Dave Smith wrote:
> Just Visiting wrote:
>
>> Not everybody likes the same things but, really...Do people in this
>> minority really hate Dr. Pepper THAT much?
>
> I don't hate Dr.Pepper. I have a a can of it every five years or so.
> Judging from the shelf space dedicated to it, it would appear not to be
> very popular.
>
>> Dr. Pepper never did
>> anything to them. I'd like to see them make a soft drink as successful
>> as the Dr. but I doubt that it would ever happen.
>
> You'd like to see a soft drink as popular? Look at the top sellers:
> Diet Coke, Coke, Pepsi.....
> Way down the list is Dr. Pepper.
>
>
>
Not for folks in the souf', Dr. Pepper is THE drink. Of course all cold
drinks, aka soda's, aka pop, are known as "cokes" in the souf'. As in:
What kind of coke do you want, Dr. Pepper, root beer, whatever.

When I was stationed on the US East Coast and drove back to Texas on
leave the first place I could get Dr. Pepper was at Veteran's Cafe on
Lookout Mountain outside Chattanooga. Would go in and drink a couple and
buy a six-pack for the road. DP wasn't sold all over the USA back then.