# Coke or Pepsi? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [September 13, 1999, 9:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coke-or-pepsi/7864 "1999-09-13T21:54:00Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![dougie\_monty](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/439d5e/32.png) [@dougie\_monty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dougie_monty)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 1999, 10:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coke-or-pepsi/7864/61 "1999-09-15T22:16:00Z")
I’m in the city of Gardena, in Los Angeles County, about 15 miles south of downtown Los Angeles–maybe 60 or 70 miles north on the 405 from you. * * * “If you drive an automobile, please drive carefully–because I walk in my sleep.”–Victor Borge ---
**Author:** ![handy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/b5a626/32.png) [@handy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/handy)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 1999, 1:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coke-or-pepsi/7864/62 "1999-09-16T01:34:00Z")
Yesterday I took some Coke & Pepsi and put them in the same glass. Best of both worlds. What should I call it? Cope? ---
**Author:** ![Ringo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/779978/32.png) [@Ringo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ringo)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 1999, 1:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coke-or-pepsi/7864/63 "1999-09-16T01:38:00Z")
Peski? ---
**Author:** ![gypsyBG](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/7ba0ec/32.png) [@gypsyBG](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gypsyBG)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 1999, 2:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coke-or-pepsi/7864/64 "1999-09-16T02:16:00Z")
coke is the unbeatable beverage. ---
**Author:** ![Gilligan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e0b2c6/32.png) [@Gilligan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gilligan)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 1999, 2:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coke-or-pepsi/7864/65 "1999-09-16T02:19:00Z")
AM - Diet Mt. Dew PM - Fresca Also like Vernor’s, Diet Rite White Grape, Tahitian Treat, Stewart’s Root Beer Anyone see Dr. Brown’s Cel-ray soda recently? I haven’t had this in years. I do see their other flavors in specailty groceries, but not the celery. ---
**Author:** ![DoctorJ](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/doctorj/32/2904_2.png) [@DoctorJ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DoctorJ)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 1999, 3:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coke-or-pepsi/7864/66 "1999-09-16T03:08:00Z")
Diet Pepsi, in quantities that my kidneys don’t appreciate. And as one of my KY brethren pointed out, the occasional Ale-8. For the uninitiated, Ale-8 is a powerful ginger ale produced in Winchester, KY, and available only recently west of Lexington. It has a reputation for being high in caffiene and sugar, but neither is true. I am fairly certain that one of the “secret ingredients” is Cascade hops. The only proper vessel for this beverage is the big green returnable bottle (20 cent deposit). Also wonderful mixed with Kentucky’s other finest beverage, bourbon. In other weirdo KY beverage news, in Owsley Co.(last I heard, the poorest county in the nation), RC machines are more common than Coke or Pepsi machines. My theory is that advertising didn’t get to them for a while, so they just went with whatever was cheap. Dr. J ---
**Author:** ![\_android209](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/_/a9a28c/32.png) [@\_android209](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/_android209)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2000, 11:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coke-or-pepsi/7864/67 "2000-06-27T23:48:09Z")
[http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?threadid=28981](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?threadid=28981) This link takes you to an explanation of this post. ~UncleBeer~ [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coke-or-pepsi/7864.md?page=3)