"dsi1" wrote in message
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On Monday, July 10, 2017 at 8:44:59 PM UTC-10, Ophelia wrote:
> "dsi1" wrote in message
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> On Monday, July 10, 2017 at 12:09:49 PM UTC-10, Roy wrote:
> > On Monday, July 10, 2017 at 2:57:52 PM UTC-6, Ophelia wrote:
> > > "dsi1" wrote in message
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> > > On Monday, July 10, 2017 at 9:53:43 AM UTC-10, Taxed and Spent wrote:
> > > > On 7/10/2017 12:39 PM, dsi1 wrote:
> > > > > On Monday, July 10, 2017 at 9:33:22 AM UTC-10, Dave Smith wrote:
> > > > >> On 2017-07-10 3:10 PM, dsi1 wrote:
> > > > >>> On Monday, July 10, 2017 at 8:56:16 AM UTC-10, Dave Smith wrote:
> > > > >>
> > > > >>>> The change looked like a disaster at first, but in the end it
> > > > >>>> helped
> > > > >>>> Coke sales. All those people who had preferred Pepsi over Coke
> > > > >>>> suddenly
> > > > >>>> started buying Coke.
> > > > >>>
> > > > >>> It was brilliant and the most cynical advertising campaign
> > > > >>> ever -
> > > > >>> or
> > > > >>> was it?
> > > > >>
> > > > >> I don't think it was brilliant or cynical advertising. They had
> > > > >> been
> > > > >> losing market share steadily to Pepsi and to non cola soft
> > > > >> drinks.
> > > > >> They
> > > > >> wanted to alter the formula to what people liked. That
> > > > >> backfired.
> > > > >> People rebelled and insisted that they wanted their old Coke
> > > > >> back,
> > > > >> so
> > > > >> the company did some quick damage control, renamed the new
> > > > >> product
> > > > >> New
> > > > >> Coke and the old one Coke Classic. Their sales almost doubled
> > > > >> within a
> > > > >> few months and their market share stayed high for years. It was
> > > > >> more
> > > > >> serendipity than brilliance.
> > > > >>
> > > > >>
> > > > >>
> > > > >>>
> > > > >>> I had some Pepsi Fire last night. Slurping the stuff is not
> > > > >>> recommended. That noxious air/fluid mix hit my sinus like acid.
> > > > >>> I
> > > > >>> ended up spraying my computer screen. I highly recommend using a
> > > > >>> straw. 
> > > > >>>
> > > > >>> https://www.amazon.com/photos/share/...VCPqj3T38GBtbz
> > > > >>>
> > > > >
> > > > > That's what makes it so beautiful. Nobody can believe that it's
> > > > > the
> > > > > most
> > > > > brilliant and cynical advertising campaign ever! Heck, even I
> > > > > can't
> > > > > believe it!
> > > > >
> > > >
> > > > now it is a beautiful, brilliant and cynical advertising campaign.
> > >
> > > It's a wonderful world where such things can exist!
> > >
> > > https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yzh4sWPxjIc
> > >
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> > >
> > > LOL Brilliant
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> > >
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> > That cinnamony new flavour is CRAP...have my share as well.
>
> I shall alert the Queen Mum straight away.
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> Not sure which Queen Mum you mean but ours is long gone ... unless ...
> you
> do spooky stuff???
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I suppose there is no Queen Mum anymore. That's a shame. I wish we had a
national grandmother. This person might come the closest.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8CxH2iHVWUg
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If you have a lot of respect for her, why not?

))) Although if you really
wanted to, the Queen is a Mum too

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