# 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:** 2
**Author:** ![lobotomyboy63](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lobotomyboy63/32/2900_2.png) [@lobotomyboy63](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lobotomyboy63)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2009, 12:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/odd-little-facts-that-we-have-just-learned-canada-dry/485648/21 "2009-02-13T12:04:58Z")
The first Kentucky Fried Chicken restaurant was in Utah. Colonel Sanders (he really was a Kentucky Colonel, but he was born in Indiana) started the operation in Kentucky, but the first franchise that was named Kentucky Fried Chicken was in Utah. I discovered this because it came up in a crossword puzzle—every try to fit “Kentucky” into four boxes? Check out the ppl who are Kentucky Colonels. Wow, Ashley Judd?! > **[Kentucky Colonel](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kentucky_Colonel)** > > Kentucky Colonel is the highest title of honor bestowed by the Commonwealth of Kentucky, and is the best-known of a number of honorary colonelcies conferred by United States governors. A Kentucky Colonel Commission (the certificate) is awarded in the name of the Commonwealth by the governor of Kentucky to individuals with "Honorable" titular style recognition preceding the names of civilians aged 18 or over, for noteworthy accomplishments, contributions to civil society, remarkable deeds, or o... ---
**Author:** ![Half\_Man\_Half\_Wit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/half_man_half_wit/32/21766_2.png) [@Half\_Man\_Half\_Wit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Half_Man_Half_Wit)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2009, 12:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/odd-little-facts-that-we-have-just-learned-canada-dry/485648/22 "2009-02-13T12:20:21Z")
I thought this thread would be about Irish writer and legendary drunk, Brendan Behan (‘…not a writer with a drinking problem, but a drinker with a writing problem’), who, upon being asked for his reason to visit Canada, remarked: [QUOTE=Brendan Behan] Well now, I was in a bar in Dublin, and it had one of those coasters. And it said, “Drink Canada Dry,” so I thought I’d give it a shot. [/QUOTE] ---
**Author:** ![Arglefraster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3bc359/32.png) [@Arglefraster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Arglefraster)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2009, 2:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/odd-little-facts-that-we-have-just-learned-canada-dry/485648/23 "2009-02-13T14:03:05Z")
> [@choie](#): > > I only recently discovered the arrow in the FedEX logo, though, so I’m kinda embarrassed about that. I recently had the arrow in Amazon’s logo pointed out to me. It goes from the “A” in Amazon to the “z”. Because they have everything from A-Z. ---
**Author:** ![RealityChuck](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/realitychuck/32/195_2.png) [@RealityChuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RealityChuck)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2009, 2:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/odd-little-facts-that-we-have-just-learned-canada-dry/485648/24 "2009-02-13T14:08:36Z")
Drink Canady Dry? Child’s play. Ever try Wheeling West Virginia? ---
**Author:** ![Amp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/6a8cbe/32.png) [@Amp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Amp)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2009, 2:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/odd-little-facts-that-we-have-just-learned-canada-dry/485648/25 "2009-02-13T14:16:13Z")
> [@Arglefraster](#): > > I recently had the arrow in Amazon’s logo pointed out to me. It goes from the “A” in Amazon to the “z”. Because they have everything from A-Z. I always thought that was a smile. An arrow makes much more sense. ---
**Author:** ![Harmonious\_Discord](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/74df32/32.png) [@Harmonious\_Discord](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Harmonious_Discord)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2009, 2:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/odd-little-facts-that-we-have-just-learned-canada-dry/485648/26 "2009-02-13T14:29:42Z")
> [@Half\_Man\_Half\_Wit](#): > > I thought this thread would be about Irish writer and legendary drunk, Brendan Behan (‘…not a writer with a drinking problem, but a drinker with a writing problem’), who, upon being asked for his reason to visit Canada, remarked: That’s one of the old jokes I forgot, but I forget a lot. Two weeks ago I realized I no longer knew how to play checkers or most of the games I ever learned to play. That’s the most recent fact I learned. ---
**Author:** ![Larry\_Mudd](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/f14d63/32.png) [@Larry\_Mudd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Larry_Mudd)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2009, 2:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/odd-little-facts-that-we-have-just-learned-canada-dry/485648/27 "2009-02-13T14:39:01Z")
> [@Little\_Nemo](#): > > I always assumed they wanted you to keep drinking until the entire country ran out of liquids. Johnny Carson, in 1979: > [@](#): > > “Did you know that Ed’s not allowed to cross our northern border?” > > “No?” > > “They’re afraid that he’ll drink Canada Dry.” > > badumm-tish Still my primary association with the brand – it’s funny what sticks with you, down through the years. ---
**Author:** ![neutron\_star](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/51bf81/32.png) [@neutron\_star](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/neutron_star)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2009, 2:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/odd-little-facts-that-we-have-just-learned-canada-dry/485648/28 "2009-02-13T14:42:04Z")
> [@FarmerChick](#): > > 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? Seriously? You don’t see _anything_ unpleasant in that name? If you’ll excuse me, I’m going to go eat some Nazifruit and some pedofries with KKKetchup. ---
**Author:** ![lorene](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/65b543/32.png) [@lorene](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lorene)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2009, 3:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/odd-little-facts-that-we-have-just-learned-canada-dry/485648/29 "2009-02-13T15:00:11Z")
> [@neutron\_star](#): > > Seriously? You don’t see _anything_ unpleasant in that name? If you’ll excuse me, I’m going to go eat some Nazifruit and some pedofries with KKKetchup. What a rapier-like wit you have. 😛 ---
**Author:** ![CrazyCatLady](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/dfb087/32.png) [@CrazyCatLady](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CrazyCatLady)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2009, 3:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/odd-little-facts-that-we-have-just-learned-canada-dry/485648/30 "2009-02-13T15:22:41Z")
Well, I just learned that Canada Dry makes something other than ginger ale. I honestly had not realized that. ---
**Author:** ![RealityChuck](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/realitychuck/32/195_2.png) [@RealityChuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RealityChuck)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2009, 3:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/odd-little-facts-that-we-have-just-learned-canada-dry/485648/31 "2009-02-13T15:34:57Z")
I’m in the middle of reading **Gandhi and Churchill** – a fascinating book filled with odd facts. The one the impressed me is that all of the current problems in the Middle East can be traced back to Churchill’s decisions on what to do with the territory once the Ottoman Empire fell. ---
**Author:** ![Munch](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/munch/32/5281_2.png) [@Munch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Munch)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2009, 3:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/odd-little-facts-that-we-have-just-learned-canada-dry/485648/32 "2009-02-13T15:47:57Z")
> [@Joey\_P](#): > > Arby’s (say it out loud)=R.B.=Roast Beef. FALSE. From [Arby’s very own website:](http://www.arbys.com/faq/) > [@](#): > > Q. Does the name Arby’s stand for R.B., as in, roast beef? > A. Close! Arby’s is named for the company founders, Leroy and Forrest Raffel, the Raffel Brothers, also R.B. ---
**Author:** ![jali](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ecae2f/32.png) [@jali](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jali)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2009, 3:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/odd-little-facts-that-we-have-just-learned-canada-dry/485648/33 "2009-02-13T15:48:10Z")
> [@Amp](#): > > I always thought that was a smile. An arrow makes much more sense. I had to go to Amazon’s site to see for myself. I saw a smile too. ---
**Author:** ![WordMan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/e8c25b/32.png) [@WordMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WordMan)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2009, 4:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/odd-little-facts-that-we-have-just-learned-canada-dry/485648/34 "2009-02-13T16:59:16Z")
> [@Spectre\_of\_Pithecanthropus](#): > > 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? a bit of a hijack, but what bugs me is that Canada \*Dry \*Ginger Ale is NOT dry - it is actually too sweet and not nearly as good as Seagrams or the best big-brand Ginger Ale, Schweppe’s… ---
**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, 5:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/odd-little-facts-that-we-have-just-learned-canada-dry/485648/35 "2009-02-13T17:30:32Z")
> [@neutron\_star](#): > > Seriously? You don’t see _anything_ unpleasant in that name? If you’ll excuse me, I’m going to go eat some Nazifruit and some pedofries with KKKetchup. Oh please, it’s not like eating it was going to make you go out and rape someone. Although now I do want to canoodle when I pass the bright yellow fields… > [@lorene](#): > > What a rapier-like wit you have. 😛 He’s probably offended by [shittah](http://www.thefreedictionary.com/shittah) and [prickmadam](http://www.websters-online-dictionary.net/Pr/Prickmadam.html) too. ---
**Author:** ![gigi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a587f6/32.png) [@gigi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gigi)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2009, 5:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/odd-little-facts-that-we-have-just-learned-canada-dry/485648/36 "2009-02-13T17:37:02Z")
> [@jali](#): > > I had to go to Amazon’s site to see for myself. I saw a smile too. Same here–I feel a little dumb right now. ---
**Author:** ![Le\_Ministre\_de\_l\_au-dela](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/le_ministre_de_l_au-dela/32/12181_2.png) [@Le\_Ministre\_de\_l\_au-dela](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Le_Ministre_de_l_au-dela)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2009, 5:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/odd-little-facts-that-we-have-just-learned-canada-dry/485648/37 "2009-02-13T17:55:16Z")
> [@FarmerChick](#): > > 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? [Tisdale, Saskatchewan](http://www.townoftisdale.com/) still uses the motto “The Land of Rape and Honey”, which is where Ministry got the name of the album. ---
**Author:** ![Black\_Sunshine](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ce73a5/32.png) [@Black\_Sunshine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Black_Sunshine)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2009, 5:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/odd-little-facts-that-we-have-just-learned-canada-dry/485648/38 "2009-02-13T17:55:28Z")
Just occurred to me yesterday that the words “organ,” “organic” and “organize” are related. My brain nearly exploded. ---
**Author:** ![Reply](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/reply/32/15952_2.png) [@Reply](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Reply)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2009, 6:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/odd-little-facts-that-we-have-just-learned-canada-dry/485648/39 "2009-02-13T18:38:48Z")
> [@PopeJewish](#): > > I _just_ noticed that :eek: Thanks for pointing it out 😛 What FedEx arrow? I still don’t see it. And speaking of logos, the [Sun Microsystems](http://www.agentgroup.unimore.it/pppj08/images/sun_logo.png) one says “SUN SUN SUN SUN” in this multi-directional looping square thing that’s just too effin’ cool. ---
**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, 6:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/odd-little-facts-that-we-have-just-learned-canada-dry/485648/40 "2009-02-13T18:50:41Z")
> [@RealityChuck](#): > > I’m in the middle of reading **Gandhi and Churchill** – a fascinating book filled with odd facts. The one the impressed me is that all of the current problems in the Middle East can be traced back to Churchill’s decisions on what to do with the territory once the Ottoman Empire fell. I keep telling people that, but do they listen? Yeesh! [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/odd-little-facts-that-we-have-just-learned-canada-dry/485648.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/odd-little-facts-that-we-have-just-learned-canada-dry/485648.md?page=3)