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Article #157Don't call me Mello Yello
From: nax
Date: Wed, 17 Jul 1985 01:27
Date: Wed, 17 Jul 1985 01:27
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From: nax (Nax-Paul) J. Eric Roskos writes: > it is possible to drink Mello Yello at times when it actually tastes good. > At other times, it tastes way too strong. Too strong? It *always* tasted like it was wrung out of a dishrag to me! Mello Yello is the wimpiest potion I've ever quaffed! > Mr. Pibb's advertisements called Mr. Pibb > "The world's fastest soft drink," and showed things like race car drivers > drinking a bottle of Mr. Pibb at a very high speed right after a race. > They never said this about Mello Yello, eventhough that was what this > article claimed Mello Yello was designed for. I recall an identical, or very similar, TV ad for Mello Yello. Part of their pitch was that it didn't "burn" going down -- but I *like* that! p.s. smash apartheid, boycott coke. !cornell!nax
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Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/18/84; site cornell.UUCP Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!mhuxr!mhuxt!houxm!ihnp4!qantel!hplabs!tektronix!uw-beaver!cornell!nax From: nax@cornell.UUCP Newsgroups: net.misc.coke Subject: Don't call me Mello Yello Message-ID: <3198@cornell.UUCP> Date: Tue, 16-Jul-85 21:27:06 EDT Article-I.D.: cornell.3198 Posted: Tue Jul 16 21:27:06 1985 Date-Received: Fri, 19-Jul-85 02:36:36 EDT Sender: nax@cornell.UUCP Organization: Cornell Univ. CS Dept. Lines: 20