I thought the cola company’s idea for supporting the protection of the polar bears’ home was a great idea and obviously for a good cause. So why is it that people/customers have to call the company and complain about how the cans are white and it resembles the diet can? Who gives a flying fuck (excuse my language), but people are arrogant and ignorant. 1. It’s for a good cause 2. Polar bears are white hence the white can. Oh boo hoo the cans have always been red for classic cola because that’s the way it’s always been, excuse you for being old and not being able to deal with the changing times, if you haven’t noticed the case is still red, so it’s obviously classic you’re still buying… stupid ass. Care about other beings instead of yourselves for once. —Mr.Polar Bear
This article appears in Dec 8-14, 2011.
Ummmm, they were AMERICANS………’nuff said
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w1fdigwxL_Q
Okay, it’s a grizzly.
http://www.frombearcreek.com/wordpress/wp-…
Still funny, though
excellent thomas, i love that guy…clap clap, the bit at the end is the best. what a scushie face bear, more bears http://media.bigoo.ws/content/image/funny/…
I like the part about Canada not being a nation of crack babies. Maher for president.
lewis black, jon stewart, dave chappelle get my vote too
Pbbbbbbbffffffffttttt, I wouldn’t drink that crap no matter what the colour of the can. Do you know what that shit does to a penny??? If not, drop a penny in a glass of that particular cola.
OB, some people are just negative, miserable, complain about everything and don’t adapt well to change … and they’re probably calling the company to complain because they’ll likely get some coupons to compensate them for their frustration.
People just need to chill out … http://cdn.pimpmyspace.org/media/pms/c/ix/… … there are many worse things in life than changing the color on a damn can.
The things people complain about are incredible. You may remember this one commercial for a certain brand of frozen pizza – in the commercial this woman was walking in the grocery store and picked up one of the pizzas. The first one was like Italian somethingsomething so an attractive Italian looking man appeared. Then she picked up a bbq chicken one and an attractive cowboy appeared, etc etc, different countries, exotic men. The original ending was this little shot of another woman grabbing as many of the pizzas as she could because she obviously wanted all of the men too. Well, this woman happened to be black so a bunch of black people contacted the company, complaining that it was a racist commercial. So they reshot the ending of the commercial with a white woman.
I sometimes feel like writing a company with a bunch of fake complaints about racism, sexism, whatever, and see what happens. I COULD BE SO POWERFUL.
people don’t like to read..
i remember that commercial mel, it was a terrible ad but nothing else. sometimes i think that real ads are spoofs, like on snl. “the age of persuasion” is good stuff
that was my second bear choice, persevere
I would love to believe that Coke cares about the polar bears but I just really don’t think the corporation has feelings at all.
http://www.thesouthasian.org/archives/2005…
Listen Bitch, if anyone cares about themselves, then they aren’t drinking that shit.
So don’t kid yourself. Once you drink that, you have given up.
Corn Syrup is a killer
http://cdn.hivehealthmedia.com/wordpress/w…
http://www.iisretard.com/wp-content/plugin…
i think it’s a real cool idea to have them sponser polar bears. these animals are very close to being extinct, in about another 10 years or so.
I wish they’d bring back New Coke.
Y’know what’s really funny? There is a little soda company in Massachusetts called Polar that has been around since 1902. When Coke decided to use a polar bear in the 90s, they sued Polar soda for the rights to the bear. Coke lost.
http://www.polarbev.com/
I liked pepsi clear
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crystal_Pepsi…
OB, those people calling are the fat and obese…..they get offended anytime those fatties confuse a diet food with their regular staple foods…in this case sugar-loaded colas.
THUMBS UP!
Having just come from spanking Xenophilia on “Hope y’all are put in prison” where I suggested that she had given her own post two “thumbs up” – note her post above: is that “1 of 1 people like this” legitimate? – I thought, in view of the stunning banality of today’s bitches and, of course, the accompanying comments, that it might be a good idea to expand on my reflections regarding the lower range in the quality of some commenters’ responses to previous comments in more general terms.
The quality of commenters’ responses range from the articulate and thoughtful (such as the one you are reading now) to the low end, the category I would like to briefly explore. These fall into two main types, the aforementioned “The Voter” and, even lower on the scale, those who post “TL dr” as a comment.
One wonders about the mentality of The Voter. Do they have a brain? One pictures them, vague-eyed and slack-jawed, pressing the “Thumbs Up” button or, after some slightly more extended neurological disturbance, “Thumbs Down.” Why do they do this? What reasons do they have for voting at all? It’s a mystery.
Worse, of course, are those who post “TL dr” (“Too Long, Didn’t Read”). It isn’t the fact that they just scrolled on past – who cares? – but rather the fact that THEY WANT TO ANNOUNCE THE FACT THAT THEY DIDN’T READ IT. There’s some pathological psychology operating here. Surely they don’t just want to proclaim their enfeebled intelligence which is obvious in any case. No, the real reason, I think, is that they want to give the impression that they are intellectually SUPERIOR to the content of the previous comment but, being unable to engage the substance of the comment itself, content themselves with the absurd “TL dr.”
These commenters should be consigned to the Commenters’ Dustbin. I’m sure you all agree.
A pleasure as always.
Cheerio!
I’m a root beer guy myself, but I try to stay away from soda period.. I also enjoy orange crush and pineapple crush. They don’t sell pineapple crush here any more. One more reason Nova Scotia sucks.
Although I must say the chocolate milk in Quebec sucks balls, but who needs milk when beer is 1.08 a can?
Oh, yeah, MM, you REALLY spanked me. “do you wear gumboots to work?” manoman, that rapier wit of yours!
No, this is not an invitation to engage an another long, drawn out…whatever you want to call it—it’s hardly a debate—as soon as I brilliantly refute some tripe of yours, your next attack never follows from the previous argument, but llike a man blindly thrashing his arms in an attempt to strike anything, anything! by wild flailings you bring up a total non sequitur by way of rebuttal…
Not tonight. I know you MUST have the last word, but prepared to be showered with indifference by me. We out.
The reason is simple. It can easily be confused for Diet Coke as the cans are very similar. I happened to pick up the wrong can but caught my mistake. Not all cans are in cases as many are on display in refrigerators. Also remember that there are people out there who are either illiterate or cannot read English or French. I’m sure they’reredesign the cans to avoid confusion.
i have fond memories of root beer floats. the trays that hooked on the window of the station wagon were the best, we used to call them ask and wait
I believe the last time I drank a coke was when my kids still lived at home.
damn……………That was a long time ago.
OB maybe You could help me with a bit more information (or anyone else who reads this, please jump right in) I believe I’ve started drifting a bit left of centre on what people are considering important,in the last little while. So this is to clear up a bit of confusion I’m having about this bitch.
Why would anyone argue about what color a can of coke came in ?
Why would you bother complaining about the color of any container a drink comes in ?
Has your life really become that petty ?
Are you so at a loss for something more meaningful in your life, that the color of a coke can actually matters so much, you would raise a fuss over it ?
If you answered yes to number four your still not a Canadian ( or at least not like all the ones I know), keep trying.
These days, if something isn’t spelled right the fuck out so that even a blind cat can understand it, someone’s bound to complain that’s it’s toooooo haaaaaaard to understand.
i actually like grape and red cream soda myself. as to the coke and penny, try a 3 inch nail overnight, then think what that does to your guts. not at all pretty.
Mountain Spew is good.
Stop drinking anything else other than diet Dr Pepper.
I’m so not a greeny..but…things is the average coke drinker is like a simple oblivitron..doesn’t like change or any confusion to….confuse it
I drink that grapefruit perrier. No sugar, and it’s awesome.
RSVPs
: Xenophilia (Dec. 9, 5:11PM)
5 of 6 people liked your post Xeno and, just so you know, I wasn’t #6. The question is, were YOU the other 5?
A pleasure as always.
Cheerio!
Painey-my first job was as a car hop at an A&W when I was 14! Thank goodness I didn’t have to wear roller skates, though! “Amburgers and Woot Beer” is my favorite sobriquet…
MM: Was not even aware you could ‘like’ a comment more than once…really, momar, I have better things to do with my time…Moreover, assuming it’s possible to multi like a post, why would I stop at 5?
Once again, you have painted yourself into a rhetorical corner. Puis tu chies de l’or en barre?
Lol can you imagine , in this age we have one day a dude complaining aboutmcertian foods being not allowed in skool, then a few days later this story bout white cans comes. Think these situations not alike, think the complatiants might be of like mind ? Naa no way that could be possible?. I rarely buy pop cause I prefer better things like cider or red wine, after this I will not buy any coke products for rest of ma life. I don’t like when people fold yo pressure from idiots who have no actual complaint other than it makes me mad. Yeah everything makes them mad, they likely are not in a position to buy much anyway with that kinda logic, they prob broke, SHUT DOWN WELFARE, then they cant complain, fuckin bums.
Here’s what the confusion is about:
http://ts4.mm.bing.net/images/thumbnail.as…
And more confusion from Head and Shoulders:
http://ts3.mm.bing.net/images/thumbnail.as…
If Coca Cola contributes to the welfare of polar bears, that’s great. As for the cans, I can’t really comment because I haven’t seem them, I don’t drink pop for the most. If you just look at what you’re buying, you should stay out of trouble.
Just a hunch Tim but I bet the polar bear can is the one on the left. I just have a gift for this type of thing.
RSVPs
: Xenophilia (Dec. 10, 10:44AM)
The “Voice from the Rhetorical Corner” answers Xeno’s questions:
“Why would I stop at 5?”
Well, Xeno, one doesn’t want to be too obvious and I would say anything over 5 becomes suspicious. Your present post stands at a perfect 3 people like this and 0 dislike. That leaves 2 more Xeno. (By the way, your post of Dec. 9, 5:11PM has GONE UP to 7 of 9 people like this. This is suspicious Xeno. There’s no need to give your old posts more thumbs up (or is that thumb ups?). I wonder who the “dislike” was. Again, it wasn’t me, Xeno.)
“You have painted yourself into a rhetorical corner.”
I found this puzzling, Xeno. It is possible, although unlikely, that I simply have failed to grasp what you have in mind by your “rhetorical corner.” I am prepared to be instructed on this point, Xeno.
“Puis tu chies de l’or en barre?” Really, Xeno, did you learn that at A&W? You must try to meet a better class of person.
Your previous comment (Dec. 9, 5:11PM) to the effect that I always want the “last word” misses the point. I was raised a very polite young man, Xeno, who would never simply not respond to a question or comment (assuming it was also polite) as I would find it rude and churlish. So, Xeno, it is not a metter of boorishly wanting the “last word” but rather it is the reverse, a matter of manners.
I was also puzzled by your reference in the same post to my “non sequiturs” – I was going to ask for examples – but I don’t want to fatigue you.
A pleasure as always.
Cheerio!
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I was raised a very polite young man
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My buddy, Denny Cato used to say this very thing! Of course, he said it when he was old and not very polite. How we would all *laugh*!
FYI, MMan- it’s not possible to vote for a post more than once, unless one opens several account(one for each vote). It seems like a lot of work for something so trivial. And really, it’s not a stretch to think people use this voting thing here, though I find it pretty juvenile and silly, and don’t “vote” either way.
Weetabix!
Wpaul
I agree Mman, I get and understand what you are saying. I come here to see if there is anyone with enough usefullness, to be worth responding to or piss me off enough to tell them off, you at least seem to want dialogue.
And yes more than one vote is possible I realized not long ago, so i don’t go by that cause I’ve seen obviously this happens and is inaccurate.
RSVPs
: Wheeliep Bader (Dec. 10, 7:36PM)
“How we would all *laugh* at that.”
I had trouble figuring out your meaning, Wheeliep, but I stayed with it and concluded that it referred to your quoting me to the effect that, “I was raised a very polite young man.” I guess you mean that at one time I was not polite but since have become so. Am I right?
– I’ve often wondered about the asterisks used instead of quotation marks on this site, Wheeliep. Does it have special significance? Am I missing something?
– “It’s not possible to vote for a post more than once, unless one opens several account (sic) (one for each vote)”. I don’t know about that Wheeliep. See Jim Kramer below. I see 4 out of 4 people liked your post, Wheeliep. You’re batting 1000. Keep up the good work.
– What’s with the “Bader?” Any particular reference?
: Jim Kramer (Dec. 11, 8:36AM)
“I agree Mman, I get and understand what you are saying… You at least seem to want dialogue.”
Thanks Jim. You got it right.
– It seems that you disagree with Wheeliep about multiple voting by an individual for or against a particular comment including one’s own. It looks like this is going to go to the next level Jim. Get your evidence together.
: Xenophilia (?) – Where’s Xeno? I guess she became fatigued and dropped out. Did she paint herself into a “rhetorical corner?”
: I wonder how many votes I’m going to get. This is exciting.
A pleasure as always.
Cheerio!
The asterixes are to “punch up” or emphasize certain words. It’s a stylistic choice I make to reflect the way I speak in real life. If this was an academic journal or a more formal setting, I wouldn’t use them.
I was remembering someone I once knew named Dennis Cato who said a similar thing. The joke, I guess, is that while he was raised as a “polite young man”, he isn’t polite or young now.
As for Jim, I was pointing out someone is unable to vote more than once from one account. Not really a disagreement, as I was telling him he was wrong.
Bader was a British WWII pilot with no legs who was an ace and after capture by the Germans, used “goon baiting” and his wits to cause them to use excess resources for his containment. Comrade Ivan gave me a copy of a biography of Bader, for my birthday. Very inspiring book about someone who, despite a serious disability, kicks ass in his chosen field(flight) and thrived in his personal and professional life.
Wp
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Where’s Xeno? I guess she became fatigued and dropped out.
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Wonder no longer, Moman! Far from sulking in a corner by your stinging (stinking) wit, I was at the ballet, watching sugar plums and snowflakes cavort with nutcrackers and cavaliers. Tis the season…
Soon, I will be preparing to go to a holiday brunch so bacchanalian it’s called a ‘drunch.’ Aesop made the turducken of sweets: oreo-wrapped chocolate chip cookies. I know enough to avoid those if I want to make it to six p.m.–when we usually leave, though the young turks will party on.
aah xeno, the nutcracker, it makes me sad, that this guy looks so much like chris farley http://www.thestar.com/news/article/110022…
Xeno… did you catch the nutcraker , at the Cohn
xeno live in massatushits^^
Sure, Painey, say it the way that Ontarionians say it…
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nNL0YCdj2mU
RSVPs
Gosh, only 2 out of 7 liked my last post. Is this an all-time low? I’ve got to bear down.
: Wheeliep Bader (Dec. 11, 10:29AM)
– Thanks for clearing up the bit about the asterisks (English spelling) but I think I’ll stick to the quotation marks (or “inverted commas” in English usage).
– Did I say “I was raised a very polite young man” before? No chance of indicating when (date and time) by any chance?
– Yes, of course, Bader the WWII ace. No legs and all that. An excellent role model Wheeliep, but I’ll take a pass.
– Re: Jim Kramer – “Not really a disagreement, I was telling him he was wrong.” Sounds like a disagreement to me Wheeliep, but Jim hasn’t made an appearance yet. Maybe he’s taking my advice over on “Hope y’all are put in prison.” I’ll be checking it out after I leave “Red or White.” God, I’m so busy!
: Xenophilia (12:00PM) – Welcome back, Xeno! I thought you had painted yourself into your own “rhetorical corner.” At the ballet “watching sugar plums and snowflakes cavort with nutcrackers and cavaliers” eh? Did any of the ballerinas do cartwheels? That would have been interesting.
The “drunch” and Aesop’s “turduckens” (turduckens? -is “turd” the abbreviation?) sounds like quite a come-down from the ballet. Is Aesop Greek? Does he add retsina to the turduckens? I think I’ll take a pass, Xeno.
By the way, I’m still waiting for evidence regarding my painting myself into a “rhetorical corner” and my “non-sequiturs.” You’re not getting off that easy. Dates and times please.
A pleasure as always.
Cheerio
MM-I’m not even going to look it up-find your own dates and times–but think–our last contretemps was on ‘you should be arrested’ or whatever it was called.
You called me an androphobe (hahahahah) because I don’t agree with you. Once neatly refuted, you leaped from there to ‘schoolmarm’ to gumboot wearing to accusing me of piling up the ‘likes’ on my posts! Do you see the common thread? That’s because there isn’t one!
And far from having different personae on this forum, I use this same screen name and avatar on several forums (fora?) CBC, chronically horrid and others. That’s what you do too, right Annie?
Tu n’avais qu’à pas faire le malin!
Maybe obese people were horrified at the thought of accidentally drinking diet pop and messing with their “lifestyle choice?”
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an excellent role model, WheelieP, but I’ll take a pass
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I missed the invitation for your “pass”.
Did you mean “but I’ll take a *piss*”?
Thanks for the correct spelling of multiple asterixes.
P
RSVPs
: Xenophilia (Dec. 11, 8:22PM)
Re: “The Common Thread”
I’m puzzled, Xeno. Is your charge about the absence of a “common thread” in my observations of your posts supposed to indicate that I am guilty of uttering “non-sequiturs?” Perhaps it was the nature of the posts themselves Xeno. Reflect on this.
Re: “The Several Forums”
As a matter of fact, Xeno, this is the only social forum I appear on. “Annie” was my pseudonym (named after a beloved whippet) for my blog “Halifax Memories” which appeared on “Community Blogs” in The Halifax Chronicle-Herald. Sadly, it no longer exists. The “Community Blogs” section still exists, of course, but not the individual Community bloggers. We were all just dumped in a bold new re-organization of the entire Chronicle-Herald website which, perhaps predictably, I find less than satisfactory.
I believe that it was “workboots” and not “gumboots,” Xeno. There is a difference you know. I will accept either “forums” or “fora.”
: Wheeliep (10:50PM) – I really think that you should seek out anger management therapy.
A pleasure as always.
Cheerio!
It fills me with Holiday Joy to see you reccomend any type of therapy or mental upkeep, Moley, given your words and actions here.
I know a therapist named D Cato, formerly of Halifax. Would you like his contact info?
Weetabix and Happy Holidays,
Wpaul