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Posted by Sterling (Member # 8096) on :

So, I noticed the following on the label of a bottle of Coke, with the familiar Coke bottle logo in the place of the "I":

DRINK
CHOOSE
LIVE

Now, on one hand, it could be that the marketing people mean to suggest that drinking Coke should be part of your oh-so-vibrant and exciting life, as befits a beverage as vibrant and exciting as Coke.

On the other hand, it appears that the Coke people are warning you that if you choose wrongly, you'll cease to live.

Death threats: the new frontier in advertising.

Posted by Elizabeth (Member # 5218) on :

Well, isn;t the order a bit askew?
Don;t you have to choose before you drink?

Posted by TomDavidson (Member # 124) on :

Perhaps you drink, and then get to choose whether you live or die.

Posted by Enigmatic (Member # 7785) on :

No, I'm pretty sure Crow T. Robot decides who lives and who dies. He had dibs.

--Enigmatic

Posted by ketchupqueen (Member # 6877) on :

I think you're supposed to drink, choose, and live Coke.

I'm such a spoilsport.

Posted by SteveRogers (Member # 7130) on :

Maybe it means the drug.

Drink (the beverage)

Choose (your drug dealer)

Live (in sin)

Makes sense to me.

Posted by Tatiana (Member # 6776) on :

CocaCola is also an addictive drug, I'm convinced. That's why they can never give away the secret formula. [Wink]

Posted by Bob_Scopatz (Member # 1227) on :

I heard someone recently stole the secret formula.

Word on the street is CocaCola is people.

Posted by Tatiana (Member # 6776) on :

[ROFL]

Posted by Reticulum (Member # 8776) on :

I believe Enigmatic, that Chuck Norris actually has dibs on that.

Posted by cmc (Member # 9549) on :

M.A.M.O. anyone?

Posted by plaid (Member # 2393) on :

quote:
Fry: What if the secret ingredient is... people!?
Leela: Oh, there's already a soda like that. Soylent Cola.
Fry: Oh, how is it?
Leela: It varies from person to person.

One of my favorite Futurama quotes. [Smile]

Posted by Juxtapose (Member # 8837) on :

quote:
No, I'm pretty sure Crow T. Robot decides who lives and who dies. He had dibs.

Oh, I don't know....

Posted by Sterling (Member # 8096) on :

quote:
Originally posted by ketchupqueen:
I think you're supposed to drink, choose, and live Coke.

I'm such a spoilsport.

"Live Coke"? What would that mean? Be sweet, effervescent, and caffeinated? Acidic enough to dissolve teeth? Patented and trademarked?

Posted by theamazeeaz (Member # 6970) on :

I choose milk.

Suckers.

Posted by Sterling (Member # 8096) on :

quote:
Originally posted by theamazeeaz:
I choose milk.

Suckers.

Don't let the Coke people hear you say that. They may be taking a hard line.