Wed, March 7, 2007
I'd Like to Buy the World a Coke—3:44 PM
People who don't drink Coke are almost as bad as people who don't watch TV. (Of course, as in the TV case, I'm referring to the willful abstainers – those who think they have something over on the rest of us because they "never touch the stuff." People who medically must avoid soda are fine with me. Ditto for people who don't drink Coke specifically, but still enjoy a refreshing soda beverage – your Mountain Dew, your Sunkist, your various bizarro black cherry creme soda concoctions...)
Of course these people are giddy as pigs in shit when it comes to the announcement of new healthy-style sodas from Coke and Pepsi, and very happy to publicly congratulate themselves for their own purity when the New York Times makes the mistake of asking for their thoughts on healthy Coke.
I couldn't resist a sincere reply:
I love Coke and I'm frustrated that anyone would give them a hard time about contributing to obesity. It's not meant as a health tonic; you're just supposed to enjoy it now and then as a treat. Nothing tasty is good for you, that's why as adults we're expected to take care of ourselves and practice moderation. I wish there were a pledge I could sign to tell Coke that I promise to buy Coca-Cola Classic forever, so they could breathe easy and stop producing weird-tasting low-cal variants!
"Anonymous" — Sun, 3/18/07 4:37am
Amen, brudda'.