# I can be Canadian without you, Coca-Cola **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [February 21, 2003, 5:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-can-be-canadian-without-you-coca-cola/156566 "2003-02-21T17:27:50Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 19\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Captain\_Amazing](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/6de8d8/32.png) [@Captain\_Amazing](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Captain_Amazing)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2003, 10:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-can-be-canadian-without-you-coca-cola/156566/21 "2003-02-21T22:27:47Z")
Wait till the OP finds out Tim Horton’s is owned by a US conglomerate. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Odesio](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/odesio/32/20003_2.png) [@Odesio](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Odesio)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2003, 10:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-can-be-canadian-without-you-coca-cola/156566/22 "2003-02-21T22:27:53Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by GingerOfTheNorth \* > \*\* > Coke in the US tastes like a melted slurpee. Give me Canadian Coke any day. \*\* I’ve heard that but I never thought Canadian Coca-Cola tasted signifigantly different then Coke from Atlanta. Marc ---
**Author:** ![I\_can\_t\_believe\_that\_s\_butter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/8edcca/32.png) [@I\_can\_t\_believe\_that\_s\_butter](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/I_can_t_believe_that_s_butter)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2003, 11:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-can-be-canadian-without-you-coca-cola/156566/23 "2003-02-21T23:04:53Z")
Yep, Canadian Coke actually has sugar, whereas Coca-Cola’s native land is given the crap with corn syrup. [opens yet another can] I deal with it, but RC put out some “draft cola” a few years ago, made with cane sugar. It was heavenly. Can’t find it anymore. ---
**Author:** ![GingerOfTheNorth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/cdc98d/32.png) [@GingerOfTheNorth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GingerOfTheNorth)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2003, 11:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-can-be-canadian-without-you-coca-cola/156566/24 "2003-02-21T23:23:49Z")
Kosher Coke is apparently available around Passover, and is made of sugar. I can hardly wait. ---
**Author:** ![Brutus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/91b2a8/32.png) [@Brutus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Brutus)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2003, 11:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-can-be-canadian-without-you-coca-cola/156566/25 "2003-02-21T23:41:32Z")
Colombian coke is the absolute finest…err, nevermind. I gladly welcome our Canadian Coke-drinking Overlords. ---
**Author:** ![Thylacine](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thylacine/32/1143_2.png) [@Thylacine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thylacine)\ **Post date:** [February 22, 2003, 12:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-can-be-canadian-without-you-coca-cola/156566/26 "2003-02-22T00:09:17Z")
According to our Canadian Club Whisky ads all you do is drink and write your names in urine in the snow. Stop pretending you have other sports. We know the truth. ---
**Author:** ![Harli](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/c0e974/32.png) [@Harli](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Harli)\ **Post date:** [February 22, 2003, 12:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-can-be-canadian-without-you-coca-cola/156566/27 "2003-02-22T00:39:24Z")
Canada + Hockey + Coca Cola = Bliss No complaints from me. _guzzles another Coke while watching Hockey in Canada_ ---
**Author:** ![Eats\_Crayons](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/278dde/32.png) [@Eats\_Crayons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eats_Crayons)\ **Post date:** [February 22, 2003, 1:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-can-be-canadian-without-you-coca-cola/156566/28 "2003-02-22T01:03:07Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Larry Mudd \* > \*\*The Gaul of them. \*\* Oh, that’s just… bad. _groan_ ---
**Author:** ![ScoobyTX](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ec9cab/32.png) [@ScoobyTX](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ScoobyTX)\ **Post date:** [February 22, 2003, 2:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-can-be-canadian-without-you-coca-cola/156566/29 "2003-02-22T02:21:56Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Estilicon \* > \*\*I’ll drink Pepsi they will never try to pull this kind of shit. \*\* No, they’ll just instigate [coups](http://www.gregpalast.com/detail.cfm?artid=36&row=1) to boost their Latin American sales. :dubious: ---
**Author:** ![The\_MacDairmuid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/a87d85/32.png) [@The\_MacDairmuid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_MacDairmuid)\ **Post date:** [February 22, 2003, 9:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-can-be-canadian-without-you-coca-cola/156566/30 "2003-02-22T09:23:59Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Balduran \* > \*\*An article I read called this “glocalisation”. Multinational corporations using local cultural sensibilties to promote their product. Their example was using Asterix to hawk big macs in France. \*\* > [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Larry Mudd \* > \*\*The Gaul of them. \*\* But the culprits are all choqued with shame now. ---
**Author:** ![matt\_mcl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/7ab992/32.png) [@matt\_mcl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/matt_mcl)\ **Post date:** [February 22, 2003, 1:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-can-be-canadian-without-you-coca-cola/156566/31 "2003-02-22T13:29:29Z")
> [@](#): > > I’ve heard that but I never thought Canadian Coca-Cola tasted signifigantly different then Coke from Atlanta. I never heard this until **Mnementh** brought a case of Canadian Coke down to the States for **Ginger** at NYdope. I sampled both kinds, and American Coke tastes like dilute cowshit, I’m sorry. (FWIW, Coke in Spain tastes like Canadian Coke. Also, I don’t drink soft drinks very often.) ---
**Author:** ![Balduran](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/cc9497/32.png) [@Balduran](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Balduran)\ **Post date:** [February 22, 2003, 2:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-can-be-canadian-without-you-coca-cola/156566/32 "2003-02-22T14:11:47Z")
Where I’ve been in Africa, coke is way sweeter. I came back to Canada and found it almost bitter in comparison. And a groan out to Larry. ---
**Author:** ![elmwood](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/elmwood/32/3060_2.png) [@elmwood](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elmwood)\ **Post date:** [February 22, 2003, 4:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-can-be-canadian-without-you-coca-cola/156566/33 "2003-02-22T16:53:18Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by bernse \* > **Yeah! McDonalds too! Fuck you Ronald!** Well, then, why does the Canadian McDonalds logo have a maple leaf in it, huh? Go to other countries, and you don’t see national symbols in McDonalds logos there. Hey, McDonalds with the maple leaf … it means that it’s as Canadian as hockey, donuts, poutine, and girls from Mississauga who won’t put out. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![elmwood](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/elmwood/32/3060_2.png) [@elmwood](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elmwood)\ **Post date:** [February 22, 2003, 4:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-can-be-canadian-without-you-coca-cola/156566/34 "2003-02-22T16:54:50Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by matt\_mcl \* > \*\*I never heard this until **Mnementh** brought a case of Canadian Coke down to the States for **Ginger** at NYdope. I sampled both kinds, and American Coke tastes like dilute cowshit, I’m sorry. \*\* Now, a true challenge would be a NAFTA Coke comparison, with American Coke, Canadian Coke, Mexican Coke, and NYC Kosher Code. ---
**Author:** ![mobo85](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b19c9b/32.png) [@mobo85](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mobo85)\ **Post date:** [February 22, 2003, 5:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-can-be-canadian-without-you-coca-cola/156566/35 "2003-02-22T17:19:50Z")
Although Coke is one of the most famous-if not _the_ most famous-American products, look at their colo(u)rs. Red and white. No blue. Perhaps they’re feigning Canadaness to get on Canada’s good side. ---
**Author:** ![ScoobyTX](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ec9cab/32.png) [@ScoobyTX](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ScoobyTX)\ **Post date:** [February 22, 2003, 5:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-can-be-canadian-without-you-coca-cola/156566/36 "2003-02-22T17:32:22Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by elmwood \* > \*\*Now, a true challenge would be a NAFTA Coke comparison, with American Coke, Canadian Coke, Mexican Coke, and NYC Kosher Code. \*\* I’ve never had Canadian Coke (well, maybe I did on that trip to Winnipeg about 16 years ago) or Kosher Koke, but I prefer Mexican Coke to the local stuff. You can even buy it in stores in my neighborhood (used to be mostly working-class hispanic, now being gentrified). ---
**Author:** ![gobear](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/8dc957/32.png) [@gobear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gobear)\ **Post date:** [February 22, 2003, 5:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-can-be-canadian-without-you-coca-cola/156566/37 "2003-02-22T17:52:44Z")
What, you get all shirty about Coke yet you say not one word about [Molson?](http://csmweb2.emcweb.com/durable/2000/05/04/p1s4.htm) “My name is Joe, and I am a stereotype!” ---
**Author:** ![Polycarp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/82dd89/32.png) [@Polycarp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Polycarp)\ **Post date:** [February 22, 2003, 5:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-can-be-canadian-without-you-coca-cola/156566/38 "2003-02-22T17:55:50Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by gobear \* > \*\*What, you get all shirty about Coke yet you say not one word about [Molson?](http://csmweb2.emcweb.com/durable/2000/05/04/p1s4.htm) “My name is Joe, and I am a stereotype!” \*\* You personally, **gobear** , are so far from being a stereotype that the stereotypographers aren’t even visible from where you stand! 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![gobear](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/8dc957/32.png) [@gobear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gobear)\ **Post date:** [February 22, 2003, 5:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-can-be-canadian-without-you-coca-cola/156566/39 "2003-02-22T17:59:25Z")
Huh? I’m not Canadian. The reference is to the commercial with the pro-Canadian patriotic rant, but thanks, though! 🙂 [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-can-be-canadian-without-you-coca-cola/156566.md?page=1)