Try a poll

[NickOvTyme]

Well, lets give it a try.

Oh...and by the way...for you people in the South, I really mean the actually brand of Coke soft drink.

Being from the south myself...we call everything a coke.

"What do you want to drink?"

"a Coke."

"What kind?"

"Umm..Mountain Dew."

[Tasslehofl Momus]

Being from the south myself...we call everything a coke.

Yea.. what's with you people from the north calling cokes "pop" Pop is a type of music, and/or those little rocks that go pop in your mouth that you are suppose to eate with Coke (or was it "you are not suppose to eat".. I don't remember.. too many "pop's" in the head )




*Disclaimer - I take no responsibility for the above statement.. the evil side of me was let free. I do apologize for him to anyone offended..

wait.. no I don't..

Yes I do.. now shut up and go back into hiding..

I refuse!

I don't care if you refuse.. you're going back into hiding weather you like it or not!

Nooooooooooooo!

[Jaycy Ashleana]

Yea.. what's with you people from the north calling cokes "pop" Pop is a type of music, and/or those little rocks that go pop in your mouth that you are suppose to eate with Coke (or was it "you are not suppose to eat".. I don't remember.. too many "pop's" in the head )

Heh... in Boston they called it "tonic" too.

[Koyliak]

Yea.. what's with you people from the north calling cokes "pop" Pop is a type of music, and/or those little rocks that go pop in your mouth that you are suppose to eate with Coke (or was it "you are not suppose to eat".. I don't remember.. too many "pop's" in the head )

All of upstate New York calls it pop, it's pretty bizarre. Then again, these are the same people who also argue with you when you tell them they live upstate. Apparently being thisclose to Canada doesn't mean anything. I guess you can't really expect much from people who choose to live where snow in April is the norm too.

--Kara

And I can say this because it is snowing here even though it's April and I have seasonal rage.

[Karen Wilder]

It's a "Cola".

An RC Cola.

[G]

It's supposed to just be Soda. Drove me crazy when I went to Minnesota and everyone called it Pop.

Drove me crazy when I went to North Carolina and they called it Coke.

Drives me crazy being out here in Utah and they call it pop.

It's fricking Soda.

Or Pepsi, if you're me. Pepsi rocks.

[Amaltea]

Like G said, it's freaking soda!

Music is pop! Coke is ... uhm... coke, either you drink it or uh.... well... coke.

It's freaking soda!!

[Vinny]

You know, it still amazes me that people drink something that's simply sugar and other products that can strip the rust off a nail. If I wanted a sugar rush, pixie sticks are nice But from a cultural standpoint, my view is, pop is music, tonic is something for your hair, and coke is...yeah. Soda on the other hand, is good for baking. Personally, I prefer calling it Gut Rot, which is generally what it does, especially Moxie.

[Spiffy McBang]

All of upstate New York calls it pop, it's pretty bizarre. Then again, these are the same people who also argue with you when you tell them they live upstate. Apparently being thisclose to Canada doesn't mean anything. I guess you can't really expect much from people who choose to live where snow in April is the norm too.

--Kara

And I can say this because it is snowing here even though it's April and I have seasonal rage.

It IS pop, dammit!

But where the hell are people arguing about being "upstate"? I'm in Buffalo, which is only halfway up in terms of north and south, 15 minutes from the Canadian border, and everyone calls it upstate here.

Seasonal rage. Ha ha. ::snicker:: I intend for this to be my last winter in this friggin state, and I've dealt with this every winter of my life. I feel for anyone who hails from generally snowless territory and learns the hard way what hail is really like.

Then I start laughing. I'm balanced like that.

[Amaltea]

But where the hell are people arguing about being "upstate"? I'm in Buffalo, which is only halfway up in terms of north and south, 15 minutes from the Canadian border, and everyone calls it upstate here.

Upstate NY is anything not in Manhattan or Long Island. Which means anything above the Bronx is upstate. Ok, ok, anything above Yonkers. But I draw the line there!

[Koyliak]

But where the hell are people arguing about being "upstate"? I'm in Buffalo, which is only halfway up in terms of north and south, 15 minutes from the Canadian border, and everyone calls it upstate here.

Seasonal rage. Ha ha. ::snicker:: I intend for this to be my last winter in this friggin state, and I've dealt with this every winter of my life. I feel for anyone who hails from generally snowless territory and learns the hard way what hail is really like.

Then I start laughing. I'm balanced like that.

I'm in Rochester. When I try explaining to people that I'm originally from downstate (LI), people have tried telling me that they live in the Southern Tier of Western New York or something like that. And it's not just people from Rochester, they hail from all over this glorious area.

And speaking of hail, the type I've seen in my 4 years here is something I used to think only existed in myths and biblical stories.

Upstate NY is anything not in Manhattan or Long Island. Which means anything above the Bronx is upstate. Ok, ok, anything above Yonkers. But I draw the line there!

Agreed. Westchester is about as far as I'll go in my definition of downstate, where people call it soda and do not consider 40 degrees and sunny a heat wave.

-Kara -- currently disturbed that Rochester radio is playing a version of the classic "Yesterday" with Daffy Duck singing instead of Paul.

[Goldglo]

It's just called "soda" out here. If you ask for Coke, you get a Coke. I don't think I've ever heard anyone say "pop" before..."soda pop" I've heard, but not just "pop."

[Spiffy McBang]

I'm in Rochester.

! Damn. I'm going to Syracuse in about ten minutes for a concert. I would've swung by if I had known. Nothing like getting to know someone in a mosh pit. Bwahahahaha.

[G]

You know, it still amazes me that people drink something that's simply sugar and other products that can strip the rust off a nail. If I wanted a sugar rush, pixie sticks are nice But from a cultural standpoint, my view is, pop is music, tonic is something for your hair, and coke is...yeah. Soda on the other hand, is good for baking. Personally, I prefer calling it Gut Rot, which is generally what it does, especially Moxie.

Well, I have to disagree there. Soda does not rot your stomach, nor does it strip rust off a nail. I've drank about 98% Pepsi or other soda product as my main liquid intake for about the last 8 years. Rarely drink water or anything else. My stomach is fine. My teeth are fine and I brush once a day, occassionally twice.

It's nothing but urban legend that soda can do these sorts of things. And before you say "Soak something in soda overnight." well, consider the fact that my teeth are not soaked in anything other than saliva overnight, and you've nothing to worry about by drinking soda.

It tastes good, I love drinking it, and I will continue to do so until I am too weak to bring a Pepsi bottle to my lips.

Sure, look at the ingrediants and you see Citric Acid. But look at everything else you eat and drink and you'll find an ingrediant that can be considered unhealthy in a serious way. Do you eat Buffolo wings? Do you like Barbeque sauce? Everything you do in life has something unhealthy about it. Soda is nothing different, nor is it nearly as bad as most of these other things.

Keep on drinking. Soda is good. And no, I'm not mad or irritated or anything, I just enjoy dispelling certain urban legends. I.E. No, Mikey from the Life Cereal commercial did not die from eating pop rocks and drinking a coke. ;D

[NickOvTyme]

I.E. No, Mikey from the Life Cereal commercial did not die from eating pop rocks and drinking a coke. ;D

I seen a thing on Mythbusters the other day...dealing with that very issue.

They got a pig stomach and stapled it to a dummy and filled it full of pop rocks and "pop", "cola", "coke"...whatever.

It never exploded.