# Odd little facts that we have just learned--"Canada Dry" **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [February 13, 2009, 3:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/odd-little-facts-that-we-have-just-learned-canada-dry/485648 "2009-02-13T03:45:56Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Spectre\_of\_Pithecanthropus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spectre_of_pithecanthropus/32/12343_2.png) [@Spectre\_of\_Pithecanthropus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spectre_of_Pithecanthropus)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2009, 3:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/odd-little-facts-that-we-have-just-learned-canada-dry/485648/1 "2009-02-13T03:45:56Z")
Recently I’ve started buying ginger ale, and I was quite surprised to learn that it’s Canada Dry’s default beverage. That is, the can, bottle or box doesn’t say C.D. _Ginger Ale_, it’s just Canada Dry. When the old ads said “Drink Canada Dry”, I thought they were urging you to drink any of their fine carbonated products–be it plain soda, tonic water, ginger ale, or whatever. But evidently Canada Dry without further elaboration means “ginger ale”. What odd things have you just become aware of? ---
**Author:** ![choie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/choie/32/7829_2.png) [@choie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/choie)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2009, 4:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/odd-little-facts-that-we-have-just-learned-canada-dry/485648/2 "2009-02-13T04:34:28Z")
Actually I have a can of Diet Canada Dry right here, and it does indeed say Ginger Ale. It’s just in relatively small letters – in one of the bubbles just below the “shield” logo. I only recently discovered the arrow in the FedEX logo, though, so I’m kinda embarrassed about that. ---
**Author:** ![Bootis](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e8c25b/32.png) [@Bootis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bootis)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2009, 4:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/odd-little-facts-that-we-have-just-learned-canada-dry/485648/3 "2009-02-13T04:45:40Z")
That the Arby’s [logo](http://images-cdn01.associatedcontent.com/image/A9499/94994/300_94994.gif) is a hat, not the top of a penis. ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2009, 5:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/odd-little-facts-that-we-have-just-learned-canada-dry/485648/4 "2009-02-13T05:08:29Z")
> [@](#): > > When the old ads said “Drink Canada Dry”, I thought they were urging you to drink any of their fine carbonated products I always assumed they wanted you to keep drinking until the entire country ran out of liquids. ---
**Author:** ![BiblioCat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ed8c4c/32.png) [@BiblioCat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BiblioCat)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2009, 5:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/odd-little-facts-that-we-have-just-learned-canada-dry/485648/5 "2009-02-13T05:12:19Z")
> [@Bootis](#): > > That the Arby’s [logo](http://images-cdn01.associatedcontent.com/image/A9499/94994/300_94994.gif) is a hat, not the top of a penis. Part of me wants to say, “How the hell could you not see that? Are you blind?” but I have to admit that two little things I learned (right here on the board) were the ‘X’ in the Fed Ex logo and the fact that pineapples grow on bushes, and not on trees. ---
**Author:** ![CairoCarol](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cairocarol/32/3825_2.png) [@CairoCarol](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CairoCarol)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2009, 5:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/odd-little-facts-that-we-have-just-learned-canada-dry/485648/6 "2009-02-13T05:13:08Z")
It was the SDMB that taught me that “bible-thumping” and “bible-bashing” are about the same thing. I always thought that “bible-bashing” meant criticizing the bible, not promoting it. ---
**Author:** ![fachverwirrt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/94ad74/32.png) [@fachverwirrt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fachverwirrt)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2009, 5:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/odd-little-facts-that-we-have-just-learned-canada-dry/485648/7 "2009-02-13T05:28:14Z")
Canola oil does not, in fact, come from some obscure plant called the canola, but is, rather, rapeseed oil. Canola is a particular type of rapeseed oil, and stands for **Can** adian **o** il, **l** ow **a** cid. (A quick google search reveals that, while wikipedia maintains the “Canadian oil, low acid” origin, many others list it simply as a portmanteau of “Canada” and “oil”.) ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2009, 5:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/odd-little-facts-that-we-have-just-learned-canada-dry/485648/8 "2009-02-13T05:36:30Z")
Emily Post, the etiquette writer, was also a big motoring enthusiast when the automobile was first developed. She was one of the first women to drive across both Europe and America. ---
**Author:** ![Joey\_P](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/919ad9/32.png) [@Joey\_P](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Joey_P)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2009, 5:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/odd-little-facts-that-we-have-just-learned-canada-dry/485648/9 "2009-02-13T05:36:57Z")
> [@Bootis](#): > > That the Arby’s [logo](http://images-cdn01.associatedcontent.com/image/A9499/94994/300_94994.gif) is a hat, not the top of a penis. Arby’s (say it out loud)=R.B.=Roast Beef. ---
**Author:** ![PopeJewish](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ce7236/32.png) [@PopeJewish](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PopeJewish)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2009, 5:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/odd-little-facts-that-we-have-just-learned-canada-dry/485648/10 "2009-02-13T05:52:37Z")
> [@choie](#): > > I only recently discovered the arrow in the FedEX logo, though, so I’m kinda embarrassed about that. I _just_ noticed that :eek: Thanks for pointing it out 😛 ---
**Author:** ![Vox\_Imperatoris](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/f9ae1b/32.png) [@Vox\_Imperatoris](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Vox_Imperatoris)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2009, 6:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/odd-little-facts-that-we-have-just-learned-canada-dry/485648/11 "2009-02-13T06:10:15Z")
It’s Canada _Dry_ Ginger Ale, as opposed to golden ginger ale, which is very different. If you live in a place serviced by the Buffalo Rock bottling company (I don’t know what you might find them under elsewhere), try a Buffalo Rock ginger ale—it has a much, much stronger and more ginger-y flavor. Dry ginger ale was invented during Prohibition to mix with moonshine (or other alcoholic drinks, I guess), and so it has a much less pronounced flavor than golden ginger ale, which was the original drink. Valete, Vox Imperatoris ETA: [This](http://www.buffalorock.com/products/gingerale.html) is a Buffalo Rock (a Southern bottling company). ---
**Author:** ![GameHat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/ed655f/32.png) [@GameHat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GameHat)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2009, 6:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/odd-little-facts-that-we-have-just-learned-canada-dry/485648/12 "2009-02-13T06:17:27Z")
> [@fachverwirrt](#): > > Canola oil does not, in fact, come from some obscure plant called the canola, but is, rather, rapeseed oil. Canola is a particular type of rapeseed oil, and stands for **Can** adian **o** il, **l** ow **a** cid. > > (A quick google search reveals that, while wikipedia maintains the “Canadian oil, low acid” origin, many others list it simply as a portmanteau of “Canada” and “oil”.) I learned this on the job, I was told by a boss to go out and buy some corn oil. A lot of our customers add it to our resin to facilitate release, after curing, from a mold. I bought Canola oil - hey, what’s the difference, right? I got a proper scolding. “That oil is too unsaturated, you fool! You foolish fool! Their parts will stick to the mold!” “Well, what is Canola, exactly?” “Um…get to wikipedia! Fool!” ---
**Author:** ![Mr.Krebbs](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/5fc32e/32.png) [@Mr.Krebbs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Krebbs)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2009, 6:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/odd-little-facts-that-we-have-just-learned-canada-dry/485648/13 "2009-02-13T06:28:03Z")
> [@CairoCarol](#): > > It was the SDMB that taught me that “bible-thumping” and “bible-bashing” are about the same thing. I always thought that “bible-bashing” meant criticizing the bible, not promoting it. I vaguely remember the thread where this was dicussed, [but the intellectuals in Deicide disagree with you](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lifrWcPIqHQ) (and whoever it was that told you that). ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2009, 6:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/odd-little-facts-that-we-have-just-learned-canada-dry/485648/14 "2009-02-13T06:40:58Z")
> [@](#): > > Arby’s (say it out loud)=R.B.=Roast Beef. Also RB=Raffel Brothers, as in company founders Forrest and Leroy Raffel. ---
**Author:** ![choie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/choie/32/7829_2.png) [@choie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/choie)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2009, 6:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/odd-little-facts-that-we-have-just-learned-canada-dry/485648/15 "2009-02-13T06:46:27Z")
> [@PopeJewish](#): > > I _just_ noticed that :eek: Thanks for pointing it out 😛 You’ve seen it! You can’t unsee it! ---
**Author:** ![Yorikke](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/yorikke/32/4335_2.png) [@Yorikke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yorikke)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2009, 7:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/odd-little-facts-that-we-have-just-learned-canada-dry/485648/16 "2009-02-13T07:21:23Z")
> [@CairoCarol](#): > > It was the SDMB that taught me that “bible-thumping” and “bible-bashing” are about the same thing. I always thought that “bible-bashing” meant criticizing the bible, not promoting it. Wait, what? Your original assumption is entirely correct. Joe ---
**Author:** ![tesseract](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/bb73d2/32.png) [@tesseract](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tesseract)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2009, 7:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/odd-little-facts-that-we-have-just-learned-canada-dry/485648/17 "2009-02-13T07:28:59Z")
> [@PopeJewish](#): > > I _just_ noticed that :eek: Thanks for pointing it out 😛 Cool little [interview](http://www.thesneeze.com/mt-archives/000273.php) with the creator of the FedEx logo - and yeah, I just saw it too, but the interview makes me feel better about that. ---
**Author:** ![FarmerChick](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/a9a28c/32.png) [@FarmerChick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FarmerChick)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2009, 10:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/odd-little-facts-that-we-have-just-learned-canada-dry/485648/18 "2009-02-13T10:38:28Z")
> [@fachverwirrt](#): > > Canola oil does not, in fact, come from some obscure plant called the canola, but is, rather, rapeseed oil. Canola is a particular type of rapeseed oil, and stands for **Can** adian **o** il, **l** ow **a** cid. > > (A quick google search reveals that, while wikipedia maintains the “Canadian oil, low acid” origin, many others list it simply as a portmanteau of “Canada” and “oil”.) When I was growing up here in central Alberta, we always had rapeseed crops. When I moved back here in 2006, we now had “canola” crops. I assume it’s the politically corrected name. WTF was wrong with rapeseed? I just learned that the “range roads” and “side roads” in Alberta refer to the actual legal address. :smack: So as long as I have a County map, I can always find someones house. It’s so much easier then " 2 miles south of the old Miller place, then 1 mile east." 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Cicero](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cicero/32/3594_2.png) [@Cicero](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cicero)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2009, 11:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/odd-little-facts-that-we-have-just-learned-canada-dry/485648/19 "2009-02-13T11:08:11Z")
> [@BiblioCat](#): > > Part of me wants to say, “How the hell could you not see that? Are you blind?” but I have to admit that two little things I learned (right here on the board) were the ‘X’ in the Fed Ex logo and the fact that pineapples grow on bushes, and not on trees. Sorry- had to laugh at that. Try picking pineapples and you will realise what a bastard they are. ---
**Author:** ![E-Sabbath](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/e19adc/32.png) [@E-Sabbath](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/E-Sabbath)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2009, 11:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/odd-little-facts-that-we-have-just-learned-canada-dry/485648/20 "2009-02-13T11:36:03Z")
> [@Joey\_P](#): > > Arby’s (say it out loud)=R.B.=Roast Beef. America’s Roast Beef, Yes, Sir! [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/odd-little-facts-that-we-have-just-learned-canada-dry/485648.md?page=2)