus by the 1920s, several years before Sundlom drew his first Santa illustration for Coca-Cola."

Again Coke didn't invent the Santa suit, they just made it more widely known.
<snip>
They turned to a talented commercial illustrator named Haddon Sundblom, who created a series of memorable drawings that associated the figure of a larger than life, red-and-white garbed Santa Claus with Coca-Cola."

Hey you do realize that modern commercials attempt to associate big stars (see Britney Spears and Pepsi) with a given product? That's what advertising is...once again Coke DIDN'T invent the modern image of Santa they just tried to tie his image to their product.

neoolong · Post by **neoolong** » 2003-12-13 02:58pm

Simon H.Johansen wrote:
neoolong wrote:
Simon H.Johansen wrote: Yes, but what the heck was it made of?? All I know is that it's really spicy and is served on a stick.
I don't know if it's even real.

However, "Kalash" is the name of an ethnical group in Pakistan.

A search says that the term is real. However, I can find no food called that.

Post by **Gandalf** » 2003-12-14 03:18am

Coke is where it's at, I drink a good 1.5L+ a day. Pepsi is occasionally a decent substitute.

I took that blind cola test one morning, picked Coke, the peps people were not amused. I was.

Falkenhorst · Post by **Falkenhorst** » 2003-12-14 04:50am

PEPSI COLA HITS THE SPOT

Pepsi Cola hits the spot

Next thing you know you're on the Pot.

Down the Pot with the Moldy Rot,

Pepsi Cola hits the spot.

Peregrin Toker · Post by **Peregrin Toker** » 2003-12-14 05:13am

neoolong wrote:A search says that the term is real. However, I can find no food called that.

"Khlav Kalash" might be a reference to something called Shish Kebab. (which also is served on a stick, but looks rather different from Khlav Kalash)

neoolong · Post by **neoolong** » 2003-12-14 01:19pm

Simon H.Johansen wrote:
neoolong wrote:A search says that the term is real. However, I can find no food called that.
"Khlav Kalash" might be a reference to something called Shish Kebab. (which also is served on a stick, but looks rather different from Khlav Kalash)

If it was that specifically, they would have said that.

Besides, crab juice doesn't go with shish kebabs.