# 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:** 3
**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, 6:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/odd-little-facts-that-we-have-just-learned-canada-dry/485648/41 "2009-02-13T18:59:20Z")
> [@Reply](#): > > What FedEx arrow? I still don’t see it. It’s the white space between the “e” and the “x”. ---
**Author:** ![KneadToKnow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kneadtoknow/32/3999_2.png) [@KneadToKnow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KneadToKnow)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2009, 7:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/odd-little-facts-that-we-have-just-learned-canada-dry/485648/42 "2009-02-13T19:01:03Z")
> [@RealityChuck](#): > > Drink Canady Dry? Child’s play. Ever try Wheeling West Virginia? Nope. Been too busy Reading Pennsylvania. starts stopwatch ---
**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, 7:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/odd-little-facts-that-we-have-just-learned-canada-dry/485648/43 "2009-02-13T19:08:51Z")
> [@KneadToKnow](#): > > Nope. Been too busy Reading Pennsylvania. Lord help the guy Flushing Meadows. ---
**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:** [February 13, 2009, 7:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/odd-little-facts-that-we-have-just-learned-canada-dry/485648/44 "2009-02-13T19:44:01Z")
Northwest Airlines blew it with their new logo. The [old logo](http://www.logo-design99.com/nwa_logo2.gif) had a some great hidden symbols in it. Notice in the old logo, how you can see it either as an “N” or a “W”, and the corner of the W points northwest, compass rose style? Now, it’s just dumb and boring. ---
**Author:** ![KneadToKnow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kneadtoknow/32/3999_2.png) [@KneadToKnow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KneadToKnow)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2009, 7:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/odd-little-facts-that-we-have-just-learned-canada-dry/485648/45 "2009-02-13T19:53:27Z")
> [@cmyk](#): > > Now, it’s just dumb and boring. But it shouts out to their official rap group! ---
**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:** [February 13, 2009, 8:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/odd-little-facts-that-we-have-just-learned-canada-dry/485648/46 "2009-02-13T20:38:09Z")
Is it just me, or is this thread making anyone else really thirsty for a carbonated beverage? ---
**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:** [February 13, 2009, 8:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/odd-little-facts-that-we-have-just-learned-canada-dry/485648/47 "2009-02-13T20:47:29Z")
The old Southern California Edison (SCE) logo was made to look like a plug. The S was the cord, the C was the base and the E was the prongs. The Milwaukee Brewers logo has an M and a B in it. ---
**Author:** ![jayjay](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jayjay/32/6765_2.png) [@jayjay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jayjay)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2009, 9:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/odd-little-facts-that-we-have-just-learned-canada-dry/485648/48 "2009-02-13T21:08:17Z")
I can remember an old (70s) Canada Dry ad that used the tune of “Ain’t She Sweet?” o/` It's not too sweet! Got the flavor that can't be beat! Canada Dry Ginger Ale, it's not too sweet! o/` ---
**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, 9:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/odd-little-facts-that-we-have-just-learned-canada-dry/485648/49 "2009-02-13T21:20:09Z")
> [@Munch](#): > > Lord help the guy Flushing Meadows. Or Lan(c)ing Michigan ---
**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, 9:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/odd-little-facts-that-we-have-just-learned-canada-dry/485648/50 "2009-02-13T21:20:16Z")
> [@Gangster\_Octopus](#): > > The Milwaukee Brewers logo has an M and a B in it. Used to. Now it’s just a big “M”. ---
**Author:** ![Ellen\_Cherry](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ellen_cherry/32/3600_2.png) [@Ellen\_Cherry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ellen_Cherry)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2009, 9:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/odd-little-facts-that-we-have-just-learned-canada-dry/485648/51 "2009-02-13T21:29:59Z")
> [@lobotomyboy63](#): > > 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 - Wikipedia](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kentucky_Colonel) It doesn’t take any “credentials” to be a Kentucky Colonel; you merely pays your fee and collects your certificate. It’s a very antiquated goofball designation which means little to nothing except for whatever bragging rights you wish to milk of it. According to the Wiki article, 'The sitting governor of the Commonwealth of Kentucky bestows the honor of a Colonel’s Commission, by issuance of a certificate." This is merely a formality. The Colonels do use the fees they collect to support a wide variety of charitable causes, so they aren’t entirely worthless. To someone like Kentucky native Ashley Judd, though, it’s something fun thing to go around claiming to be because, after all, _everyone_ has heard of Colonel Sanders. ---
**Author:** ![jayjay](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jayjay/32/6765_2.png) [@jayjay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jayjay)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2009, 9:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/odd-little-facts-that-we-have-just-learned-canada-dry/485648/52 "2009-02-13T21:32:48Z")
“Colonel Ashley”, huh? Looks like Shaw missed it by [THAT much](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Major_Barbara_(play)). ---
**Author:** ![Sternvogel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bc79bd/32.png) [@Sternvogel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sternvogel)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2009, 9:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/odd-little-facts-that-we-have-just-learned-canada-dry/485648/53 "2009-02-13T21:34:30Z")
To add to the “Wheeling West Virginia” theme, here’s [many a libertine’s dream.](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fucking_(Austria)) > [@Gangster\_Octopus](#): > > The Milwaukee Brewers logo has an M and a B in it. Also, the Montreal Expos’ [logo](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:MontrealExpos_1000.png) featured a stylized tricolored M (for the city) which included a red e for the team name and a blue b to represent “baseball”. ---
**Author:** ![Intergalactic\_Gladiator](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/intergalactic_gladiator/32/112_2.png) [@Intergalactic\_Gladiator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Intergalactic_Gladiator)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2009, 9:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/odd-little-facts-that-we-have-just-learned-canada-dry/485648/54 "2009-02-13T21:36:34Z")
> [@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. Er, what about the FedEx logo? ---
**Author:** ![Sarahfeena](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sarahfeena/32/519_2.png) [@Sarahfeena](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sarahfeena)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2009, 9:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/odd-little-facts-that-we-have-just-learned-canada-dry/485648/55 "2009-02-13T21:36:51Z")
I always kind of liked how they worked the “11” into the Big 10 [logo](http://blog.dispatch.com/1812Nut/BigTenLogo.jpg). ---
**Author:** ![Intergalactic\_Gladiator](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/intergalactic_gladiator/32/112_2.png) [@Intergalactic\_Gladiator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Intergalactic_Gladiator)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2009, 9:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/odd-little-facts-that-we-have-just-learned-canada-dry/485648/56 "2009-02-13T21:46:53Z")
> [@Intergalactic\_Gladiator](#): > > Er, what about the FedEx logo? Aw, never mind. Somehow I missed the posts ‘splainin’ it. I need to refresh my IP’s or something… ---
**Author:** ![Ellen\_Cherry](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ellen_cherry/32/3600_2.png) [@Ellen\_Cherry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ellen_Cherry)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2009, 9:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/odd-little-facts-that-we-have-just-learned-canada-dry/485648/57 "2009-02-13T21:53:01Z")
I have long suspected that the Doper confusion over where pineapples grow comes becomes they’re called pine **apples**. Apples grow on trees, therefore, pineapples … don’t, actually. ---
**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, 10:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/odd-little-facts-that-we-have-just-learned-canada-dry/485648/58 "2009-02-13T22:00:26Z")
> [@Ellen\_Cherry](#): > > I have long suspected that the Doper confusion over where pineapples grow comes becomes they’re called pine **apples**. Apples grow on trees, therefore, pineapples … don’t, actually. I think in my case it’s because they have skin like a palm tree so they should grow in a palm tree. And they and bananas are yellow tropical fruits so they should both grow in tropical trees. ---
**Author:** ![Tool\_of\_the\_Conspiracy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/bc79bd/32.png) [@Tool\_of\_the\_Conspiracy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tool_of_the_Conspiracy)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2009, 1:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/odd-little-facts-that-we-have-just-learned-canada-dry/485648/59 "2009-02-14T01:51:53Z")
> [@Sternvogel](#): > > Also, the Montreal Expos’ [logo](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:MontrealExpos_1000.png) featured a stylized tricolored M (for the city) which included a red e for the team name and a blue b to represent “baseball”. It’s not two penises? ---
**Author:** ![Green\_Bean](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/green_bean/32/1760_2.png) [@Green\_Bean](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Green_Bean)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2009, 2:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/odd-little-facts-that-we-have-just-learned-canada-dry/485648/60 "2009-02-14T02:03:54Z")
Well, as long as we’re talking about logos, here ya go. (I got the link through here originally) [Unfortunate Logos](http://www.oddee.com/item_86090.aspx). [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/odd-little-facts-that-we-have-just-learned-canada-dry/485648.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/odd-little-facts-that-we-have-just-learned-canada-dry/485648.md?page=4)