# 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:** 4
**Author:** ![Muffin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/muffin/32/4341_2.png) [@Muffin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Muffin)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2009, 3:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/odd-little-facts-that-we-have-just-learned-canada-dry/485648/61 "2009-02-14T03:52:22Z")
Canada Dry has put out all sorts of sodas over the last century. My favourite, which I have not seen for years, was Lime Ricky. Imagine a strong and not particularly sweet mixer – a lime match for their Bitter Lemon mixer. ---
**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 14, 2009, 5:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/odd-little-facts-that-we-have-just-learned-canada-dry/485648/62 "2009-02-14T05:09:49Z")
> [@Little\_Nemo](#): > > I always assumed they wanted you to keep drinking until the entire country ran out of liquids. Or alcohol anyway. I’m not quite old enough to remember the ads, but I remember hearing jokes about it. ---
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2009, 5:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/odd-little-facts-that-we-have-just-learned-canada-dry/485648/63 "2009-02-14T05:21:00Z")
> [@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”. Also the “e” and that white bit combined to make a “d” for the official French name: Expos de Montréal. ---
**Author:** ![Mr.Frink](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/977dab/32.png) [@Mr.Frink](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Frink)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2009, 6:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/odd-little-facts-that-we-have-just-learned-canada-dry/485648/64 "2009-02-14T06:03:12Z")
To beat this dead horse: Canada Dry sponsored the **Jack Benny Show** in the 30s & they used to frequently joke that Bandleader Phil Harris would go up north to drink canada dry… ---
**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 14, 2009, 6:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/odd-little-facts-that-we-have-just-learned-canada-dry/485648/65 "2009-02-14T06:57:01Z")
> [@Munch](#): > > It’s the white space between the “e” and the “x”. Whoooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooa. ---
**Author:** ![Mudshark](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f04885/32.png) [@Mudshark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mudshark)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2009, 8:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/odd-little-facts-that-we-have-just-learned-canada-dry/485648/66 "2009-02-14T08:16:19Z")
> [@Little\_Nemo](#): > > Also RB=Raffel Brothers, as in company founders Forrest and Leroy Raffel. Apparently, I live down the road from the original one opened in 1964, in Boardman, Ohio. ---
**Author:** ![Spice\_Weasel](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spice_weasel/32/5435_2.png) [@Spice\_Weasel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spice_Weasel)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2009, 1:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/odd-little-facts-that-we-have-just-learned-canada-dry/485648/67 "2009-02-14T13:14:09Z")
I recently learned that some studies have demonstrated that Cognitive Behavioral Therapy is an effective treatment for Irritable Bowel Syndrome. No kidding. ---
**Author:** ![EvilTOJ](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ee59a6/32.png) [@EvilTOJ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EvilTOJ)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2009, 2:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/odd-little-facts-that-we-have-just-learned-canada-dry/485648/68 "2009-02-14T14:02:02Z")
No shit? You just blew my mind. ---
**Author:** ![eleanorigby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ee7513/32.png) [@eleanorigby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eleanorigby)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2009, 7:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/odd-little-facts-that-we-have-just-learned-canada-dry/485648/69 "2009-02-14T19:05:25Z")
> [@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”. I always thought that was elb in red, white and blue, but knowing it stood for the Expos, I knew I must be wrong and figured it was some kind of weird M that I couldn’t make out unless I concentrated on it. Not caring all that much, I didn’t. I also never knew that the weird lights and “decor” atop McDonald’s restaurants were intended to be French fries. I just thought it was really bad 70s architecture (it still is). ---
**Author:** ![Raygun99](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/6f9a4e/32.png) [@Raygun99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Raygun99)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2009, 7:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/odd-little-facts-that-we-have-just-learned-canada-dry/485648/70 "2009-02-14T19:43:55Z")
> [@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? While the name canola definitely is partially a marketing construct, canola is absolutely a different plant than rapeseed. Not like, elephants and chimpanzees different, but like, the difference between a terrier and a beagle. ---
**Author:** ![bobot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bobot/32/21622_2.png) [@bobot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bobot)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2009, 9:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/odd-little-facts-that-we-have-just-learned-canada-dry/485648/71 "2009-02-14T21:18:45Z")
I didn’t just learn this, but I remember how dumb I felt when I did learn it. I was 19 years old, working at a concrete company that made manholes. My foreman told me to get some styrene, and I was lost. We had old southerners there, who said things like Si-reen (siren), and when I heard styrene, I had an absolutely blank look on my face. Why didn’t he just say styrofoam?:smack: ---
**Author:** ![AHunter3](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ahunter3/32/368_2.png) [@AHunter3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AHunter3)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2009, 11:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/odd-little-facts-that-we-have-just-learned-canada-dry/485648/72 "2009-02-14T23:02:41Z")
> [@Vox\_Imperatoris](#): > > 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). Mmmm, Buffalo Rock! From childhood I remember another nice brand of golden ginger ale, “Kist”, but I haven’t seen it in freaking eons. So Buffalo Rock it is, when I want golden. ---
**Author:** ![An\_Gadai](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/d6d6ee/32.png) [@An\_Gadai](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/An_Gadai)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2009, 11:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/odd-little-facts-that-we-have-just-learned-canada-dry/485648/73 "2009-02-14T23:52:55Z")
> [@WordMan](#): > > 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… What about [Schweppes Canada Dry](http://www.thedrinkshop.com/products/nlpdetail.php?prodid=2949)? My odd little fact is that Soweto, which is a lovely name comes from **So** uth **We** st **To** wnship. I always thought it was an African language placename. ---
**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 14, 2009, 11:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/odd-little-facts-that-we-have-just-learned-canada-dry/485648/74 "2009-02-14T23:58:11Z")
> [@olivesmarch4th](#): > > I recently learned that some studies have demonstrated that Cognitive Behavioral Therapy is an effective treatment for Irritable Bowel Syndrome. No kidding. There is apparently a very strong connection between our brains and our guts. Who knew, eh? ---
**Author:** ![groo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/ecd19e/32.png) [@groo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/groo)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2009, 3:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/odd-little-facts-that-we-have-just-learned-canada-dry/485648/75 "2009-02-15T15:40:56Z")
> [@Green\_Bean](#): > > 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). Thank you! ---
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2009, 3:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/odd-little-facts-that-we-have-just-learned-canada-dry/485648/76 "2009-02-15T15:55:58Z")
> [@Green\_Bean](#): > > 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). Not surprisingly, the [pediatric](http://63.134.213.184/_media/imgs/articles/a74_APCLogo.jpg) [center](http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&source=s_q&hl=en&geocode=&q=columbia+pike+%26+s+highland+st,+arlington,+va&sll=38.884491,-77.094606&sspn=0.009938,0.02135&g=10th+st+s+%26+s+highland+st,+arlington,+va&ie=UTF8&ll=38.8621,-77.08879&spn=0.009941,0.02135&t=h&z=16&iwloc=addr&layer=c&cbll=38.862132,-77.088677&panoid=wkH-BOhB3tda_WjpWGKbsA&cbp=12,300.1103101676489,,0,0.7444067883424939) was only in business for a few years. ---
**Author:** ![FarmerChick](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/a9a28c/32.png) [@FarmerChick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FarmerChick)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2009, 6:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/odd-little-facts-that-we-have-just-learned-canada-dry/485648/77 "2009-02-15T18:37:19Z")
> [@Raygun99](#): > > While the name canola definitely is partially a marketing construct, canola is absolutely a different plant than rapeseed. Not like, elephants and chimpanzees different, but like, the difference between a terrier and a beagle. Oh come on, it has evolved like every other plant or animal has in the last 35+ years. I don’t see them changing the name of oats or wheat though. A dog is still a dog, a rose is still a rose, and canola is still rapeseed. Anyway, I don’t mean to hijack this thread, so enough of this from me. ---
**Author:** ![Cerowyn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/82dd89/32.png) [@Cerowyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cerowyn)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2009, 8:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/odd-little-facts-that-we-have-just-learned-canada-dry/485648/78 "2009-02-15T20:55:36Z")
> [@WordMan](#): > > 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… Canada Dry is the brand name, Vox Imperatoris’s assertion notwithstanding. The 1907 recipe was much paler and drier than competing ginger ales, which is why it became popular in New York around that period. Prohibition was part of the reason that sales of the existing version went national, and also the genesis of new products to complement [mask] bathtub gin and moonshine. Ironically, Cadbury Scheppes plc actually owns Canada Dry (as part of their Dr. Pepper/7UP operation). ---
**Author:** ![Euryphaessa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/c5a1d2/32.png) [@Euryphaessa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Euryphaessa)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2009, 10:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/odd-little-facts-that-we-have-just-learned-canada-dry/485648/79 "2009-02-15T22:59:39Z")
> [@FarmerChick](#): > > Oh come on, it has evolved like every other plant or animal has in the last 35+ years. I don’t see them changing the name of oats or wheat though. A dog is still a dog, a rose is still a rose, and canola is still rapeseed. > > Anyway, I don’t mean to hijack this thread, so enough of this from me. I will continue the hijack for a moment: Canola is a result of selective breeding of rape to make an edible oil, since rapeseed oil from the natural cultivar is toxic to people. Yeah, it’s technically just a different variety of the same plant, but it has been pretty heavily modified from the original version. You can still argue that it should be just called rape, but the word canola (Canadian oil, low acid) distinguishes it from the varieties that produce the toxic acid. Rapeseed oil could mean oil from conventional rape as well as the non-toxic kind, while canola definitely only means the edible kind. ---
**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 16, 2009, 5:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/odd-little-facts-that-we-have-just-learned-canada-dry/485648/80 "2009-02-16T05:52:20Z")
> [@Cerowyn](#): > > Canada Dry is the brand name, **Vox Imperatoris’s assertion notwithstanding**. The 1907 recipe was much paler and drier than competing ginger ales, which is why it became popular in New York around that period. Prohibition was part of the reason that sales of the existing version went national, and also the genesis of new products to complement [mask] bathtub gin and moonshine. > > Ironically, Cadbury Scheppes plc actually owns Canada Dry (as part of their Dr. Pepper/7UP operation). 😕 I didn’t claim that it wasn’t the brand name; I was just explaining the origin of it, since I thought it was interesting. Valete, Vox Imperatoris [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/odd-little-facts-that-we-have-just-learned-canada-dry/485648.md?page=3) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/odd-little-facts-that-we-have-just-learned-canada-dry/485648.md?page=5)