05/04/2003 Entry: "Shasta's Tiki Punch!"

Shasta, the makers of soda pop for people who can't afford real soda pop, have been hitting the town as of late with a new flavor and a spirited twist. Called 'Tiki Punch,' this Easter Island favorite boasts a brave amount of carbonation and a healthy lack of caffeine. Possibly the worst tasting shit I've ever put to my lips, the 12-packs are still worth buying because there's a cool Trader Vic's Tiki God tumbler chilling out on the box. I got the case for a mere two bucks, because companies need to balance out terrible soda with attractive prices.

Each can is also adorned with the friendly Tiki man, almost making up for the sewage inside. Most of you probably haven't heard of Shasta, but they actually produce dozens of flavored colas, ranging from grape to Tiki to strawberry grape Tiki. They stick with what works, and nothing works better than an angry Tiki God snarling on the side of a soda can.

You really can't drink it, and I'm being completely serious. It may be an acquired taste, but I'm not prepared for the tormenting process involved in acquiring this particular taste. Bad, real bad. Picture Kool-Aid mixed with seltzer, cough syrup, battery acid, and possibly frogs. The box points out that the beverage contains absolutely no fruit juice whatsoever, which seems like an odd thing to promote so vividly. I guess they banked on people being too mesmerized by the angelic Tiki head to notice anything else. This works to a degree, but not even a Moai statue can save your throat from this most charged example of liquid Hell.

On the plus side, the cans work great as decorations for your wall unit.

Chestnuts roasted by Mr. Mr. Mr. @ 05/05/2003 12:24 PM EST

Ohana means family. Family means nobody gets left behind.

Chestnuts roasted by CalmingEffect @ 05/05/2003 01:09 PM EST

kids in high school were crazy about skipping class to go buy some shastas for every one else. I always thought that was wierd.

Chestnuts roasted by kennef @ 05/05/2003 02:33 PM EST

Why would noone have heard of shasta, in our local grocery stores, pepsi and coke take up 1/3rd of the isle; 7up, and other little companies the next 1/3rd, and Shasta, the last half. wait, that's too much, but still true. I like a lot of those cheap pops, but my new favorite is dnL, (I don't know if it's supposed to be dnL or 7up-side-down). Tasts almost exactly like mello yello, only better. anywho, I forgot if I had a point bye bye now

Chestnuts roasted by brandon @ 05/05/2003 03:16 PM EST

You call it dnL, but it's clever because it's 7-up wrong side down. SO CLEVER!

Chestnuts roasted by hahaha @ 05/05/2003 03:52 PM EST

OR forgotten

Chestnuts roasted by Gozer @ 05/05/2003 03:59 PM EST

acctually on the advertisments it is listed as dnL around here. I perfer to call it 7up-side-down though, because it's silly.

Chestnuts roasted by dnl @ 05/05/2003 04:21 PM EST

Never heard of this stuff. Sounds interesting. Looks almost good. But if it really does taste like how Matt described it (trust me, battery acid and cough syrup just don't mix) then I might not venture into the relm of Tiki drinks. Tiki. That's a cool word. Tiki tiki tiki tiki tiki tiki. Kinda like a beat. Tikitikitikitikitikitikitiki.

Chestnuts roasted by hippo_crates @ 05/05/2003 05:26 PM EST

usually when i say something's bad, i'm half joking, but this stuff was honestly awful. then again, i'm a soda snob. ps - my caps lock button is stuck. no caps for me.

Chestnuts roasted by Matt @ 05/05/2003 05:30 PM EST

You wanna know an absolutely WRETCHED soda? It's called 'Frula'.I picked up a 2-liter of this awful concoction at the local Sav-A-Lot for a whopping 59 cents, and I still think I got ripped off. It tastes vaguely like creamy fruit punch, but I can't for the life of me figure out what kind of "fruit" they used. I think it's equal parts rutebega extract and bull semen, but not a cool bull that gores matadors and fucks cows like nobody's business. More like a really useless bull that always gets passed over for stampeding in Pamplona or something. Um, right. I'll be going now.

Chestnuts roasted by Patty O'drunk like a fox @ 05/05/2003 05:51 PM EST

Does anyone else drink Jones Soda? Not only are the labels cool, but the stuff tastes amazing. It's like the anti-Fresca.

http://www.jonessoda.com/

Chestnuts roasted by Molten @ 05/05/2003 06:10 PM EST

My favorite odd drink is called Fruite'

Here is some footage from the new Star Wars:
http://www.waxy.org/archive/2003/04/29/

Chestnuts roasted by ME @ 05/05/2003 07:04 PM EST

There's an exhibit in Epcot called Ice Station Cool. It's sponsored by Coca-Cola. Anyway, they take you through an archeological exhibit in an arctic setting, and when you get to the end, they have a gift shop with soda dispensers that offer free samples of Coca-Cola products from around the world. Some had apple flavor, while others had watermelon. There was one outstanding beverage from Italy called Beverly. It's supposed to be an appertif made to cleanse the palate between meals. It tastes horrible, but for some reason I can drink it.

For some reason, I feel like I told this story before, but I don't know where.

Chestnuts roasted by Go Knock Jimmy Down @ 05/05/2003 07:24 PM EST

Jones soda is cool, but not abundant here in GA, unfortunately. On the way home from a road trip, however, I obtained a can of Jones' "Whoop Ass" energy drink...that's right...I have a can of Whoop Ass. I'm just waiting for someone to give me a reason to open it...

...and I've had that Beverly shit...it tastes like what I imagine camel piss and paint thinner would yield...

Chestnuts roasted by Teddy Ray @ 05/05/2003 07:41 PM EST

jones is wicked. their vanilla soda is to die for.

take THAT vanilla coke!

Chestnuts roasted by evin @ 05/05/2003 08:44 PM EST

What about Tamarindo soda?

Chestnuts roasted by Marc @ 05/05/2003 09:01 PM EST

Here is another link to get the remixed version of that Star Wars clip in case the site above crashes:
http://www.filmthreat.com/News.asp?Id=1235

Chestnuts roasted by ME @ 05/05/2003 09:37 PM EST

Has anyone tried the Italian soft drink Brio? It's really popular and it tastes god-awful. >_< Or if you happen to have a Safeway store in your area, try the drink "Dr. Skipper", there was a cult dedicated to that drink where I used to live. (sort of like a satanic cult ;P)

Chestnuts roasted by Mayaselah @ 05/06/2003 01:10 AM EST

know what's gross? hawaiian punch. that shit is way too sweet.

Chestnuts roasted by evin @ 05/06/2003 02:30 AM EST

boy whatutalkinbout hawaiian punch is throwed.

dunno if i seen dr skipper but i think it's wal mart has the generic dr pepper 'dr thunder'

i dunno bout up north bout down here there's always a mexican food section, u wanna see some weird, extremely cheap soda look no furthur. at least they have some good cookies tho and u can get a really big box for 99 cents.

i can't remember the spanish word for cookies but i'm pretty sure there's a multicolored parrot on the box.

Chestnuts roasted by photocdclub.com @ 05/06/2003 06:36 AM EST

Man, I haven't seen no Shasta shit in ages. I thought they went bankrupt. Yo Shasta on the hizzna.

Chestnuts roasted by Prezkot Non-Toxic @ 05/06/2003 07:05 AM EST

Some of you Southerners will no doubt remember Fanta...well, it's back, and with a vengance. Actually, I don't know that it ever left; they've revamped the marketing/packaging and are shilling the hell out of it around here (SW VA--NOT WV). Anyway, just a warning: STAY AWAY FROM RED POP!!! Fanta Red Pop is the tool of the devil...so sweet and tasty, and then as soon as they've hooked you through the proverbial bag they yank it from the shelves not to be seen for years. Goldarn Fanta executive scum.

Anyone else still drink Cheerwine?

Chestnuts roasted by Queen of Ill Repute @ 05/06/2003 08:18 AM EST

I've seen Brio in the mafia-owned corner store that I return our bottles and cans to. I've never tried it though: I keep getting a flashback to the time I drank carbonated lychee juice and worry that it's going to be like that. >8( What's the stuff like?

Chestnuts roasted by Molten @ 05/06/2003 10:56 AM EST

fanta red pop IS the tool of the devil...especially with vodka.

Chestnuts roasted by classyplastic @ 05/06/2003 10:57 AM EST

Matt, I still don't know what the hell a wall unit is, but yours must be the most well-decorated in the world.

Chestnuts roasted by i was a lion @ 05/06/2003 11:55 AM EST

oddly enough, I'm enjoying my first fanta grape soda, in about 10 years

Chestnuts roasted by chad @ 05/06/2003 12:16 PM EST

why waste time with that cheap wannabee sodas when you have "JOLT"
I wish I could get that all the time in Canada!(seems to be a seasonal thing!) or when a truckload gets hijacked and brought here!

Chestnuts roasted by clobbersaurus @ 05/06/2003 01:37 PM EST

I haven't seen jolt for years, and they discontinued surge, man all the good stuff gets canceled, just like freakazoid

Chestnuts roasted by brandon @ 05/06/2003 02:15 PM EST

Jolt is here in Nova Scotia, but you can only buy it in Halifax. SO when people go there, they grab as much as they can to take back home. My crack is Jolt Expresso. That stuff should be illegal. My GOD.

Chestnuts roasted by Shannon @ 05/06/2003 02:32 PM EST

Jolt was more fun as a kid. Here in Saskatchewan (studying, NOT born here) there are at least 3 types of Jolt--regular cola, lime death, and...RED MURDER IN A BOTTLE. You can't drink that last one. It's like red Fanta, if the Devil pissed in it after being gored by a cool bull that gores matadors...

I had a buddy who loved Red Fanta, though. He would drink a 2L before we'd play paintball, and I swear that stuff had him so wired he could see through time. Of course, coming down was no picnic. But it was fun to keep waking him up.

Chestnuts roasted by Sean @ 05/06/2003 03:14 PM EST

PINEAPPLE SODA IN NEWFOUNDLAND! yummy

Chestnuts roasted by TrapDoor @ 05/06/2003 03:15 PM EST

They sell Shasta at most dollar stores around here, like Dollar Tree. I picked up a bottle of the
Tiki Punch at one point, and honestly couldn't decide if I liked it or not. Very strange taste to say the least, but some how I couldn't stop drinking!!

Chestnuts roasted by Mandalorian30 @ 05/06/2003 03:39 PM EST

Hey, I remember "Fruite". It gets way better if you throw in some tylenol-3 (with codeine!) and anything else lying around. Lots of extra sugar helps, too.
Jolt is hard to get in this part of Canada too - for some reason Vancouverites don't seem to want it.

Awesome site Matt. Food articles are definately your forte - I got hooked when I saw the review of Swanson's HungryMan Breakfast. I'll never look at bacon the same way...

Chestnuts roasted by headhurtin' @ 05/06/2003 03:58 PM EST

Judging from the picture, I've seen urinals contain more appealing fluids.

Chestnuts roasted by KoNaX @ 05/06/2003 04:18 PM EST

Fry: "All right… It's Saturday night. I have no date, a two liter bottle of Shasta and my all rush mix tape. Let's rock!"

Ice Station Cool is fun. Snow in Florida, slipperry-sticky floors, and-
Mongol Lemonade!
MONGOL LEMONADE!

Got hooked first time here- E.T. Happy Meal was new. Think I got here through DribbleGlass.com.

Chestnuts roasted by "MR. GAME & WATCH" @ 05/06/2003 04:28 PM EST

Jones is pretty good stuff but almost saccharine sweet. I love the idea they had of a clear soda with no flavor title- you find out what you're drinking when you open it. Way better than Jones is Journey- the flavors are more complex than your usual soda, things like cream soda with coconut, ginger ale with blackberry root, vanilla bean soda with hints of maple and passionflower. I haven't seen them at too many places, but they're definitely worth the search. And all you people hooked on Jolt need to hunt down Afri-Cola. The stuff is hard as hell to find in the States (it's a German import), although I've seen it for 99 cents a bottle at the local Cost Plus World Market on more than one occasion. They don't say for sure how much caffeine is in a bottle of it, but from what I've heard it's at 100 mg a bottle- 25 mg more than Jolt!

Then there was this brand of soda that Perrier made a few decades ago called Pschitt. It was supposed to be onomatopeia for the noise a soda bottle makes when you open it, but for some reason it never really took off in English-speaking countries. I Pschitt you not.

Relevant Links:
Pop Soda Shop
www.popsoda.com
Damn near every kind of soda you can imagine, including Afri-Cola, Jones, Jolt, and Journey (but no Pschitt since it's out of production)

Journey Food & Beverage
www.journeyfood.com
Best damn sodas on the planet. If I open a restaurant, we're skipping Coke and Pepsi, and stocking up on Doctor Whatever cola.

Afri-Cola
www.afri-cola.com
Und alles wird Afri. Yes, it's a German cola.

Chestnuts roasted by Cosmic Jester @ 05/06/2003 04:51 PM EST

I would just like to say that i love Tiki Punch. I get 3 liter bottles of it at my local dollar tree. I am totally hooked on the stuff, and the dollar tree doesn't always carry it. which wicked sucks. Everyone i've ever had try it liked it too, (except my mom) maybe its just one of those things you either love or you hate. Anyway... Peace!

Chestnuts roasted by Gremlin @ 05/06/2003 05:49 PM EST

Hmmmm......Thank the unholy lord of the damned underworld that that shit isn't here in Canada. Just looking at it makes me think only Skeletor should drink it. So what's worse,Pepsi Blue or this then?

Chestnuts roasted by Crow Warrior @ 05/06/2003 07:23 PM EST

My friends and I have a running bet: drink 3 liters of Tiki in 30 minutes, and get $50. 3 have tried, 2 have vomited.

Chestnuts roasted by dee @ 05/06/2003 07:51 PM EST

Another amusing soft drink anecdote:

There's this drink called Mr. Pibb. For some reason it's only available in the south because I've never seen it in New York City (damned interstate differences). Mr. Pibb tastes like Dr. Pepper, but unlike Dr. Pepper does not come in diet form, which sucks monkey balls.

Anyway, I was at Ice Station Cool at Epcot, and I asked one of the attendants if they had any samples of Mr. Pibb. They gave me a strange look which subsided after I told them I was joking.

Later that night, I went back to the hotel and to the gift shop's food and beverage section to check out a can of Mr. Pibb. It turned out to be a Coca-Cola product.

Ice Station Cool is sponsored by Coca-Cola.

In truth, I was asking for a sample of an actual Coca-Cola product!

Chestnuts roasted by Go Knock Jimmy Down @ 05/06/2003 07:59 PM EST

ahh! i just had to say something cuz i'm a goofy soda addict. dr skipper is my god. i still need to try giant's version, dr bob, because that was just the most hilariously named thing ever, i'm pretty sure. i don't know why it's always the dr pepper rip offs that get the best name. probably because dr pepper was a stupid name to start with.

also, when i was in kenya i got addicted to fanta black current and passion fruit. they are the most wonderful things in the world. i wish i could find them in america so bad. i was so excited at fanta's comeback because i thought it would give me my beloved passion fruit, but so far i haven't run across them. everyone should get the chance to drink those. if you're in africa ever i suggest you look them up.

Chestnuts roasted by i love bananas @ 05/06/2003 10:49 PM EST

First of all, I'm glad to see I'm not the only Newf that frequents this site.

Secondly, Jolt has (to my knowledge) always been available here in St. John's, NL, Canada. I only know of one place that sells it, though. The Lawton's Drug store in K-Mart Plaza next to the Village mall. Its good stuff.

Thirdly, has anyone ever had Diet PC (President's Choice) Cola? That shit is fucking terible! The only thing that could possible be worse is Caffeine Free Diet Pepsi. And yes, it exists! The corner store near my old house sells C.F.D.P. in both 355 ml can and 2 L bottle varities. Its been years since I've drank any, but I have little desire to do so again.

Anyway, great site, Matt. I'm a long time reader, first (and not last) time poster.

Cruiz out! >8^D
cruiz@scotsmanality.com
www.scotsmanality.com

Chestnuts roasted by A-wel Cruiz @ 05/06/2003 11:21 PM EST

Anyone remember Josta? I drank twelve cans of it because they pulled the good ol' "fill a pickup bed full of ice and soda and give it away" stunt.

Also, I live in Pennsylvania, and you can find Mr. Pibb here. It's not terribly prevalent, but I've never had to look too hard. Also, if anyone knows where to find Fresca, let me know at nomotiv66 on AIM.

Chestnuts roasted by TEd @ 05/06/2003 11:30 PM EST

Well, if we are talking favorite sodas, I gotta put in my 2 cents for Fanta Orange. God I'm addicted to that stuff. I'll actually go walk to other dorms on campus to get some if the one in my building is out.

Chestnuts roasted by Evil Empire Inc @ 05/07/2003 12:38 AM EST

Shannon, I used to be able to find Jolt all along the south shore (Digby-Yarmouth-Shelburne), though I haven't lived there in years. I doubt it'll ever be out of stock in Halifax though -- every kid who hated coffee in university drank the stuff. And considering the high density of universities and colleges there, I'm sure they're doing great business. I just stuck with the coffee, but I knew a few people who put on the freshman fifteen thanks to Jolt cola alone.

In Toronto, Montreal and Quebec? I don't think that you're allowed to open a drug market or corner store without at least ten percent of your cola being Jolt. And to this day, I've never tasted the stuff. (Which isn't saying much; I'm actually not a fan of most soft drinks).

I have the damnedest time finding Jones Soda anywhere non-coastal in Canada. The further away from an ocean you get the faster the Jones market-saturation drops. I was trying to explain the importance of the discovery to my girlfriend when I found some in a cooler at a restaurant a week ago. She managed to convince me to leave without buying any, telling me if we found in there we'd find it elsewhere. Why -- o why! -- did I trust her and fall for her confident reassurances?

Pschitt. I love that. I would have bought it for the name alone -- even if it tasted like pschitt -- because I'm a silly little corporate tool that way.

Chestnuts roasted by Molten @ 05/07/2003 12:55 AM EST

East coast Canada, specifically Prince Edward Island. Seaman's Beverages line of colas. Specifically the Cream Soda (Lime Ricky ain't bad either), that stuff is the nectar of the Gods. Of course...you have to get by the fact you're drinking Seaman's Cream Soda. I moved out to the west coast and Vancouver when I was 10, so everytime me or anyone I know heads back that way, I always make sure to get a couple cases to bring back with me, hehe.

Out here in Vancouver though, Jone's all the way.

Chestnuts roasted by Aelhaeran @ 05/07/2003 03:05 AM EST

Vancouver!?
I hear you can buy cases of "So, I hear you have SARS?" pretty cheap??

Chestnuts roasted by spic_n_span @ 05/07/2003 03:42 AM EST

I'm just wondering if you can get Irn Bru anywhere in the USA or Canada? Here in Scotland we are the only country where Coke isn't the number one soft drink. It's Irn Bru (pronounced Iron Brew), and it's easily the best drink ever. The flavour is very hard to explain but it has real iron in it and it's amazing for hangovers.

http://www.irn-bru.co.uk/

Chestnuts roasted by Sparky @ 05/07/2003 04:34 AM EST

Mr. Pibb is available in California as well. I believe it's one of the choices at McD's.

Chestnuts roasted by marioshoku @ 05/07/2003 05:39 AM EST

Ah, Irn Bru! I love the Irn Bru candy bars you can get. Remember the old adverts from the beginning of the '90s?
My favourite ever drink is Tab Clear. It was only available (in the UK at least) for 3 or 4 years, but I must have easily gone through a couple of thousand cans. I'd give my left nut for just one more can of that sweet, sweet liquid...

Chestnuts roasted by Discogod @ 05/07/2003 07:41 AM EST

Yep Irn Bru is here in Canada.
I can get it a the supermarket's here. I never liked the look of it, all orangey and angry like that...

Chestnuts roasted by Gundam2000 @ 05/07/2003 08:01 AM EST

You can't go wrong with Mountain Dew: Code Red. The perfect extremes of caffeine and sugar. It will keep you going for a good 2 hours until you build up a resistence, about your 10th can. If I drink a bottle of MDCR I start to shake after 30 minutes. If you drank a whole case I'm pretty sure you would die or atleast you brain would explode.

Chestnuts roasted by VladamirTOM @ 05/07/2003 10:00 AM EST

Mountain Dew Code Red equals GOD!!!

Here in Wisconsin, when we're not busy milking cows and cheering on our sorry ass local teams, we enjoy a veritable GLUT of Jolt and Mr. Pibb. Oh, and beer. Lots of beer. Hell, more beer than you can shake a stick at. More beer than you can....hey! Where are you going? Aw, come on! To hell with it.

Chestnuts roasted by Patty O'kay I'm done with this stupid joke already @ 05/07/2003 10:24 AM EST

I don't know if anyone has heard of this liquid satan or not but the worst stuff that I have ever tasted is ALE 81 (yes people it is short for a late one). It's an extremely high caffeinated ginger ale flavored drink that if it were armed it would blow your head off time and time again without thinking about it. This is the worst tasting stuff thatI have ever had. It does have one upside to it though. If you drink a bottle of it, it WILL and I do mean WILL keep you up for hours. When I worked night shift I didn't get much sleep beforehand so I looked for the most deadly caffienated drink available. I think I found it. Came in very handing cuz I had a final exam the next morning too and I didn't get tired until 12 hours later when I crashed hard. Definitely useful but use with caution.

Chestnuts roasted by caffeine junky @ 05/07/2003 01:06 PM EST

There's an Asian grocery near here (Missouri) that has all kinds of freak foreign colas. The strangest is the Japanese Rasume, not for it's flavor, but for the wierd-ass bottle; it has a glass ball sealing the top that you push in with a plastic plunger. I generally get Sarsi, which is a really sweet sarsaparila with 180 calories in a 240ml bottle, or Wonderfarm coffee.
Wonderfarm coffee is crack - way better than Starbuck's frapuccino, extremely caffinated, and only around $.70 a can.

Chestnuts roasted by octavian10_99 @ 05/07/2003 01:32 PM EST

hey matt

that would be a cool idea for an article, you could order a bunch of weird pops from www.popsoda.com and taste test them.

The celery falvored pop they have sure sounds like a winner!

Chestnuts roasted by ragekage @ 05/07/2003 01:34 PM EST

I've never tried the TIKI but this site is the shit I like all those 80 cartoons especially some G. I. Joe. GI JOE is the SHIT. Keep up the good work MATT.

Chestnuts roasted by Jason R.L. @ 05/07/2003 01:40 PM EST

Why the HELL has no one created actuall chocolate cola yet. And I don't mean Yoo-Hoo. I want carbonation damnit. Now!

Chestnuts roasted by Mr. Roboto @ 05/07/2003 02:07 PM EST

looks like that stuff girls get once a month. hee hee!

Chestnuts roasted by Ricangirl19 @ 05/07/2003 02:45 PM EST

Yo octavian10_99, it's 'Ramune' not 'Rasume'. Honest mistake though, no worries.

Anywho, I wish that they would bring over Fanta Funky-C from Japan, it's one of the best lemon lime drinks you'll ever have. And Aquarius is good too... if you like decarbonated Squirt made into a sports drink.

Chestnuts roasted by KouHotaru @ 05/07/2003 09:48 PM EST

I have had the chance to partake in Irn Bru when my roomie brought it back from a semester abroad. For those who haven't had it, it tastes like a stick of Juicy Fruit gum in liquid form. Not bad, but not what you would expect from a drink, either.

Chestnuts roasted by guttercar @ 05/08/2003 02:06 PM EST

Wow, you all have some really great soda stories. Too bad my taste buds and weight restrictions are restricted to diet drinks. Everything else is high in calories. Even the Stew Leonard's brands, which aren't too special to begin with (they taste like regular soda), is over 150 calories. The bottle is nice, but the contents inside are too toxic.

Speaking of overseas brands, my sister and I went over to Prince Edward Island, and we bought Diet Pepsi in a longneck clear bottle. My guess is the local laws do not premit the manufacturing of soda bottles in plastic or something. If there are any PEI residents that can clarify this, please do. (I still have the bottle somewhere)

Oh, and NYC has Fresca. Williamsburg Brooklyn, to be exact. There's a store right on the corner of Bedford Ave. and North 7th where the L train is. You'll find the 20 oz bottles there for the still low price of $1, as opposed to $1.25 everywhere else. Blasted inflation.

Chestnuts roasted by Go Knock Jimmy Down @ 05/08/2003 08:13 PM EST

First, a note about Vancouver: Canada's SARS problem was in TORONTO, not Vancouver. These two cities are about 4000 (yes, 3 zeros) kilometers apart. For those of you who prefer miles, that's about 2800 - in other words, wrong damn city, stupid!

OK, back to nasty "soft" drinks. For all of you singing the praises of Mountain Dew Code Red and other odd, highly-caffeinated beverages, I should warn you that the effects are different in Canada. There's an obscure federal law that says you can't put caffeine in soft drinks that are not brown unless you put enormous labels about it all over. We like to complain about stupid Americans up here in the great white north, but it's pretty hard to top stupid parents who think any non-brown liquid must be good for their kids... I hate this species.

In other news (this is turning into a really long post), has anyone else tried the various weirdnesses from Safeway? Around here, most Safeway stores have cheap (~50 cents) vending machines outside, filled with "Safeway Select" in various flavours. I do not recommend the "wild raspberry" - tastes like a melted popsicle.

Chestnuts roasted by Headhurtin' @ 05/09/2003 06:10 PM EST

The best drink in Japan (and made by Coca Cola) is Georgia Coffee. The local Naval Hospital in Okinawa did a test on it and found traces of nicotine and ridlin. That explains why I HAD to have my Georgia in the morning. And Mid-morning. And lunch. And after-lunch. And... you get the idea.

Chestnuts roasted by Shipwreck @ 05/12/2003 06:58 AM EST

In the executive floor of my office, they have a special coffee maker that makes the more expensive flavored coffees which I prefer over the mud that we're forced to swallow in the cafeteria (I have mine three times a day, and at least it's free). Anyway, I told my supervisor that maybe we should get a coffee machine like the one they have in the executive offices on my floor and put it by the mini-fridge. She said in reply, "If we got a coffee maker for this floor, we'd have to transfer you to another building." In other words, 3 cups is too much. In actuality, 3 cups and a can of Diet Coke is more than too much.

Say, didn't there used to be an IRC channel for X-E once?

Chestnuts roasted by Go Knock Jimmy Down @ 05/12/2003 07:03 PM EST

Great soda shop here in Dallas - couple hundred sodas in glass bottles and they have that Ramune from Japan.

http://www.ifsandsbutts.com

Chestnuts roasted by DallasDeb @ 08/09/2003 10:13 PM EST

Tiki Punch is pretty strange tasting but it becomes delicious if you put some lemonade powder in there.

Just beware of a tiki foam rocket!

Mmmmmmm.... Lemon Tiki Punch...

Chestnuts roasted by Tiki God @ 08/13/2003 03:12 AM EST

Does anyone know where to buy the soda/pop called "Dr.Bob"????
I've been looking for it everywhere.
I'm located in Pittsburgh,Pa.
Any where in the range of me I'll travel. If anyone knows anything
Email me : Spreesss@yahoo.com

Chestnuts roasted by Shannon @ 10/27/2003 08:35 AM EST

Patty lets be honest
YOU ARE TRUlY A GOD

Chestnuts roasted by Hey YAAAAAA @ 12/02/2003 10:30 AM EST

Patty lets be honest
YOU ARE TRUlY A GOD

Chestnuts roasted by Hey YAAAAAA @ 12/02/2003 10:30 AM EST

shasta rita is my favorite but tiki punch packs a punch. Tory Woodbury for MVP. GO Winston Salem State Rams!

Chestnuts roasted by Hey suck @ 12/02/2003 10:35 AM EST

yall b suckage

Chestnuts roasted by wuzza @ 05/27/2004 09:07 PM EST

ya fathead

Chestnuts roasted by shut up wuzza @ 05/27/2004 09:10 PM EST

ya fathead

Chestnuts roasted by shut up wuzza @ 05/27/2004 09:11 PM EST

I just found Shasta Tiki Punch at my local Big Lots.

This was my ultra-favorite soda as a child. I lived in Marina Del Rey, California, a yacht harbor built in the heyday of Tiki style.

I also liked Canada Dry's Tahitian Treat, but Shasta Tiki was better.

Poured a big glass of it this evening over crushed ice, and it was as good as I remember. Not as sickly sweet as Tahitian Treat. Tastes more of maraschino cherries.

Chestnuts roasted by Euthymia @ 09/30/2004 11:03 PM EST

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