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Re: Dr Peppers...yuck?

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From: Phil & Lisa Charles
Date: Sat, 01 Feb 1997 00:00
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> >Has anyone tried this?  I bought a bottle last week -- it took a week to
> >finish and it was a struggle, even in 40 deg temps.  Children won't
> >touch it.
> >
> >It might the 2nd or 3rd biggest soft drink in the US, but I predict a
> >marketing disaster here.  I mean, really -- a sweet, marzipan flavoured
> >fizzy drink?!!  It's like cough medicine.
> >

Dr Pepper is by no means second or third in the US, nobody drinks the shit
there either.  I think they were trying to pass off their surplus to
Australia.
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From: "Phil & Lisa Charles" <teepee@iinet.net.au>
Subject: Re: Dr Peppers...yuck?
Date: 1997/02/01
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