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Default Village idiot again

On 3/20/2010 4:09 AM, J. Clarke wrote:
> On 3/19/2010 2:23 PM, dsi1 wrote:
>> On 3/18/2010 7:20 PM, sf wrote:
>>> On Thu, 18 Mar 2010 14:21:37 -1000, dsi1
>>> > wrote:
>>>
>>>> Yoo-hoo to wash that pie down with
>>>> - no wonder they always seem to be so angry. :-)
>>>
>>> YooHoo is a drink? Didn't know.
>>>

>>
>> You must be a Yankee. :-) Yoo-Hoo is a chocolate drink which, evidently,
>> has yet to reach the shores of the Northwest. Some folks call it a
>> chocolate soda but come on - it ain't carbonated! You probably shouldn't
>> drink it if you're a Yankee over the age of 12, or 25 if you're down
>> South. :-)

>
> Corporate headquarters is in New York and one of the two plants is in
> Joisey where it was invented, so don't blame the South for it.
>


You are correct that Yoo-Hoo does not have it's origins in the South but
the South has embraced it as surely as Hawaii has Spam. Why spoil a
beautiful thing with the truth? :-)