Now this is amazing...

[PCIntern]

along with the KFC thread here, I'm going to interject a real fascinating observation.

I keep Kosher for Passover which means that any soda which I drink has to be made with sugar rather than corn syrup, since that won't fly - no grains which ferment after 18 minutes in contact with water and all that. Anyway, once a year for a little over a week I drink Dr. Brown's Cherry or Cream (mmmm, good) and a remarkable occurrence reminiscent of the miracle of Chanukah has occurred.

I opened a can of Dr. Brown's Cream soda two nights ago and brought it up to bed, had a few sips and left it on the nightstand. I just brought it downstairs and for the heck of it, took a swig and there was plenty of carbonation left. I was SHOCKED! Try that with Coke or Pepsi and you'll taste flat, stale soda. Other than being warm, this was almost 'fine'. Weird.

Now, this thread is going to get moved unless I draw an analogy so here goes: President Obama is like Dr. Brown's soda: you can think that he's flat, that he's not going to be any good, and then...SURPRISE! he comes thru in a pinch. Or a sip.

There's my rationale for keeping this in GD, rather than moving it to the Lounge.

How'd I do?

[mike_c]

1. natural yeasts falling into the open bottle of sugar water ferment too...

...and yield fizz. 'Course that can conceivably happen with corn syrup sweetened sodas too, and sugar sweetened sodas also contain biocides to prevent it, just like corn sweetened sodas, so this response has just lost all reason for being....

:banghead:

[Uben]

2. Locking......

Just kiddin, doncha hate it when they move your threads? Don't let it get ya down, the mods are just doing what they are supposed to do. I've had totally legit threads (in my view) moved, but hey, it's no biggie to me.

But...I like your analogy of Obama. I wasn't for him in the primaries, but I am very grateful for the job he is doing. HE is probably a lot closer to my political ideology than she was. I would have sworn that he would never get HCR passed.

[LiberalLoner]

3. I really like this thread. I hope they don't move it or lock it. rop

I really don't like that soda these days seems to be all corn syrup. I miss the old sugar sodas. When I am in Europe or Canada I get the real stuff and I'm happy.

[tsuki]

6. Buy Mexican cokes, they are made with sugar. I don't drink cokes, but

everyone here that wants a real coke gets a Mexican one.

[ChicagoSuz219]

4. I love Dr. Brown's Black Cherry. n/t

[eShirl]

5. we make our own soda since we got a 'seltzer' bottle

DH likes the soda water 1:2 with grape juice; my favorite is half-and-half with double-strength ice tea.