...spilled directly onto your lap. Cool, yes. Not entirely refreshing. Fairly sticky. Eww.
My only consolation is that this happened at home instead of at work. Here I'm able to clean up and change pants, and there's nobody to see the very embarrasingly positioned wet mark.
--Enigmatic (clumsy)
Posted by Chungwa (Member # 6421) on :
I hate it when I'm drinking a coke (or Dr Pepper) and I'm not paying attention and I end up pouring 1/3 of the can all over the front of my shirt.
I usually just chuckle and think, "well, it happens to all of us." I does, doesn't it?
Posted by Zeugma (Member # 6636) on :
Mmmm, clumsy.
You know, I was just noticing today that the latest batch of Diet Dr Pepper from a particular store in town is far more flavorful than usual. I think I can actually taste something like pepper in this stuff.
I'd better go buy them out before they get a new batch. Posted by CaySedai (Member # 6459) on :
I love Dr Pepper. I haven't had any in days ...
I'm broke and also trying to keep away from caffeine. What a combination.
Posted by beverly (Member # 6246) on :
Ooo! I have some in my fridge....
Posted by Jay (Member # 5786) on :
Sounds like a drinking problem. It’s good that you can talk in a group about this. What are your feelings when this happens?
Posted by kojabu (Member # 8042) on :
quote:Originally posted by Zeugma: Mmmm, clumsy.
You know, I was just noticing today that the latest batch of Diet Dr Pepper from a particular store in town is far more flavorful than usual. I think I can actually taste something like pepper in this stuff.
I'd better go buy them out before they get a new batch.
Oo, what store?
Posted by Zeugma (Member # 6636) on :
The East Hill CTB!
The Dr Pepper I got from the gas station at 13 and 366 this morning was the same as usual, so I don't know where this CTB stuff is coming from. Mmmm. Posted by Farmgirl (Member # 5567) on :
I have a personal Murphy's law that says any day that I wear a white dress shirt to work, I will spill coffee or pop on it. Never fails.
I've spent many minutes in the bathroom washing out my top, drying it under the hand blow drier, and coming back to the desk witha slightly damp shirt...
Posted by twinky (Member # 693) on :
quote:Originally posted by Jay: Sounds like a drinking problem. It’s good that you can talk in a group about this. What are your feelings when this happens?
Jay wins the thread. Posted by ElJay (Member # 6358) on :
Better your pants than your keyboard.
*snicker*
Posted by kojabu (Member # 8042) on :
I wonder if the other CTB's are having the same issue... I might have to check this out on my way home.
Posted by Zeugma (Member # 6636) on :
If you do, kojabu, the expriation date on this cap is 09-12-05. Posted by ElJay (Member # 6358) on :
Someone just privately accused me of having a naughty double meaning in mind when I wrote my above post. I would like to assure you all that I meant nothing of the sort, and had to think about it for quite a while before I saw the potential entendre that was being referred to.
Not only was I genuinely not thinking that way, but he's my brother. Ewwwww! So anyone else who may have taken my message in any way other than perfectly straight-forward, I wish to inform you that YOU have a dirty mind. Yes, Enigmatic, you too.
*proper
Posted by aspectre (Member # 2222) on :
Sounds fairly innocuous compared to spewing CocaCola through the nose all over the screen&keyboard cuz some mean ol' Hatracker has ambushed ya with a funny.
Posted by kojabu (Member # 8042) on :
quote:Originally posted by Zeugma: If you do, kojabu, the expriation date on this cap is 09-12-05.
Hm, I dashed out of work before I read that, but I grabbed one at the Ctown CTB. I feel like it's missing some flavor, maybe they left it out in my batch (expires 8-22-05) and put the extra into yours?
Oh Dr. Pepper, how thee can entertain us
Posted by Zeugma (Member # 6636) on :
You know, yesterday I was thinking it tasted a little watered-down... not sure what date it had, though. Posted by kojabu (Member # 8042) on :
I think we need to conduct a full Ithaca wide survey of Dr. Pepper and perhaps even nationwide, comparing the zestiness (or lack there of) of this drink of choice.
Posted by kojabu (Member # 8042) on :
I've never tried that, I'm not a big fan of cherry coke so I don't know if I'd like it.
Posted by Enigmatic (Member # 7785) on :
quote: Better your pants than your keyboard.
Yes, that was the little mental damage-control going through my head, event as the Dr Pepper puddle foamed up and soaked through my jeans: Shove the keyboard out of the way so the bit that did get on the desk didn't run that way. Though really, I could have used the excuse to buy a new keyboard at this point.
As for the dirty minds, "lap" was not my first choice of words to describe where the majority of the Dr Pepper landed. However, after typing the "sticky" bit it sounded especially naughty so I changed it.
Cherry Vanilla Dr Pepper is like hummingbird food. In other words, pretty dang tasty. Diet Cherry Vanilla Dr Pepper just has too many words to be taken seriously.
--Enigmatic (is flattered that the mention of Dr Pepper in his lap makes so many posters crave Dr Pepper.)
Posted by CT (Member # 8342) on :
[*thinks better of it, but it was funny ]
[Edit again to clarify: was a classic Mae West quote reference]
Posted by Tante Shvester (Member # 8202) on :
I would like to have you all know that Dr. Pepper is not really a doctor. He is a FRAUD! No medical degree, not podiatry, not dentistry, not optometry, or chiropractic! No Ph.D. I think that he was a minister, but that "Reverend Pepper" wasn't selling so well, so they "promoted" him to doctor.
Now Dr. Brown really was a real bona fide M.D., and Dr. Brown's Cel-Ray soda is the bestest soda in the world.
The AMA would want you to drink Dr. Brown's, not Dr. Pepper!
Posted by kojabu (Member # 8042) on :
What about Mr. Pibb?
Posted by Tante Shvester (Member # 8202) on :
Modest about his humble origins. And the nasty nasty taste of his soda.
Posted by Tante Shvester (Member # 8202) on :
I prefer Sergeant Pepper to Dr. Pepper.
Posted by kojabu (Member # 8042) on :
Yea Mr. Pibb never went to med school, or any other sort of school. I think he got a degree in acting though, too bad he never made it big time.
*scampers off to drink some real Dr. Pepper*
Posted by Enigmatic (Member # 7785) on :
CT made a joke on my thread that needed to be taken down, and I missed it? Curse my metal body I wasn't fast enough!
Neither Dr Pepper nor Mr Pibb use a . in their names. It's a conspiracy.
--Enigmatic
Posted by Hamson (Member # 7808) on :
I spilled some gatorade on my laptop keyboard before . And then I tried to dry it with those keyboard cleaning liquid air cans. It was a good idea, but I tilted the bottle at a more than 45 degree angle, and liquid air spilled on my backspace and + keys, and they shrunk and shriveled. . Luckily, I still had my warranty.
Posted by kojabu (Member # 8042) on :
I think there's a Dr Thunder out there too, the Walmart brand.
Posted by Tante Shvester (Member # 8202) on :
Dr. Thunder sounds like the arch-nemesis of some lame-o superhero.
Hmmm...Remember Simon bar Sinister?
Posted by Bob_Scopatz (Member # 1227) on :
There's also Dr HyVee -- the store brand where we shop. It looks dark.
Posted by Tante Shvester (Member # 8202) on :
Dr. HyVee? As in "Hivey"? Is that the name of an allergist?
Posted by Kiwi (Member # 7982) on :
I would like to take this opportunity to point out that Dr Pepper is disgusting.
Posted by kojabu (Member # 8042) on :
Noooo!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
it's delicious.
Posted by Kiwi (Member # 7982) on :
Um, no. Definitely disgusting.
Goat made me try it.
Posted by Rappin' Ronnie Reagan (Member # 5626) on :
maybe it was just a bad batch or something. i think you should try it again to make sure.
Posted by Kiwi (Member # 7982) on :
I don't.
Posted by Tante Shvester (Member # 8202) on :
Right on, Kiwi. Dr Pepper is supremely yucksome. We hates it!
If I were in the soda making business, I'd make licorice-flavored soda. Yum!
Of the currently available flavors of soda, my favorite is Dr. Brown's Cel-Ray, followed by good old Coca Cola.
Posted by rivka (Member # 4859) on :
*joins Kiwi and Tante in their "Dr Pepper is nasty" campaign*
Posted by kojabu (Member # 8042) on :
Licorice? eep.
You could call it Dr. Anise. (or is it spelled anice)
Posted by littlemissattitude (Member # 4514) on :
quote:Originally posted by Tante Shvester: Hmmm...Remember Simon bar Sinister?
I do so miss Underdog.
Posted by quidscribis (Member # 5124) on :
My favorite is Elephant Ginger Beer. That's gots kicks. Yum!
Posted by Tante Shvester (Member # 8202) on :
quote:I do so miss Underdog.
And Sweet Polly Purebred wants to be Mrs. Underdog.
Posted by kojabu (Member # 8042) on :
Dr. Brown's is indeed awesome.
Posted by Tante Shvester (Member # 8202) on :
I tried the cherry vanilla, and it was like Dr. Pepper spiked with Robitussin. Feh!
I'd call my licorice soda "Ph.D. Black", and my slogan would be, "A higher degree of refreshment."
Perhaps I can pitch my idea to the Good 'n' Plenty people. I wonder if Choo Choo Charlie is still with that outfit?
Posted by kojabu (Member # 8042) on :
Oh Good 'n' Plenty. I hated getting the purple box of them when I went Trick-or-Treating.
Posted by Tante Shvester (Member # 8202) on :
But they are sooo Good. And you always get Plenty.
I'm wondering if a taste for black licorice in incompatable with a taste for Dr. Pepper. What do you think, guys?
Posted by rivka (Member # 4859) on :
I hate both.
Posted by dkw (Member # 3264) on :
I like both.
Posted by kojabu (Member # 8042) on :
I like one but hate the other. I have weird taste buds though.
Posted by Tante Shvester (Member # 8202) on :
Well, based on this tiny sample size, I see no correlation.
Carry on!
Posted by ElJay (Member # 6358) on :
Tante, I make a mean anise-current martini, with anise picked fresh from my garden. Wanna come over?
Posted by Tante Shvester (Member # 8202) on :
quote:Tante, I make a mean anise-current martini, with anise picked fresh from my garden. Wanna come over?
Gosh YES!
My favoritest liquor is Arak, which tastes like Good'n'Plenty, but not at all sweet. It is crystal clear, but if you put it in the freezer or add ice, it turns milky-white.
Sometimes I pour a little over my vanilla ice cream.
Posted by rivka (Member # 4859) on :
Arak? *shudder, gag*
Posted by Tante Shvester (Member # 8202) on :
quote:Arak? *shudder, gag*
Fine. More for me! Posted by ElJay (Member # 6358) on :
The funny thing is that I don't like black licorice. But I like anise. Never had Arak.
But I make my martinis with a little vanilla sugar-sryup, so if you like Arak over vanilla ice cream you're pretty sure to like them. Posted by Tante Shvester (Member # 8202) on :
It's a date!
Um...are you picking me up? Do you need directions to New Jersey?
Posted by ElJay (Member # 6358) on :
Hey I asked if you wanted to come over. That implies you supply your own form of transportation. Need directions to Minnesota?
Posted by CT (Member # 8342) on :
Oh, so close, but yet so far.
Posted by CT (Member # 8342) on :
(I want an anise martini, too. )
Posted by Tante Shvester (Member # 8202) on :
ElJay, I'm afraid that I can't make it over to Minnesota just now. Can I take a rain check?
Posted by ElJay (Member # 6358) on :
Certainly, Tante. And CT, anytime. Posted by kojabu (Member # 8042) on :
Ooh where in NJ are you Tante?
Posted by Tante Shvester (Member # 8202) on :
<sigh> Exit 9
Posted by kojabu (Member # 8042) on :
haha, that actually doesn't help me any. I'm from northern Sussex County so we don't have highways with exits. Posted by Tante Shvester (Member # 8202) on :
Oh la-di-dah!
Posted by CT (Member # 8342) on :
*grin
Posted by kojabu (Member # 8042) on :
Zeugma, I got one of the Diet Dr. Pepper's from Pita Pit that had a 9-12-05 expiration date, but I think it tastes the same as the one I had yesterday. Very odd....
Posted by JuniperDreams (Member # 3471) on :
I think squirrels beat Dr. Pepper any day. >.>
Posted by Annie (Member # 295) on :
I really have to insert my obnoxious opinion in here now.
I've been completely spoiled for American soda since I began shopping exclusively in the import aisles. Mexico is brilliant and does just about everything neccessary to save the world. If you can get some Mexican apple soda (there are many brands, all equally fabulous, such as Sidral, Extra Poma and Manzana Lift) you must give it a try. Also fabulous is the Jarritos line of Mexican sodas, which you can even get here so I'm pretty sure you can get them everywhere. Tamarindo is the best thing ever made.
If you can find an asian import store, try the weirdest soda you can find. CoCo Rico is a pretty good Filipino coconut soda, and then there's always the cool Japanese one with the marble that's really too sweet, but the coolest ones will be the obscure ones. Aloe vera soda, red bean soda, green tea soda.
The import aisle's the way to go.
Posted by JuniperDreams (Member # 3471) on :
New York... but I think it might just be me... >.>
Posted by Tante Shvester (Member # 8202) on :
Annie, Ever come across any licorice soda? There may be a vast untapped market just waiting for me to come along and exploit it.
Posted by kojabu (Member # 8042) on :
Grapefruit soda is pretty good, I had some of that in Italy. But sadly they had no Dr. Pepper so it was a long four months with Coke as my only option for dark soda.
Posted by Tante Shvester (Member # 8202) on :
Fresca is grapefruit soda. Alas, it only comes in diet.
Posted by Kiwi (Member # 7982) on :
quote:Remember if you decide that someone is "Making" you try a drink the likelhood of you enjoying it is greatly reduce.
I disagree, since I was trying it under the impression that it was delicious. The only reason he had to "make" me try it was because it was somewhat difficult to find over here, and I kept forgetting.
I don't like cherry flavoured coke, or anything really, so I hardly think cherry flavoured Dr Pepper is going to be nicer.
It's not just Dr Pepper, either; I find most American candy oversweet. Not only is Dr Pepper too sweet, but as I recall it tastes like marzipan (assuming marzipan is the flavour of wedding cake icing...).
Posted by ElJay (Member # 6358) on :
Marzipan is not usually used on wedding cakes over here, no, it's usually royal icing. Marzipan I think is mostly almond paste, is the flavor you're thinking of at all almondy?
Posted by kojabu (Member # 8042) on :
Marzipan is the flavor of almond paste and some of the best stuff in the world!! Haven't been to enough weddings to know about the cake icing thing though.
Posted by RoyHobbs (Member # 7594) on :
Dr Pepper rules - Mr Pibb drools.
Posted by Kiwi (Member # 7982) on :
Hmm, I'm not sure. I found a website that says marzipan is usually used for cake decorating rather than to actually ice the entire cake, so perhaps it was cute little marzipan flowers that I was thinking of.
I like almonds, but if marzipan is almond flavoured, then I guess I don't like almond flavouring. Does Dr Pepper taste in any way almondy? (I remember it having a taste I didn't like that reminded me of marzipan, but since I'm not sure that I have the correct memory of what marzipan tastes like, it could be anything really...)
Posted by rivka (Member # 4859) on :
quote:Originally posted by kojabu: haha, that actually doesn't help me any. I'm from northern Sussex County so we don't have highways with exits.
So once you get on, you're stuck?
Kiwi, I adore marzipan (which, while made primarily of almonds, has a taste quite distinct from plain almonds) and detest Dr. Pepper. Which I don't happen to think tastes anything like any kind of icing . . . Posted by Enigmatic (Member # 7785) on :
I'll second the bit about American candy being sweeter than most of the world (though I suspect Western European candy is similar). When I was in India and we went to a "sweet shop" everything was spongy cake type things with syrup or maybe some sort of frosting. There wasn't anything like American hard candy, which is basically colored sugar formed into different shapes (Nerds, SweetTarts, Jolly Ranchers, etc). The sweetest thing we found was basically a donut hole in a small dish of maple syrup.
--Enigmatic
Posted by kojabu (Member # 8042) on :
quote:Originally posted by rivka:
quote:Originally posted by kojabu: [qb] haha, that actually doesn't help me any. I'm from northern Sussex County so we don't have highways with exits.
So once you get on, you're stuck?
Haha, there are no highways to get stuck on.
Posted by Tante Shvester (Member # 8202) on :
quote:Does Dr Pepper taste in any way almondy?
It tastes like stewed prunes.
Posted by rivka (Member # 4859) on :
No, it tastes quite a bit worse than stewed prunes. bleh!
Posted by plaid (Member # 2393) on :
Dr. Pepper? Ick.
Anyone know what gives Dr. Pepper its real flavor? I've always thought of Dr. Pepper as being the unholy spawn of root beer and Tab...
Posted by kojabu (Member # 8042) on :
Wikipedia says that Dr Pepper was made from a bunch of popular sodas at the time of its invention. And it doesn't contain prunes!!
Here's a bunch of fake Dr. Pepper's. I like Dr. A+ and Dr. Whatever. Dr. What? Posted by plaid (Member # 2393) on :
Ha! I was right!
Posted by Tante Shvester (Member # 8202) on :
That site also says that Dr Pepper was a real doctor. I don't believe it.
Has anyone ever tried Manhattan Special? It is an espresso-flavored soda. Perfect!
(But I'm still wishing for a nice, frosty Ph.D. Black)
Posted by kojabu (Member # 8042) on :
Gasp! espresso flavored soda, that could be so good. Where can one obtain such a delicacy?
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