# Dr. Pepper: "We don't serve your kind here." **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [October 21, 2011, 3:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dr-pepper-we-dont-serve-your-kind-here/600364 "2011-10-21T15:33:09Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 8
**Author:** ![magellan01](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@magellan01](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/magellan01)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2011, 3:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dr-pepper-we-dont-serve-your-kind-here/600364/141 "2011-10-24T03:53:08Z")
> [@Enderw24](#): > > Dear Chessic Sense, > > As our ad clearly states, Dr. Pepper Ten is only for men. You are clearly not fit to drink our product as evidenced by your letter which makes you sound like a pussy. > > It may interest you to know that an alternative use for Dr. Pepper Ten is to pour it over your crotch in order to wash the sand out of your vagina. Our market research shows that while it does burn, it is well within the “hurts so good” range. Keep on truckin’ > > Sincerely, > > Consumer Relations - 1 trillion ---
**Author:** ![Cheshire\_Human](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/5f8ce5/32.png) [@Cheshire\_Human](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cheshire_Human)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2011, 5:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dr-pepper-we-dont-serve-your-kind-here/600364/142 "2011-10-24T05:52:46Z")
> [@cmyk](#): > > The stuff might make for a great mixer, though. Seriously… You dilute good booze with crap soda? What’s wrong with you?:rolleyes: 😃 ---
**Author:** ![cmyk](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cmyk/32/3353_2.png) [@cmyk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cmyk)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2011, 7:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dr-pepper-we-dont-serve-your-kind-here/600364/143 "2011-10-24T07:27:15Z")
> [@Cheshire\_Human](#): > > Seriously… You dilute good booze with crap soda? What’s wrong with you?:rolleyes: > > 😃 Hell no, I mix crap booze with crap soda! I’m broken. And drunk. ---
**Author:** ![asterion](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/4da419/32.png) [@asterion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/asterion)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2011, 10:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dr-pepper-we-dont-serve-your-kind-here/600364/144 "2011-10-24T10:11:49Z")
> [@Chefguy](#): > > Doctor Pepper 10? There has to be a binary joke in there somewhere. Free yourselves people: stop drinking soda completely. You’ll feel better and live longer. Dr Pepper 10: There are two kinds of people in the world. Only one can drink this soda. ---
**Author:** ![Gyrate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gyrate/32/3588_2.png) [@Gyrate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gyrate)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2011, 12:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dr-pepper-we-dont-serve-your-kind-here/600364/145 "2011-10-24T12:06:29Z")
> [@FuriousGeorge](#): > > Beer? What a pussy thing to do. Why in my drinking days, I just ate vats of malt covered hops and let it ferment in my stomach. Because nothing’s more manly than eating [flowers](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hops)? ---
**Author:** ![Chessic\_Sense](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/7c8e57/32.png) [@Chessic\_Sense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chessic_Sense)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2011, 12:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dr-pepper-we-dont-serve-your-kind-here/600364/146 "2011-10-24T12:38:08Z")
> [@asterion](#): > > Dr Pepper 10: There are two kinds of people in the world. Only one can drink this soda. Now THAT would have me buying the store’s whole stock. MUCH better. ---
**Author:** ![tdn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/94ad74/32.png) [@tdn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tdn)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2011, 1:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dr-pepper-we-dont-serve-your-kind-here/600364/147 "2011-10-24T13:38:36Z")
I just stopped by the coffee shop to pick up a can of DP10, just to piss off the bitches and girly-men in this thread. But the closest thing they had was Dr. Pepper Cherry, which is “Amazingly smooth.” This would be great while I’m doing my toenails and watching The View. ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2011, 1:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dr-pepper-we-dont-serve-your-kind-here/600364/148 "2011-10-24T13:48:18Z")
The Dr Pepper people just finally noticed what I and a lot of other people do at self-serve fountains: fill the cup mostly with diet soda, then add a blast of unleaded for taste. Best of both worlds, and now Dr Pepper has put it in a can for home use. Brilliant! I second the “Isn’t half bad (sic)” rating as well. ---
**Author:** ![FuriousGeorge](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/ecae2f/32.png) [@FuriousGeorge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FuriousGeorge)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2011, 2:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dr-pepper-we-dont-serve-your-kind-here/600364/149 "2011-10-24T14:02:09Z")
> [@Gyrate](#): > > Because nothing’s more manly than eating [flowers](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hops)? That’s right. I don’t give flowers to women. I eat them. The flowers too 😃 ---
**Author:** ![VinylTurnip](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/b2d939/32.png) [@VinylTurnip](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VinylTurnip)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2011, 4:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dr-pepper-we-dont-serve-your-kind-here/600364/150 "2011-10-24T16:10:18Z")
I’m not sure if it’s related, but my wife’s been asking about DP. Not sure why my best friend has to be involved. ---
**Author:** ![Jimmy\_Chitwood](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/f475e1/32.png) [@Jimmy\_Chitwood](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jimmy_Chitwood)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2011, 4:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dr-pepper-we-dont-serve-your-kind-here/600364/151 "2011-10-24T16:12:37Z")
Because she wants TEN. ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2011, 5:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dr-pepper-we-dont-serve-your-kind-here/600364/152 "2011-10-24T17:14:37Z")
> [@Cheshire\_Human](#): > > [hijack] Go to your favorite store, find the top manager, and ask them to stock it. I’ve done that for a couple of products, at a couple of stores. They stocked whatever it was, just on the basis of my request. If the first won’t do it, go to your second favorite, and repeat the process. Many of them are highly accommodating to specific customer requests. Try it. It can’t hurt, and may get you what you want. [/hijack] Oddly enough, the last product I tried that with was a Dr. Pepper product: Diet Cherry Vanilla Dr. Pepper. Turns out the store couldn’t even special-order it for me: they only distribute DCVDP in certain parts of the country anymore, and I haven’t been able to find out where it’s still sold. ---
**Author:** ![Brown\_Eyed\_Girl](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/brown_eyed_girl/32/3574_2.png) [@Brown\_Eyed\_Girl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Brown_Eyed_Girl)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2011, 2:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dr-pepper-we-dont-serve-your-kind-here/600364/153 "2011-10-25T02:09:46Z")
> [@RTFirefly](#): > > Oddly enough, the last product I tried that with was a Dr. Pepper product: Diet Cherry Vanilla Dr. Pepper. Turns out the store couldn’t even special-order it for me: they only distribute DCVDP in certain parts of the country anymore, and I haven’t been able to find out where it’s still sold. I can’t get it anymore either. ☹ ---
**Author:** ![MissesA](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b5e925/32.png) [@MissesA](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MissesA)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2011, 4:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dr-pepper-we-dont-serve-your-kind-here/600364/154 "2011-10-25T04:27:15Z")
This forum cracks me up!!! And who cares its just a fucking commercial. If you really wanna bitch about something, bitch at the fact that sometimes when I get a Dr. Pepper it taste like aspirin. ---
**Author:** ![Bearflag70](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/8e7dd6/32.png) [@Bearflag70](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bearflag70)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2011, 6:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dr-pepper-we-dont-serve-your-kind-here/600364/155 "2011-10-25T06:29:08Z")
I just saw [this commercial](http://youtu.be/CuapekLwHMY) with a tagline I didn’t expect. Bona. When the wood matters [/hijack] ---
**Author:** ![magellan01](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@magellan01](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/magellan01)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2011, 6:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dr-pepper-we-dont-serve-your-kind-here/600364/156 "2011-10-25T06:46:00Z")
> [@Chessic\_Sense](#): > > Now THAT would have me buying the store’s whole stock. MUCH better. That’s just a gimmick, with no legs. What they expressed was a clear product positioning. They determined that that particular strategy would help them break through and get a certain small percent of market share, instead of 0% of the whole market. It’s a bold, smart strategy for such a crowded market. And, I assure you, they are perfectly happy to forego sales to women and and lose them to a few whiney pussies. ---
**Author:** ![DiosaBellissima](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a8b319/32.png) [@DiosaBellissima](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DiosaBellissima)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2011, 3:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dr-pepper-we-dont-serve-your-kind-here/600364/157 "2011-10-25T15:55:06Z")
> [@MissesA](#): > > This forum cracks me up!!! And who cares its just a fucking commercial. If you really wanna bitch about something, bitch at the fact that sometimes when I get a Dr. Pepper it taste like aspirin. Yo dawg, I heard you like people bitching about petty things, so I bitched about petty things in your thread about bitching about petty things, so I can bitch about petty things while you bitch about petty things. ---
**Author:** ![Cat\_Whisperer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cat_whisperer/32/4839_2.png) [@Cat\_Whisperer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Whisperer)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2011, 5:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dr-pepper-we-dont-serve-your-kind-here/600364/158 "2011-10-25T17:46:13Z")
A joke about pitching about Betty things is percolating around in my brain… ---
**Author:** ![VinylTurnip](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/b2d939/32.png) [@VinylTurnip](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VinylTurnip)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2011, 5:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dr-pepper-we-dont-serve-your-kind-here/600364/159 "2011-10-25T17:56:55Z")
> [@MissesA](#): > > If you really wanna bitch about something, bitch at the fact that sometimes when I get a Dr. Pepper it taste like aspirin. That just means whoever’s poisoning you isn’t using an adequate dosage. ---
**Author:** ![Gangster\_Octopus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a8b319/32.png) [@Gangster\_Octopus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gangster_Octopus)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2011, 5:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dr-pepper-we-dont-serve-your-kind-here/600364/160 "2011-10-25T17:57:59Z")
I don’t think it is sexist but I do think they screwed it up by trying to advertise it as exclusively for men. The line about it not being for women should have just been left out and they should have simply made it about it being something the over-the-top manly man would like. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dr-pepper-we-dont-serve-your-kind-here/600364.md?page=7) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dr-pepper-we-dont-serve-your-kind-here/600364.md?page=9)