Funny things you've overheard about beer

n240sxguy said:

Maybe the quote has to do with the passage of time part. Nobody has cared what vanilla ice had to say for a looong time.

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has anyone really ever cared what vanilla ice had to say?

Pyg said:

has anyone really ever cared what vanilla ice had to say?

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In 6th grade I REALLY wanted to be rolling in my 5.0 with my ragtop down so my hair could blow.

Maybe Vanilla Ice is a member here. Ya'll ever thought of that? Huh?

n240sxguy said:

No, the south is the smartest, and most typical of the bunch. Ever heard of "fedexing" something? That's using the most popular brand as the generic name for the entire industry. How bout xeroxing something. Same thing again. Just google it; there's another one. If you had been in the south for 6 years, he would've asked for a Coke, and gotten something similar to what he intended.

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Lots of brand names are used as replacements for product names - in many parts of the US you'll see Band-Aid for bandage, Kleenex for tissue, Advil and Tylenol for Ibuprofen and Acetominophen (or however it's spelled - it's called paracetamol or something in most of the rest of the world anyway), and so on. FedEx isn't one I've heard though unless it's referring to the actual service. If you said you were going to Fedex something to me and it came on the UPS truck, I'd think you were a weirdo.

The brunt of the Coke debate is that all of those other things are more or less distinct products where swapping one for another doesn't make a significant material difference to most people. Carbonated soft drinks, on the other hand, come in a wide variety of distinct styles and flavors and can't really be exchanged for one another in most cases. Most varieties of soda are significantly different from Coca-Cola, so assiging the name of Coke to the whole category risks confusion. It would be akin to calling all fast food restaurants McDonalds. "Hey guys, we're going out to get some McDonalds." "Oh, great, pick me up a seven layer burrito and some nachos."

I agree - once again, this is coming from someone that lives in an area where that map says we predominantly call carbonated soft drinks "Coke", and I can dispute that with facts.

It's called "soda" around here.

*EDIT* Of course, it seems that all beer around here is called Bud Light. But that may be because 90% of the beer drunk around here is Bud Light...

NONE OF THIS IS FUNNY

Neither is your post.



This thread hasn't been funny since before I joined.

^Relevant Facts

Ouch! My feels!

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slym2none said:

Neither is your post.



This thread hasn't been funny since before I joined.

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Then you see the connection too.

dkwolf said:

Lighten up, Francis. The guy's been a member here less than a month. He found a (really, really, REALLY) long post that interests him, and has been working his way through it.

Sure, reviving a long-dead thread with a new reply is typically bad etiquette. But heck, this thread has no point, has been a convoluted mess (with countless derailments) from the start. So what if a post from 3 years ago gets quoted? This thread has never been "dormant" for more than about a week, so it's not like it's being drug up from the archives of the forum.

Edit: On another forum, we had a name for it. There was a thread (kind of like this one, or the drunken ramblings thread) that would routinely go through 30-40 pages of new posts EVERY DAY. One regular ("Webfoot" is his screen name) would go camping for a weekend, then come back Sunday night and get caught up. Sometimes it was entertaining just reading his posts as he went through the 100+ pages, commenting as he went. Hence, the term (in that group, at least) "Webfooting".

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I just think it's a hassle to the poster. If I comment on an earlier post, then I end up at the end of the thread. I rarely go back to keep reading old posts at that point.

From what I am reading here it sounds like maybe the mods sjould just delete everything that is over a couple of months old.

Personally, I think a lot of the old posts are more worthy of comment than many of the new ones.

I'm thinking I should revisit the econ derail. 😕

Trippel-A said:

I'm thinking I should revisit the econ derail. 😕

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Where's Billy? This guy needs a berry-punch.

Flying Dragon Double Stops The Traffic Berry Pawnch!!!

mattrox said:

Completely tongue in cheek.

But it seems an odd that if you want a fizzy drink and there is a grape shasta you've got your eye on, you ask for a cola brand.

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That'd be a "Grape Coke"...

ericbw said:

I just think it's a hassle to the poster. If I comment on an earlier post, then I end up at the end of the thread. I rarely go back to keep reading old posts at that point.

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jimdkc said:

That'd be a "Grape Coke"...

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Exactly!!!

Who has ever ordered a grape Shasta anyway? Not that they aren't good, but I've never seen Shasta on draft.

jimdkc said:

That'd be a "Grape Coke"...

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So if we were to apply this to the topic;

if the predominant brand replaced the word "Beer" you could order a BMC and expect a SNPA

I'll have a Bud, the SNPA one.....

mattrox said:

So if we were to apply this to the topic;

if the predominant brand replaced the word "Beer" you could order a BMC and expect a SNPA

I'll have a Bud, the SNPA one.....

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It's really not hard. It doesn't apply to everything in your life. Just cokes.

And "coke" is actually a pretty funny word when you think about it...
when you've had a few "beers"...

jimdkc said:

That'd be a "Grape Coke"...

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So... Sprite would be "lemon-lime Coke"? That's so much easier & better than just saying "Sprite"...

slym2none said:

So... Sprite would be "lemon-lime Coke"? That's so much easier & better than just saying "Sprite"...

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Server: Would you like a coke?
Me: Yes, I'll have a Sprite.
(Although I'd actually say 7-Up)

Server: Would you like a coke?
Me: No, I'd like a Sprite, please.

If you can't see how the other way can cause confusion, please, keep defending it.

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I open the reply window in a new tab.

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Ah.

Can't do it on the app.

slym2none said:

Server: Would you like a coke?
Me: No, I'd like a Sprite, please.

If you can't see how the other way can cause confusion, please, keep defending it.

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Not defending - just saying it works both ways.
It's good to speak the language...

In Alabama going into the store:

Do you want a coke?

Yeah, get me a Dr Pepper.

In Michigan:

Do you want a pop?

Yeah, get me a Dr Pepper.

In New England:

Do you want a soda?

Yeah, get me a Dr Pepper.

In some other part of the nation:

Do you want a soft drink?

Yeah, get me a Dr Pepper.

Not confusing, unless of course, you wish to be obtuse.

Alabama?



That explains it.

LAHammer said:

Not defending - just saying it works both ways.
It's good to speak the language...

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So, you can't see how the one way could cause confusion?

Just sayin.....

Just to add more confusion and add yet another option to the mix by bring back clear pepsi!

LAHammer said:

Server: Would you like a coke?
Me: Yes, I'll have a Sprite.
(Although I'd actually say 7-Up)

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And I'd ask for a lemonade. And get told off. Happens every time.

Fact: the South is not a single genre of culture/accent.
There are multiple dialects of the southern accent. Mountain, peach, bama, gulf, delta, methtuckian, vergeenean, and hoiti toitian.

Knowing that, and growing up in and traveling the south, I can't recall anyone every saying they want a coke when they wanted anything other than a Coke. Also, I have met very few southerners that drink Pepsi...

Can we get back to beer already?

Also acceptable in the South, instead of "Coke", is "Co-Cola"

It can get get confusing if you want a different brand of cola-flavored beverage. I.E.: "I'll have me a RC Co-Cola!"

Also, "Orange Coke" (aka: Orange Co-Cola) is probably more popular than the previously mentioned "Grape Coke".

jimdkc said:

Also acceptable in the South, instead of "Coke", is "Co-Cola"

It can get get confusing if you want a different brand of cola-flavored beverage. I.E.: "I'll have me a RC Co-Cola!"

Also, "Orange Coke" (aka: Orange Co-Cola) is probably more popular than the previously mentioned "Grape Coke".

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My head is spinning... operator, can I get off the ride now??

would you like another cup of cawfeh?
why, yes. I'd like more dry wheat toast.

Dry white toast & four whole fried chickens, please!

Billy
Feel free to liberally dole out the berry punches as needed to derail this derail. After all, as long as you get the beverage you are seeking, what difference does it really make when you are standing in front of the pearly gates awaiting St. Peter's approval.

Anytime somebody ever asks for a Coke when they mean Sprite, I'm just gonna hand them a bud light lime.

I find this to be entertaining. Let the good times roll. When in Rome, do as the Romans.

Roland_deschain said:

Just sayin.....

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Finally, back to the funny..... (not that you aren't BK, but I just got back on to check.... heaven help I reference a previous post more than an hour old, I might get severely reprimanded by those self appointed post-time nazis/negative nancys)