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- iceblizz, on 05/15/2009, -6/+25http://www.rorr.im
For the future. - TalSiach, on 05/14/2009, -1/+20I just love the vintage coca cola ads , simply amazing, nice collection.
- monkeyhoward, on 05/15/2009, -3/+20As a kid growing up in Panama City Florida, I remember Coca-Cola not as a company but as an institution. Coca-Cola advertisements dominated the city. We had our own bottling plant which, for a town that small, is unheard of these days. You could only buy Coca-Cola in the fluted, thick glass, 10 and 12 oz bottles. My first job was rounding up the bottles from my relatives to return to the store for a refund. I got to keep whatever I collected.
The taste was amazing. There was nothing better than finding a store that had the old, rack style Coca-Cola dispenser out front with its temperature set to just above freezing. Or poured from a bottle kept in my grandmamas super cold refrigerator; served in a dixie cup with no ice. It was already damn near frozen and ice just ruins the fizz. As simple and hokey as it all sounds, I will never forget the way that Coca-Cola tasted.
By the time I left town the bottling plant had closed and all the Coke was shipped in from Atlanta. And it tasted like crap. Something about it, besides where it was bottled, had changed. This was pre New Coke; that fiasco would come a few years later. No, this was the change that they slipped in without telling anyone
Today I grabbed a bottle of Coca-Cola at my favorite, local Mexican Torta eatery here in Seattle. With a smile on my face, I gladly paid 2 bucks for a 12 oz bottle. Why? Because it's bottled in Mexico and it tastes efn great. Old style fluted bottle and that same great taste I remember as a kid. It's the only place I will buy a Coca-Cola. Why? Because it tastes efn great. Much better than the stuff bottled in the States Why? Take a guess.
The point of my tl;dr
Coca-Cola traded it's iconic status for Coke's profitability
Nothing beats the taste of cane sugar and nothing chills like old school, freon refrigeration.
High fructose corn syrup taste like crap.
You can never go home but you can usually find a piece of home wherever you are if you look in the right place. - TwistyMcFister, on 05/14/2009, -1/+13now i want to drink a Cherry Coke......
- Hanzolot, on 05/15/2009, -1/+12Now with no pictures!
- noahgelman, on 05/15/2009, -4/+14Coke > Pepsi
- TheDoublecross, on 05/15/2009, -1/+11Seems the server has lost it's fizz.
- leontes, on 05/15/2009, -1/+10Throwback coke, please.
- mmaine, on 05/14/2009, -2/+11I've always loved the Polar Bear ads. They are just sooooo cute :-)
- JollyLizard, on 05/14/2009, -0/+8Great idea ))) But I like vanilla.
- Dannymacuk, on 05/15/2009, -0/+7Because you said so? or would that be your top 5
- edru, on 05/15/2009, -0/+6It's called Mexican Coke. Its the stuff in the glass bottles that cost a bit more.
- Wakkyweed, on 05/15/2009, -0/+5Man, gotta love Mexican Coke. Cane sugar makes it taste just like Coke did when I was a kid, not like the modern crap made with high-fructose corn syrup that they sell in the States.
- longlukey, on 05/15/2009, -0/+5mirror por favor
- ivan423, on 05/15/2009, -1/+6Why is Digg so slow to load? ...and those damn video ads freeze my browser for a few seconds.
- cadmstr, on 05/15/2009, -1/+6A bottle of Coke was a nickel for over 50 years. How times have changed.
- inactive, on 05/14/2009, -2/+7It's going to be in FP. Very nice.
- Styart, on 05/14/2009, -2/+6Very, very nice post!
- magneteye, on 05/15/2009, -2/+6yeah, there are no images so it's useless.
- ashmist, on 05/15/2009, -0/+4Nice family atmosphere at your restaurant then..
Coke or ***** - gixxer600, on 05/15/2009, -1/+5at my restaurant we serve coke if people say pepsi i just give them the coke they can suck my dick if they dont like it
- charm803, on 05/15/2009, -0/+4They didn't invent Santa Claus, they just made him popular in the red suit.
Before Coca-Cola, Santa Claus would wear green, purple or red velvet suits, and Coca Cola simply made red popular with their ads. - MatzahMan, on 05/15/2009, -1/+4Those balloon commercials are the best.
- bdpf, on 05/15/2009, -0/+3Forbidden
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Just love the above..... - scarcasm, on 05/15/2009, -1/+4fail
- thathappycat, on 05/15/2009, -0/+2That didn't take long. Shame.
- chewbie, on 05/15/2009, -0/+2ah, man I miss vanilla coke. We don't have vanilla pepsi in Europe afaik
Dr pepper either - christoast, on 05/15/2009, -3/+5Oh, digg I do declare!
- inactive, on 05/15/2009, -5/+7*Types Pepsi is better than coke and watches heated debate begin*
- leetn00b, on 05/15/2009, -1/+3it might be due to these ANNOYING Walmart banners ads
- Trilt, on 05/15/2009, -0/+2You obviously don't live in Texas... They'd ask what kind.
- sinembarg0, on 05/15/2009, -1/+3Pepsi is a flavor of soda/pop/soda pop. Coke is a brand, just like Xerox. The machine is a ***** copy machine, not a Xerox machine.
- bpeacock22, on 05/15/2009, -0/+2It's down. Sad. I decorate my kitchen in vintage Coca-Cola ads. Was excited to see this.
- lazyslacker, on 05/15/2009, -0/+2They are my personal top 5.
- inactive, on 05/15/2009, -0/+2if i were to pick the biggest nerd lovers drinks those would be it too. mountain dew?
- epj3, on 05/15/2009, -0/+2Pretty sure it was a joke
- DonaldWalsh, on 05/16/2009, -0/+2AHHHHHHHHHHHHHH Take me back too the Good Ol day's...........Thank's Coke..........Thumb's Up....
- Terasiel, on 05/15/2009, -0/+2Seriously, who the hell thought Mexican Coke should be called "Throwback?" Didn't anyone in that office stop and go "Do you really want them to drink something you called a "throwback?"
- nepidae, on 05/15/2009, -0/+2dugg up gix, i don't want to have to articulate every little thing or cause a scene. I'll say Dr. Pepper and they can give me a Mr. Pibb, or I'll say Coke and they can give me a Pepsi.
If I really care about a drink then I'll specify merlot over cab. - marmotjmarmot, on 05/15/2009, -0/+2You mind if I have some of your tasty beverage to wash this down?
- Elranzer, on 05/15/2009, -1/+3Bawls
- Elranzer, on 05/15/2009, -1/+3Aren't all of Digg's crappy Top 10 Lists because "someone said so"?
- Elranzer, on 05/15/2009, -0/+2Santa's design were all over the place, but Coca-Cola standardized his design. Genius marketing, considering Santa now permanently is features in Coca-Cola's logo colors (red and white).
Snopes explains it best:
http://www.snopes.com/holidays/christmas/santa/coc ... - marmotjmarmot, on 05/15/2009, -0/+1Sam's club has them from time to time. Also if you look can find "kosher" coke around; I know that Kroger has them. I don't know if High-fructose corn syrup is not kosher, but the stuff is also made with cane sugar.
- freestyleski4, on 05/15/2009, -1/+2One word : Ad Block Plus
- sumgi, on 05/15/2009, -1/+2They weren't always colorful, apparently there was some trial and error.
http://thegreatgeekmanual.com/blog/this-day-in-gee ... - JinxCrow, on 05/18/2009, -0/+1Back when everyone did cocaine...
*insert comment remarking today's society's behavior based on previous' generation's unhealthy pasttimes* - inactive, on 05/15/2009, -4/+4You know when you're at a restaurant and you ask for coke and they say "is Pepsi ok?" no, its not, I asked for coke.
- thegoldenshovel, on 05/15/2009, -3/+3Did anyone else think it was Michael Jackson in the thumbnail?
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