[Puke]

It has been my experience that people that come from places that have 'pop' also posess a substance known as 'soda-water.'

I have heard this 'soda-water' used to refer to carbonated beverages of all kinds, as well as this Nasty Sh*t that you can obtain from 'soda fountains' (the source of fountain drinks) that appears to be the water+soda (being the chemical soda, not the slang term) before it is mixed with the flavouring syrup. why anyone would consume such a thing is beyond my ability to comprehend.

On this logic, it would seem that the back-woods folks with their 'pop,' while they are bizzare and culturaly-devoid enough to consume soda-water, are a step up in technical terminology from us in the civilized world with our 'soda.' In my defense, I atribute this to the fact that we have evolved passed the need for such things as 'soda-water' and that without this root from which to derive a destinction between 'soda' and 'pop' we have discarded an obsolete term.

While some of you might be thinking that ethnic clensing is a perfictly good method of settleing the 'soda' vs 'pop' debate, I would remind you that this is America (specificly, the United States of said continent) where at least I know Im free (to call my carbonated beverage whatever I darn well please.) ...and I think I'll call this one "Bob."

*pop* fizzzzz glug-glug-glug


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"...the green, sticky spawn of the stars"
(with apologies to H.P.L.)

edit: wait, dont flame me. the backwoods culturally-devoid thing was a joke. I dont look down upon anyone based on their locality, unless they are from LA. you can tell from my superb spelling how edumacated I am, so if you really think I would insult the education / culture of a group of people just because they are from another part of the country.. well.. maybe i... I mean, THINK AGAIN!

[This message has been edited by Puke (edited 27 July 2001).]