# Pepsi Is Unpatriotic! Drink Coke! **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [March 29, 2003, 2:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pepsi-is-unpatriotic-drink-coke/164956 "2003-03-29T02:16:59Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![elucidator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8edcca/32.png) [@elucidator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elucidator)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2003, 2:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pepsi-is-unpatriotic-drink-coke/164956/1 "2003-03-29T02:16:59Z")
It is becoming increasingly apparent, as the insidious truth slowly creeps out into public view: Pepsi has aligned itself with the hairly peaceniks and “appeasers”. Pepsi is pro-Saddam, and does not support our troops. Just look to the Academy Awards, that public orgy of limousine liberals, with thier coy little flashes of anti-war finger signs. Leading up to a grand crescendo of anti-Americanism as personified by “Osamichael” Moore, who dared to degrade the finest President we have had this century! And sponsored by who? Need you ask? Pepsi. And the Dixie Chicks, the Mata Haris of the double-wide set, publicly degrading our Warrior Prince before an audience of the only _real_ allies we have, or are likely to. And who, a right thinking American will ask, _who_ dares to sponsor these coy comrades, this white-trash trio of truculent troglodytes? Pepsi. Need more proof? Consult, fellow outraged patriot, this article [http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A42607-2003Mar28.html](http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A42607-2003Mar28.html) from the _Washington Post_. With whom do the backstabbing Yurpeens associate red blooded Americanism with? “In the northern port city of Hamburg, 10 French restaurant owners collectively decided last week to strike American products, including Coca-Cola, bourbon and Marlboro cigarettes, from their menus.” _French_ restataunts, as if you didn’t already know! Never mind stealing the name of that most American of sandwiches! Perhaps that could be forgiven, grudgingly, but this…this _perfidy_! And further: “In the southeastern French city of Bayonne, the staff of a bar run by Basque antimilitarists dumped their Coca-Cola stocks into the sewers Saturday.” Want more? Is your patriotic blood not sufficiently boiling? "Jean Bidegain…handed out a flyer reading: “No to war, no to American imperialism, boycott Coca-Cola.” So go ahead, you Saddamites! Buy a Pepsi! I’m going to have a Coke and a snarl! ---
**Author:** ![Davebear](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/bcef8e/32.png) [@Davebear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Davebear)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2003, 2:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pepsi-is-unpatriotic-drink-coke/164956/2 "2003-03-29T02:26:48Z")
Bahahahaha! Very funny. But, April Fool’s isn’t until Tuesday. Oh, wait. You were serious? :rolleyes: ---
**Author:** ![Zenster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/cdc98d/32.png) [@Zenster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zenster)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2003, 2:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pepsi-is-unpatriotic-drink-coke/164956/3 "2003-03-29T02:30:13Z")
Too bad there isn’t a “Serious Farce” forum. You’d fit right in. ---
**Author:** ![X\_Slayer\_ALE](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/x/bbe5ce/32.png) [@X\_Slayer\_ALE](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/X_Slayer_ALE)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2003, 2:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pepsi-is-unpatriotic-drink-coke/164956/4 "2003-03-29T02:30:14Z")
I knew it! Thats why I drink only coke. …but my Atkins diet forbids the intake of sugar filled sodas. ☹ booooo! ---
**Author:** ![wonky](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wonky/32/393_2.png) [@wonky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wonky)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2003, 2:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pepsi-is-unpatriotic-drink-coke/164956/5 "2003-03-29T02:35:07Z")
I would be perfectly content if everyone else drank Pepsi. Why? More Coke for me! Mwahaha! Ahem. Julie ---
**Author:** ![Tuckerfan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/eada6e/32.png) [@Tuckerfan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tuckerfan)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2003, 2:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pepsi-is-unpatriotic-drink-coke/164956/6 "2003-03-29T02:53:38Z")
I’ll stick to Dr. Pepper, thank you very much. ---
**Author:** ![Reeder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c6cbf5/32.png) [@Reeder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Reeder)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2003, 3:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pepsi-is-unpatriotic-drink-coke/164956/7 "2003-03-29T03:06:39Z")
And just where does **Cheerwine** fit in this madness? ---
**Author:** ![Lobsang](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lobsang/32/4067_2.png) [@Lobsang](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lobsang)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2003, 3:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pepsi-is-unpatriotic-drink-coke/164956/8 "2003-03-29T03:13:54Z")
> [@](#): > > the finest President we have had this century! Ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha (pause for breath) ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha sigh ---
**Author:** ![DreadCthulhu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/db5fbb/32.png) [@DreadCthulhu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DreadCthulhu)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2003, 3:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pepsi-is-unpatriotic-drink-coke/164956/9 "2003-03-29T03:18:48Z")
I second \*\* Tuckerfan \*\*; Dr. Pepper is the soda of the Gods. And Great Old Ones too. ---
**Author:** ![NaSultainne](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/8797f3/32.png) [@NaSultainne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NaSultainne)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2003, 3:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pepsi-is-unpatriotic-drink-coke/164956/10 "2003-03-29T03:19:33Z")
Sorry, it’s still diet Pepsi for me, at least for now. I’ll gladly join the boycott against Coke though…😃 Oh, and **Lobsang** , we’re still one up on you guys. We managed to dump Madonna on your doorstep with nary a peep from any of ya.😉 ---
**Author:** ![elucidator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8edcca/32.png) [@elucidator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elucidator)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2003, 3:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pepsi-is-unpatriotic-drink-coke/164956/11 "2003-03-29T03:24:46Z")
Well, of course, Dr. Pepper, being invented in Waco, Texas, (The Athens of the Brazos) is naturally the drink of all right-thinking, true-blue Americans. Nonetheless, there are vastly more Yankees (which is odd, since about half of 'em are homos…) ---
**Author:** ![clayton\_e](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/c57346/32.png) [@clayton\_e](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/clayton_e)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2003, 3:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pepsi-is-unpatriotic-drink-coke/164956/12 "2003-03-29T03:49:56Z")
😕 😕 😕 😕 😕 Wow… 😕 😕 😕 😕 😕 Truly odd… but **Lobsang** ’s got it right. ---
**Author:** ![Duckster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/duckster/32/1244_2.png) [@Duckster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Duckster)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2003, 5:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pepsi-is-unpatriotic-drink-coke/164956/13 "2003-03-29T05:02:26Z")
You bet! Pepsi comes in patriotic red, white and blue cans while Coke comes in commie pinko red cans. Pepsi is headquarted in New York, that east coast pinko liberal state, while Coke is headquarted in Georgia, that suthern, conservative backward state. Pepsi attracts consumers with America’s slut puppy, Brittany Spears. Coke just infuses itself insiduously into evey nook and crany of America and the world, just like the commie pinkos. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Gaudere](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e495f1/32.png) [@Gaudere](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gaudere)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2003, 5:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pepsi-is-unpatriotic-drink-coke/164956/14 "2003-03-29T05:21:38Z")
[Moderator Hat ON] Not a Great Debate, off to IMHO. [Moderator Hat OFF] ---
**Author:** ![Achernar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e274bd/32.png) [@Achernar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Achernar)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2003, 5:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pepsi-is-unpatriotic-drink-coke/164956/15 "2003-03-29T05:41:59Z")
Ha, this is kind of strange, but the main reason that I prefer Coke to Pepsi is that Coke is more international. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Dewey\_Cheatem\_Undhow](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/13edae/32.png) [@Dewey\_Cheatem\_Undhow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dewey_Cheatem_Undhow)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2003, 6:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pepsi-is-unpatriotic-drink-coke/164956/16 "2003-03-29T06:14:59Z")
I keep thinking of that old John Belushi SNL sketch. “Cheeseburga, Cheeseburga, Pepsi. No Coke.” ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2003, 6:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pepsi-is-unpatriotic-drink-coke/164956/17 "2003-03-29T06:21:49Z")
And off we go to MPSIMS. ---
**Author:** ![Ashkicker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/4bbf92/32.png) [@Ashkicker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ashkicker)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2003, 6:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pepsi-is-unpatriotic-drink-coke/164956/18 "2003-03-29T06:34:30Z")
Oh shit. This can’t be good. I own stock in Pepsi. I only have 3 shares though. Does that make me a bad person?😃 ---
**Author:** ![Lobsang](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lobsang/32/4067_2.png) [@Lobsang](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lobsang)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2003, 6:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pepsi-is-unpatriotic-drink-coke/164956/19 "2003-03-29T06:34:40Z")
We were already there **Czarcasm** Weren’t we? ---
**Author:** ![Lobsang](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lobsang/32/4067_2.png) [@Lobsang](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lobsang)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2003, 6:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pepsi-is-unpatriotic-drink-coke/164956/20 "2003-03-29T06:35:44Z")
Oh. It’s been in three forums. Is that a record? One mod overruling another one? [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pepsi-is-unpatriotic-drink-coke/164956.md?page=2)