Ach, mein eyes!

[Simon.]

That IS awesome.

[Edminster]

Honestly, I think that the Avatars on the left is a refreshing change. Mind you, I also thought the same thing about New Coke. Of course, in my defense I was fairly retarded at the time, so take that how you will.

Anyway, time for me to stop contributing and get right back to lurking!

[ruotwocone]

I assume by left you mean right.

[Edminster]

Huh. Turns out I'm still retarded.

[mountainmage]

Looks like a long time lurker has joined the fray.

[Simon.]

New Coke? What's new Coke? Like, a specific flavour? Cherry? Vanilla? Lime? Lemon? WHAT ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT IT IS REALLY STRESSFUL NOT KNOWING. I liked all of the aforementioned flavours, unfortunately, Cherry coke didn't last very long at all in the Australias. Did you Americanies get a new one? I MUST KNOW ABOUT COCA COLA RIGHT NOW.

[Sahan]

What frustrates me the most about Coca-Cola is that it doesn't sell Portello here. PORTELLO IS THE BEST! I've tried it overseas, and it tastes awesome. Why doesn't Coca-Cola sell Portello here?

[Simon.]

WHAT THE FUCK IS PORTELLO FUUUUUUUCK.

[mountainmage]

Lay off the Australian equivalent of red bull*, Simon, jeez.


*I assume stereotypically that it is called Red Koala/Kangaroo/Emu, of course.

[ruotwocone]

New Coke came and went in 1985. Basically, Coke was losing ground to Pepsi, so they came out with new coke to try and reinvent the brand. It tanked and so they came back with Coca Cola Classic and that caused them to just pummel Pepsi into the ground. It's a really common tale of the business world over here in the states. Futurama even referenced it in the episode where they tour the slurm factory.

Also, life without Cherry Coke seems pointless. Lame that you can't get it there.

[TwoBuy]

Lay off the Australian equivalent of red bull*, Simon, jeez.

Funny since red bull comes from Austria... What's the American equivalent of red bull?

[ruotwocone]

Lay off the Australian equivalent of red bull*, Simon, jeez.

Funny since red bull comes from Austria... What's the American equivalent of red bull?

Monster Energy Drink?

[mountainmage]

I have a dream, that one day jokes will be judged not by the validity of their information, but by the content of its humor/humour!

[cheez.wiz]

The canadian version obviously is Canadian Beaver Buzz (very recently renamed, former Big Buzz).

They overuse the "dam"/damn pun, but otherwise make good product in general (their Quebec aimed product was made of wildberries, instead of our emblematic blueberries, and apparently have been reconverted into Saskatoon Buzz oh, and their lemon formula sucks balls). But they are strong energy drinks, and quite easy to find, around here. And it has a stereotypical beaver with a broken hockey stick. I want more time, to drink more of thoses.


(that said, we have redbulls too)

[Edminster]

I was going to congratulate myself for derailing the thread, but then I remembered what forum this is. Celebrating a derail here is like thinking you're awesome for making a baby cry by punching it in the face.