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A very brief ontological discussion with the Diet Wild Cherry Pepsi I bought by mistake over the weekend

Me: “Why the wild cherry, man?”

Diet Wild Cherry Pepsi:

Me: “I mean, it just smacks of neediness, y’know?”

Diet Wild Cherry Pepsi:

Me: “A silly affectation.”

Diet Wild Cherry Pepsi:

Me: “JUST BE YOU, DIET PEPSI!”

22 Replies to “A very brief ontological discussion with the Diet Wild Cherry Pepsi I bought by mistake over the weekend”

  1. Ben says:

    I totally did worse than you – I bought a whole freaking refridgerator pack of them by mistake, because my local foodstuffs bartering establishment was out of Diet Dr. Pepper.

    I swear, all they’ve done since then is whine, whine, whine…

    TW: average.  As in Harriet Miers.

  2. Jeff Goldstein says:

    Yeah, I bought that same refrigerator pack. Which means 11 more conversations just like this one.

  3. Ben says:

    We made the same mistake in the same week?  That’s either kinda creepy, or a serious indication that Pepsi needs to redesign their labels. 

    I’m thinking both.

  4. ss says:

    Afore the Wild Cherry, ‘twas truly a Diet Pepsi than which no greater can be conceived.

    But the new “Better Tasting” Doritos completely destroyed my faith in reason.

  5. Jeff Goldstein says:

    Verily.  It’s as if we’re to believe man has approached the Platonic ideal of Dorito-ness.

    DON’T PLAY GOD, FRITO-LAY!

  6. Diet Wild Cherry Pepsi: “Wow! /forehead slap/ You coulda had a V-8!”

  7. harrison says:

    “Why the wild cherry, man?”

    Cuz sometimes you just gotta throw caution to the wind.

  8. Merovign says:

    Pepsi is better than Coke.

    Cherry Coke is better than Wild Cherry Pepsi.

    It is not for us to reason why, only to ask “Why doesn’t somebody invent a sugar substitute with texture?”

    (drinks his Minute Maid Light Lemonade and hopes to soon have Minute Maid Light Cherry Limeade)

  9. Dredd Scott says:

    Unless strains of “Play That Funky Music White Boy” eminate from the can, that’s false advertising.  Those bastards.

    TW:  Decision, as in “Miers may be seen as a poor decision, Mr. President.  As was this Diet Pepsi.”

  10. At the Quik Check convenience store on the way to my A.A. meeting, I went to get a bottle of soda. There were EIGHT different varieties of Pepsi, and EIGHT different varieties of Coke.

    I wept. Just like Charlton Heston at the end of The Planet of the Apes.

    Dr. Zaius: I see you’ve brought the female of your species. I didn’t realize that man could be monogamous.

    George Taylor: On this planet, it’s easy.

  11. Robert says:

    You: “JUST BE YOU, DIET PEPSI!”

    Diet Wild Cherry Pepsi: “I am being me, Jeff.  You just have a hard time with me being something that you don’t approve of, don’t you?”

    You:

    Diet Wild Cherry Pepsi: “You talk a good game about individual liberty and free choice – but when it comes right down to it, that only holds true when I make the choices you approve of.  I am WILD, Jeff, and I am CHERRY, and I am DIET, and that’s just what I am and I’m not changing for you or for anybody else!”

    You:

    Diet Wild Cherry Pepsi: “Lifestyle Nazi.”

  12. Jeff Goldstein says:

    RACE TRAITOR!

  13. JWebb says:

    TW – “instead.” You could’ve had a Grape Nehi instead, but then you’d have to wrestle with the whole Jewish Mormon conundrum.

  14. Chrees says:

    Ahhh… Dredd beat me to it.

    Drink that funky soft drink, white boy

  15. Robert says:

    Go back to your Montana compound, white supremacist Jew infiltrator!

    (You know, I pray to God neither one of us runs for public office one day.  On the other hand, who would be able to figure out what the hell we were talking about?)

  16. phreshone says:

    Pepsi is better than Coke.

    You could say that, but you would be wrong.

    Coke is quite superior to Pepsi.

    However, Diet Pepsi is marginally better than Diet Coke.

    Diet Coke w/ Lime better than either.

    If Jack Daniels is involved, who cares, bring me another.

    TW: Instead of Pepsi, I prefer Coke.

  17. On the other hand, who would be able to figure out what the hell we were talking about?

    Maybe someday we’ll be talking about nominees leaving a pixel trail.

    Turing = choice, as in Someday some clever marketing ferret is going to get the idea of completing the circle and selling us a cola-free caffeine and sugar drink, thereby officially exhausting the possibilities of consumer beverage choice.

  18. cthulhu says:

    Isn’t that what Mountain Dew is supposed to be?

  19. McGehee says:

    Do they even still make Nehi—grape or otherwise?

    TW: Grapico. Which is what I drink ‘cause we don’t have Nehi in Georgia.

  20. cardeblu says:

    Look on the bright side.  You could’ve gotten “Diet Cherry Vanilla Dr. Pepper” instead.

    I wonder if DP will add the Coke and Pepsi fads of a lemon/lime twist to that already somewhat redundant combo…

    tw:  Design, as in definitely not of the intelligent variety.

  21. AWG says:

    I’m waiting for them to release Diet P-Funk Pepsi.  Because I’m ready to tear the roof off the sucker, and I don’t think I’m the only one.  wink

  22. Denny says:

    Hey I was wondering where the closest place to Lafayette Indiana is that I can get some Diet Wild Cherry Pepsi.  Can anybody tell me!

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