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Hey, have you tried Coke Zero?

So, most of you should know by now that one of my hobbies is soft drinks. That I know of, I have tasted every soft drink nationally distributed by Coca-Cola and Pepsi-Cola in my lifetime. This excludes: a) non-carbonated drinks such as waters, juices, sports drinks, b) regional-only products such as Red Rattler, c) energy drinks such as Amp, and, of course, d) products sold only in non-U.S. areas, such as Mexico’s Coke Light, or England’s Pepsi Max (actually, I have had many of those, too, but cannot nearly claim them all). This will exclude, also, U.S’s recent foray into Mexico’s Fanta products.

Here’s the list:

Coca-Cola Products
Coca-Cola
New Coke (now Coke II)
Coke Classic
Diet Coke
Caffeine Free Coke
Caffiene Free Diet Coke
Coke with Lime
Diet Coke with Lime
Diet Coke with lemon
Vanilla Coke
Vanilla Diet Coke
Cherry Coke
Cherry Diet Coke
Diet Coke with Splenda
Coke Zero
Coke C2
Sprite
Diet Sprite
Sprite Remix Tropical Mix
Sprite Remix Mixed Berry
Sprite Remix Aruba Jam
Sprite Zero
Tab
Dr. Pepper
Diet Dr. Pepper
Cherry Vanilla Dr. Pepper
Diet Cherry Vanilla Dr. Pepper
Barq’s Root Beer
Diet Barq’s Root Beer
Barq’s Red Creme Soda
Barq’s Golden Vanilla Creme Soda
Canada Dry Ginger Ale
A&W Root Beer
Diet A&W Root Beer
Barq’s Floatz
Fresca
Mello Yello
Diet Mello Yello

Pepsi-Cola Products
Pepsi-Cola
Diet Pepsi
Pepsi Free
Pepsi Twist
Diet Pepsi Twist
Pepsi Lime
Diet Pepsi Lime
Holiday Spice Pepsi
Mountain Dew
Diet Mountain Dew
Mountain Dew Code Red
Diet Mountain Dew Code Red
Moutain Dew Pitch Black
Mountain Dew Livewire
Mountain Dew Baja Blast (Taco Bell Only)
Pepsi Vanilla
Diet Pepsi Vanilla
Pepsi One
Sierra Mist
Sierra Mist Free
Pepsi Edge
Wild Cherry Pepsi
Diet Wild Cherry Pepsi
Slice
Mug Root Beer
Diet Mug Root Beer
Crystal Pepsi
Pepsi Blue
Pepsi Light

Anyone have any others I should know about?

As for all the myriad diet colas, I think we should have a Taste-test night at M-n-R’s. We could each pitch-in a buck or two, buy EVERY diet Coke and Pepsi variant, and compare to see which we like best. Who’s up for that?

*** EDIT ***
I neglected to list the following beverages from the 7Up family:
7Up
Diet 7Up
Cherry 7Up
Diet Cherry 7Up
7Up Gold
7Up Plus
dnL – (7Up logo upside down and backwards – weird drink)

Many years ago, while home sick and channel surfing, I happened across a daytime soap – the specific show’s name now eludes me and has been lost to time and tide. Anyway, I stopped on the show because I saw a halfway cute girl – did I need a better reason than that? No. I still watch shows just because the actress is cute – shows I don’t even like.

So, this girl was just a LITTLE, TINY bit chubby in the cheeks (both) – maybe a size 12, and as I watched, it was clear her character was dramatically unhappy about this. However, the writers of the show wanted to showcase eating disorders, so this girly on the screen before me was hiding in her bedroom, grabbing the uneaten HALF of a Snickers candy bar from its hiding place under her pillow, and CRYING while she ate it, seemingly unable to stop the madness of binge-ing down HALF a candy bar.

That was one of the most hilarious things I had ever seen! Eating disorders are no laughing matter, and those affected may ruin their lives, which is very sad. However, the absurdity of their portrayal of girls’ self-image problems and weight issues was unreal and absurd to the point of HILARIOUS. Yeah, keep crying, baby! Nobody will EVER love a fat cow like you at a size 12. And that 1/2 Snikcers is going to plump you up so badly, no dreamy guy will even want to LOOK at you, much less marry you in the Dream Wedding you have been planning since you were five years old. Ridiculous!

So, after I started dating MissyG, I told her this story, which she thought was funny, too. And whenever I go to the kitchen (out of her line of sight) and grab a quick snack while staying in the kitchen (it’s a guy thing – that’s where the grub is, no plates are needed, no clean-up to follow), she now jokingly accuses me of hiding and eating and crying.

Well, here’s a website full of videos of folks eating while crying about various frustrations, each listed with their video link. Have a look! Hours (ok, really,minutes – the bit gets old after four or five of them) of fun await you and your QuickTime video player. I particularly enjoy the Reasons provided for why each of them is crying.

What’s your favorite? Do YOU cry while you eat? Oh, the humanity!

**UPDATE**
People keep adding new videos of their own to the site. My new favorite is Giacomo. It even has soundtrack music and more than one camera angle!

Let’s get a group together to go see Penny Lane!

They are one of the best (well, honestly, I’ve only seen two) Beatles cover bands I have seen, and they perform here in the area frequently. They used to be free Friday night regulars at a bar 1/2 block off of Metairie Rd. and Focis, but the bar got a new owner who decided they must go. (Hmph. He must be a Rolling Stones fan…)

They usually do a “4-hour” show, broken into two sets of under two hours, each. They perform early Beatles in the first set, in full costume from the early/mid sixties. Then, they take a break, and come back in hippy-style outfits to do everything from Sgt. Pepper’s, forward. Their best singer is a Paul sound-alike, so they tend to do a little more of his stuff. That’s fine by me, since I prefer Sir Paul’s songs.

I tried to get them as the entertainment for my birthday party, but they wanted more than the $37 bucks I had in my wallet, so that didn’t pan out. Oh well! We can still go see them FOR FREE (I think…) Here are upcoming showtimes:

April 2 – Saturday
RC’s Tavern, Chalmette La. -Paris Rd at St. Bernard Hwy. Showtime-10PM-2PM
April 16 – Saturday
Storyville, 717 Camp St. New Orleans, La. – Showtime-8PM-12:00

I like the looks of the Storyville show on the 16th – it starts mid-evening and ends early enough so nobody turns into a pumpkin, plus Storyville has food for those of you with the munchies… Or, we could visit Rhonda’s people in The Parish on April 2nd at RC’s tavern (anyone ever heard of that joint?). Either way, I think it would be a refreshing new event for our motley crew.

“But, Milton, there are aleady plans for -BLANK- night.”
OK, well, our buddy GonzO hasn’t set up www.calendor.worlord.com, yet, so I can’t keep track. Anyone know of any previously scheduled events?

Waddaya think?

Here is a link to the art of latte foam art:

Cool.

What do you think? Any favorites?

We have a new segment we’d like to introduce the audience to, here on We’ll See. It’s called “Overheard” and it will feature some usually incomplete portion of an overheard conversation I found funny, odd, alarming, or just stupid. They may make no sense to you, but then, they probably will have made no sense to me either, which is why you will see them. All names and actual quotes will be altered to protect the blogger. I make no claims as to the entertainment value of these, except that they made ME laugh or arch an eyebrow. And, as usual, if you don’t like them, get your OWN damned blog and bitch about them on it. ; )

Overheard, today :
M1: Hey, who’s that baseball player with the really hot wife or girlfriend?
M2: I dunno.
-pause
M1: He players for the Dodgers
-pause
M2: Jose Garcia.
M1: Thanks!
-pause
-pause
A1: Who’s Jose Garcia?
M2: I dunno. That white guy baseball player with the hot girl.
A1: Jose Conseco?
M2: Garcia.
A1: There’s no white baseball player named, “Jose” on the Dodgers.
M2: I dunno. Black? White? Spanish. You’re a racist bastard.
A1: (Sarcastically) Yeah, maybe he was white but changed his name to sound all cool and Dominican!
M2: How about go f*&k yourself?

Now this is pretty funny.

This guy is doing what I would never have the nerve to do, myself. Admittedly, I may not agree with all of his choices of targets, but I have to give him the big ups. All he needs is a box, a megaphone, a weird helmet, and he’s off to speak his mind. I love how his target audiences are apprehensive, then interested, then hostile. That’s fun.

Check it out and let me know which is your favorite! Mine is Staind. Angst-ridden indeed!

(P.S. Credit for passing on the site to me goes to CTF – you know who you are, you crazy bastard)