# Sonic Drive-in. You've gone a step too far **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [June 12, 2024, 9:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sonic-drive-in-youve-gone-a-step-too-far/1002800 "2024-06-12T21:32:07Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2024, 9:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sonic-drive-in-youve-gone-a-step-too-far/1002800/1 "2024-06-12T21:32:07Z")
Ok. Went to Sonic. Got me an unsweetened Tea. As usual. They have a new ad on the order sign thingy. _The_ Sonic Dirty drink. Ivy had to try it. Dr.Pepper, coconut cream, lime wedge. The picture looked disgusting. Ivy said it tasted nasty. First: Don’t name anything _dirty_ at a drive in restaurant. Dumb. Second: at least make it taste ok. At least. Third: a vaguely sexual innuendo enough? 🤔 Who was the person who ok’d this? Gah!! ---
**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:** [June 12, 2024, 9:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sonic-drive-in-youve-gone-a-step-too-far/1002800/2 "2024-06-12T21:43:26Z")
[It came from Utah](https://www.nrn.com/quick-service/dirty-sodas-appeal-young-experimental-restaurant-consumers) so bored teenage Mormons are likely involved. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Just\_Asking\_Questions](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ba9def/32.png) [@Just\_Asking\_Questions](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Just_Asking_Questions)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2024, 10:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sonic-drive-in-youve-gone-a-step-too-far/1002800/3 "2024-06-12T22:11:14Z")
Dr pepper you say? > [@Skywatcher](#): > > Mormons are likely involved. fer sure ---
**Author:** ![Velocity](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/velocity/32/18006_2.png) [@Velocity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Velocity)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2024, 10:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sonic-drive-in-youve-gone-a-step-too-far/1002800/4 "2024-06-12T22:18:08Z")
I will always love Cajun dirty rice, whatever the name may be. ---
**Author:** ![Q.Q.Switcheroo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/q.q.switcheroo/32/5713_2.png) [@Q.Q.Switcheroo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Q.Q.Switcheroo)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2024, 10:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sonic-drive-in-youve-gone-a-step-too-far/1002800/5 "2024-06-12T22:21:07Z")
I’ll take a bag of Dirty Potato Chips with my dirty martini. ---
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2024, 10:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sonic-drive-in-youve-gone-a-step-too-far/1002800/6 "2024-06-12T22:22:28Z")
Oh me too. But it’s served in my kitchen. Not a drive-in. I’ll gladly eat Corndogs from Sonics nasty grease fryer. But they don’t call them “_Dirty dogs_” ---
**Author:** ![gnoitall](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/bb73d2/32.png) [@gnoitall](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gnoitall)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2024, 10:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sonic-drive-in-youve-gone-a-step-too-far/1002800/7 "2024-06-12T22:32:15Z")
> [@Beckdawrek](#): > > But they don’t call them “_Dirty dogs_” I bet they’d sell like dirty hotcakes if they did. ---
**Author:** ![Kent\_Clark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kent_clark/32/105_2.png) [@Kent\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kent_Clark)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2024, 1:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sonic-drive-in-youve-gone-a-step-too-far/1002800/8 "2024-06-13T01:53:56Z")
> [@Skywatcher](#): > > Mormons are likely involved. > [@Just\_Asking\_Questions](#): > > fer sure Only if it’s caffeine-free Dr. Pepper. Dr. Pepper happens to be my favorite soft drink, and has been since I was a little kid. But it already claims to have 23 distinct flavors blended together, and dumping coconut and lime in it seems like overkill. ---
**Author:** ![Grrr](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/grrr/32/146_2.png) [@Grrr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grrr)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2024, 2:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sonic-drive-in-youve-gone-a-step-too-far/1002800/9 "2024-06-13T02:00:34Z")
I forget what it’s called but they are also serving Dr Pepper with pickles in it. Sonic is going full force for the GenZ crowd on Tiktok. ---
**Author:** ![nearwildheaven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/90db22/32.png) [@nearwildheaven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nearwildheaven)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2024, 2:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sonic-drive-in-youve-gone-a-step-too-far/1002800/10 "2024-06-13T02:03:42Z")
Doesn’t this thread belong in Cafe Society? Anyway, my mom and brother went to her hometown to decorate graves a few weeks ago, and she mentioned stopping at “a carhop place that wasn’t A&W” for some food. I replied, “Sonic? That’s not food.” She chuckled. ---
**Author:** ![SuntanLotion](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/suntanlotion/32/16165_2.png) [@SuntanLotion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SuntanLotion)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2024, 2:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sonic-drive-in-youve-gone-a-step-too-far/1002800/11 "2024-06-13T02:06:47Z")
Theres a pizza place too far from me to visit, they have a pickle pizza. no. ---
**Author:** ![markn\_1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f9ae1b/32.png) [@markn\_1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/markn_1)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2024, 2:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sonic-drive-in-youve-gone-a-step-too-far/1002800/12 "2024-06-13T02:10:24Z")
> [@Beckdawrek](#): > > Dr.Pepper, coconut cream, lime wedge. I tried it but I got a belly ache. At least it only cost a dime. ---
**Author:** ![Just\_Asking\_Questions](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ba9def/32.png) [@Just\_Asking\_Questions](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Just_Asking_Questions)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2024, 2:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sonic-drive-in-youve-gone-a-step-too-far/1002800/13 "2024-06-13T02:17:09Z")
> [@Kent\_Clark](#): > > But it already claims to have 23 distinct flavors blended together Srsly? As kids, we used to say Dr Pepper was what you got if you took the remaining pop from every other flavor after they were bottled and mixed it together. Never knew that was true! ---
**Author:** ![saucywench](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/85e7bf/32.png) [@saucywench](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/saucywench)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2024, 2:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sonic-drive-in-youve-gone-a-step-too-far/1002800/14 "2024-06-13T02:24:44Z")
Now lemme get this straight You put the lime in the coconut? ---
**Author:** ![blondebear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/blondebear/32/1022_2.png) [@blondebear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/blondebear)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2024, 2:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sonic-drive-in-youve-gone-a-step-too-far/1002800/15 "2024-06-13T02:46:18Z")
> [@saucywench](#): > > You put the lime in the coconut? Yeah…and after that you let the good times roll and then you jump into the fire. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2024, 3:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sonic-drive-in-youve-gone-a-step-too-far/1002800/16 "2024-06-13T03:13:47Z")
No no no…“you drink 'em all up!” ---
**Author:** ![Quondam\_Mechanic](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/quondam_mechanic/32/3404_2.png) [@Quondam\_Mechanic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quondam_Mechanic)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2024, 3:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sonic-drive-in-youve-gone-a-step-too-far/1002800/17 "2024-06-13T03:18:13Z")
In my misspent youth in The Bronx, the guy at the soda fountain (my youth was a _long_ time ago) would make us a “cherry coke” by mixing cherry-soda syrup (probably no actual cherries were harmed in its making) and Coke syrup and seltzer. Tasted a lot like Dr. Pepper, as I remember. ---
**Author:** ![Hampshire](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hampshire/32/4887_2.png) [@Hampshire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hampshire)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2024, 3:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sonic-drive-in-youve-gone-a-step-too-far/1002800/18 "2024-06-13T03:20:16Z")
[The dirty soda trend](https://www.eater.com/23041658/dirty-soda-trend-tiktok-coffee-mate-creamer) ---
**Author:** ![saucywench](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/85e7bf/32.png) [@saucywench](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/saucywench)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2024, 3:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sonic-drive-in-youve-gone-a-step-too-far/1002800/19 "2024-06-13T03:38:53Z")
Sure. and then everybody’s talkin’. ---
**Author:** ![nearwildheaven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/90db22/32.png) [@nearwildheaven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nearwildheaven)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2024, 3:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sonic-drive-in-youve-gone-a-step-too-far/1002800/20 "2024-06-13T03:59:18Z")
At Baskin-Robbins ca. 1980, we made cherry Coke floats with a spoonful of juice from the maraschino cherry jar. That stuff is incredibly strong. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sonic-drive-in-youve-gone-a-step-too-far/1002800.md?page=2)