{"id":9741,"date":"2006-11-08T08:49:52","date_gmt":"2006-11-08T15:49:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/wp\/2006\/11\/08\/the-real-thing-2.html"},"modified":"2006-11-08T08:49:52","modified_gmt":"2006-11-08T15:49:52","slug":"the_real_thing_2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2006\/11\/08\/the_real_thing_2.html","title":{"rendered":"The Real Thing"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n\n\n
\nYou Are Coke<\/strong> <\/font><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\n

\n<\/center>
\nA true original and classic, you represent the best of everything you can offer.
\nJust the right amount of sweet, just the right amount of energy… you’re the life of the party.<\/p>\n

Your best soda match: Mountain Dew<\/p>\n

Stay away from:Dr Pepper <\/font><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

What Kind of Soda Are You?<\/a>\n<\/div>\n

Granted, I find most BlogThings quizzes to be pretty lame, but it’s hard to argue with the results here. <\/p>\n

For the record, my soda of choice (now that I am diet soda pretty exclusively) is Coke Zero — because it tastes like Real Coke (which makes sense, because it’s formulated from Coke Classic, not from New Coke, which is what the abominable Diet Coke is derived from). In restaurants, since CZ is rarely on the menu, I much prefer Diet Pepsi to Diet Coke — if stuck with the latter, I’ll put a squirt of lemonade or lemon-lime soda in it, just to kill the bitterness.<\/p>\n

(via Ian<\/a>, who is, gasp, a Dr Pepper)<\/small> <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

You Are Coke A true original and classic, you represent the best of everything you can offer. 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