Black is the new Red

[yggdrasil_]

A new drink has entered the already saturated Coca Cola product family. I've seen it in the US but hadn't gotten around to sampling it, so now I tried it out in the UK. I'm talking, of course, about the Coca-Cola Zero (left).

The Coca Coka Zero has a rather interesting history, it would seem. Takes us back all the way to 1985 and the New Coke

Comments

[iod]

what soft drink isn't promoted using babes, exactly?

(note: a quick google image search for coke zero got, yes, zero results with Ms. Cole's face. Hrp.)

[yggdrasil_]

Diet Coke is traditionally advertised with good looking men, actually. Bring to mind, if you will, the man-falling-asleep-on-the-lap-of-a-girl-who-can't-reach-her-can-of-Diet-Coke commercial. This obviously a commercial targetted at women. Likewise, the getting-naked-in-the-car-wash commercial for Diet Coke with Lemon emphasised the damp male physiognomy.

[spelljammer]

My opinion on Diet Coke Zero is not as favorable as yours. As someone that’s already used to the Diet Coke flavor, I found Diet Coke Zero to be, well, quite disgusting :)

[yggdrasil_]

Probably because you have already sold your soul to the demon of Diet Coke. You can no longer appreciate the true taste of goodness. You have closed yourself to the light.
You are lost to us.

[luckluster]

Did you plan to go the UK right after the US trip?

[yggdrasil_]

"Life is what happens to you while you're busy making other plans" - John Lennon

I'm in the UK on business, a surprise opportunity to give a week and a half of .NET training to a bunch of MAGIC programmers. No plans, no nothing. Life is good.

the diet coke affair

[anonymous]

It is well known (in some circles, at least) that diet coke is part of a larger joint NSA and CIA program. The soft-drink has a specific combination of substances (chemical and other) that, when consumed over many years, cause the human brain to grow a miniscule appendage that reacts to waves of a certain frequency. Transmitters have been scattered across the world waiting for the right button to be pushed in order to transmit the signal.
An addictive ingredient has been added to ensure that people will use the drink long enough to grow the new organ. The addictive ingredient tends to evaporate quickly, which is why diet-coke victims are especially averse to allowing their drink to rest undrunk in the open air.
I wonder what they're up to with this new zero thing. probably a rival department in the NSA or something.