# 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:** 15\ **Page:** 2
**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, 5:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sonic-drive-in-youve-gone-a-step-too-far/1002800/21 "2024-06-13T05:38:37Z")
My Daddy used to make Shirley Temples for the kids with sprite and grenadine. What’s a dirty Shirley Temple? Sounds like a joke…na na na na… I don’t wanna know. 🙈 ---
**Author:** ![kenobi\_65](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kenobi_65/32/13178_2.png) [@kenobi\_65](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kenobi_65)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2024, 5:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sonic-drive-in-youve-gone-a-step-too-far/1002800/22 "2024-06-13T05:44:58Z")
> [@Beckdawrek](#): > > What’s a dirty Shirley Temple? Add some olive juice. 😛 ---
**Author:** ![Die\_Capacitrix](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/die_capacitrix/32/9_2.png) [@Die\_Capacitrix](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Die_Capacitrix)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2024, 5:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sonic-drive-in-youve-gone-a-step-too-far/1002800/23 "2024-06-13T05:55:39Z")
Does this mean that Laverne started the dirty soda trend by mixing milk and Pepsi? I’m trying to cut down sugar, but it sounds like something to try. But I think I’d have problems deciding what to try. ---
**Author:** ![Smapti](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/smapti/32/17938_2.png) [@Smapti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smapti)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2024, 6:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sonic-drive-in-youve-gone-a-step-too-far/1002800/24 "2024-06-13T06:07:38Z")
Isn’t this just an Italian soda? They’ve been a thing at non-Starbucks coffee shops here on the west coast for at least 25 years - soda water, heavy cream, and Torani syrup in the flavor of your choice, stirred with ice and whipped cream on top. ---
**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, 6:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sonic-drive-in-youve-gone-a-step-too-far/1002800/25 "2024-06-13T06:30:08Z")
Olive and Shirley, I knew they were bad bad bad girls. ---
**Author:** ![CalMeacham](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/calmeacham/32/35_2.png) [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2024, 2:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sonic-drive-in-youve-gone-a-step-too-far/1002800/26 "2024-06-13T14:16:01Z")
> [@Skywatcher](#): > > [It came from Utah](https://www.nrn.com/quick-service/dirty-sodas-appeal-young-experimental-restaurant-consumers) so bored teenage Mormons are likely involved. How can it come from Utah and not have Green Punch in it? You can make Green Punch with this recipe, usinf Lime Jello [https://www.cooks.com/recipe/d15wa2ki/mormon-punch.html#google\_vignette](https://www.cooks.com/recipe/d15wa2ki/mormon-punch.html#google_vignette) > **[Green Punch](https://www.allrecipes.com/recipe/18940/green-punch/)** > > This refreshing green punch is made with lime jello, pineapple juice, and orange juice, punched up with ginger ale. Great for Saint Patrick's Day! ---
**Author:** ![mixdenny](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mixdenny/32/2962_2.png) [@mixdenny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mixdenny)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2024, 4:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sonic-drive-in-youve-gone-a-step-too-far/1002800/27 "2024-06-13T16:47:20Z")
I guess it picks up on the Dirty Martini - a martini with olive juice. My step son ordered an extra dirty and I gave it a sip. Crap. Completely ruins the simple martini taste. However - my favorite appetizer at a local pub is their Dirty Martini Dip. A blend of cream cheese and blue cheese with chopped green olives. Served with a plate of crustini (French bread sliced thin and well toasted). It’s awesome. ---
**Author:** ![Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/prof.pepperwinkle/32/13627_2.png) [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2024, 4:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sonic-drive-in-youve-gone-a-step-too-far/1002800/28 "2024-06-13T16:50:29Z")
[![](https://th.bing.com/th/id/OIP.r4lHyv6IymjiIYpnAJtImQHaEK?rs=1&pid=ImgDetMain) ](https://th.bing.com/th/id/OIP.r4lHyv6IymjiIYpnAJtImQHaEK?rs=1&pid=ImgDetMain) My son-in-law likes it a lot. ---
**Author:** ![solost](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/solost/32/11776_2.png) [@solost](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/solost)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2024, 4:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sonic-drive-in-youve-gone-a-step-too-far/1002800/29 "2024-06-13T16:58:58Z")
> [@Beckdawrek](#): > > What’s a dirty Shirley Temple? > Sounds like a joke…na na na na… I don’t wanna know. 🙈 Well, she had 3 kids, so she got dirty at least 3 times. ---
**Author:** ![DorkVader](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/73ab20/32.png) [@DorkVader](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DorkVader)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2024, 6:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sonic-drive-in-youve-gone-a-step-too-far/1002800/30 "2024-06-13T18:26:19Z")
> [@Die\_Capacitrix](#): > > Does this mean that Laverne started the dirty soda trend by mixing milk and Pepsi Nah, that’s a “chocolate moo” as I understand the drink. No cacao beans are harmed or harvested to make it. ---
**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, 6:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sonic-drive-in-youve-gone-a-step-too-far/1002800/31 "2024-06-13T18:37:21Z")
I’d think the acid in the 7up, added to milk in this classic ad, would make the milk curdle. Ugh. > **[Seven-Up In Milk! Mmmmmm “Wholesome.” - Sociological Images](https://thesocietypages.org/socimages/2009/08/05/seven-up-in-milk-mmmmmm-wholesome/)** > > The Society Pages (TSP) is an open-access social science project headquartered in the Department of Sociology at the University of Minnesota ---
**Author:** ![furryman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/furryman/32/99_2.png) [@furryman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/furryman)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2024, 6:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sonic-drive-in-youve-gone-a-step-too-far/1002800/32 "2024-06-13T18:44:22Z")
> [@Beckdawrek](#): > > Third: a vaguely sexual innuendo enough? 🤔 If you think this is bad you should see some of the TV cigarette ads of the 60’s. ---
**Author:** ![Spoons](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spoons/32/3141_2.png) [@Spoons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoons)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2024, 6:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sonic-drive-in-youve-gone-a-step-too-far/1002800/33 "2024-06-13T18:52:39Z")
> [@nearwildheaven](#): > > I’d think the acid in the 7up, added to milk in this classic ad, would make the milk curdle. Ugh. If you believe this, 7-Up works well with everything: [https://www.lileks.com/institute/gallery/sevenup2/index.html](https://www.lileks.com/institute/gallery/sevenup2/index.html) Hey, you can baste a ham with it! Jelly salads, salad dressing, cakes and icing, it’s good for everything! Including milk: [https://www.lileks.com/institute/gallery/sevenup2/10.html](https://www.lileks.com/institute/gallery/sevenup2/10.html) Blecch! ---
**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 14, 2024, 9:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sonic-drive-in-youve-gone-a-step-too-far/1002800/34 "2024-06-14T21:04:45Z")
> [@Spoons](#): > > cakes One in particular. > **[Watergate Cake - The Seasoned Mom](https://www.theseasonedmom.com/watergate-cake/)** > > This vintage Watergate Cake is a pistachio, pecan, and coconut dessert that's topped with a creamy whipped frosting. An easy sweet treat! ---
**Author:** ![VOW](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/vow/32/3043_2.png) [@VOW](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VOW)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2024, 12:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sonic-drive-in-youve-gone-a-step-too-far/1002800/35 "2024-06-17T12:17:36Z")
That sounds absolutely revolting. Reminds me of a story my mother told me, some mischief she had pulled off when she was a kid. My mother grew up in Missouri. Summertime: hot, humid, buggy, miserable. Everyone had eaten the last meal of the day, and my grandmother said she was going to sit outside in the shade, hoping to catch a breeze. My mother and her sisters knew that meant they were to clean the kitchen and do the dishes, and oh, yes, bring my grandmother a fresh glass of iced tea. The devil possessed those girls, and prompted them to fill a glass with whatever liquid was left on the table: the juice from the beets, the salad dressing at the bottom of the bowl, even the last of the gravy. Plop in a few ice cubes, and carry it out to my grandmother. And then they stood back to hear her yell. That’s what comes to my mind when I read about these new Dirty Sodas. Yuck. ~VOW [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sonic-drive-in-youve-gone-a-step-too-far/1002800.md?page=1)