Boycott Pepsi!

cyras21 · Post by **cyras21** » Mon, 19 Dec 2011 12:47:18

The image speaks for itself....

Post by **OakRidgeStars** » Mon, 19 Dec 2011 12:53:29

I translated that for you...

Reverenddel · Post by **Reverenddel** » Mon, 19 Dec 2011 12:55:12

I dunno, looks like a "Coke" plot to discredit them! HAHAHA

(Coke executives sitting in a "star chamber") "I GOT IT! WE'LL PUT A IMAGE ON A PEPSI CAN IN ARABIC THAT WILL INFLAME THE WORLD!" (insert "mu-ha-ha" here)

dorminWS · Post by **dorminWS** » Mon, 19 Dec 2011 12:57:22

Ok, So what is the image saying? I don't speak or read Farsi or any of that other jabber.

TheGodfather · Post by **TheGodfather** » Mon, 19 Dec 2011 13:00:44

I agree with the boycott - 1 calorie is UNACCEPTABLE!!!

Jakeiscrazy · Post by **Jakeiscrazy** » Mon, 19 Dec 2011 14:23:30

TheGodfather wrote:I agree with the boycott - 1 calorie is UNACCEPTABLE!!!

cyras21 · Post by **cyras21** » Mon, 19 Dec 2011 14:25:15

lol... you guys are too much

Pepsi's response...

Hi Clement, thanks for taking the time to get in touch with us.

We understand from some of our consumers that a Diet Pepsi can designed and sold in the Middle East and intended to portray the growth of active regional cities (such as Dubai) has been misinterpreted. We are deeply sorry to those who found this design insensitive, which was never our intention.

We immediately stopped production of this can as soon as this was brought to our attention in October, and took action to change the design. The new can,which features an abstract design, has already been issued in the Middle East.

Post by **allingeneral** » Mon, 19 Dec 2011 14:30:38

dorminWS wrote:Ok, So what is the image saying? I don't speak or read Farsi or any of that other jabber.

Ehh...there's an airplane at the very top center of the can flying toward two high-rise buildings to the right of the plane... I don;t understand how things like this can get through design and quality control unless someone on the BOD says "We need to stir things up a little for some free publicity"

dorminWS · Post by **dorminWS** » Mon, 19 Dec 2011 14:46:26

allingeneral wrote:
dorminWS wrote:Ok, So what is the image saying? I don't speak or read Farsi or any of that other jabber.
Ehh...there's an airplane at the very top center of the can flying toward two high-rise buildings to the right of the plane... I don;t understand how things like this can get through design and quality control unless someone on the BOD says "We need to stir things up a little for some free publicity"

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well, since the airplane is obviously flying ABOVE the skyscapers, I figured it couldn't be about 9-11, so I thought it was commemorating that Air Force One overflight of NYC purely for a photo-op of a few years ago that caused all the infidels in NYC to stain their drawers. Could it be the rest of the world sees those graphics as totally innocuous?

Jakeiscrazy · Post by **Jakeiscrazy** » Mon, 19 Dec 2011 14:52:54

dorminWS wrote:
allingeneral wrote:
dorminWS wrote:Ok, So what is the image saying? I don't speak or read Farsi or any of that other jabber.
Ehh...there's an airplane at the very top center of the can flying toward two high-rise buildings to the right of the plane... I don;t understand how things like this can get through design and quality control unless someone on the BOD says "We need to stir things up a little for some free publicity"
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well, since the airplane is obviously flying ABOVE the skyscapers, I figured it couldn't be about 9-11, so I thought it was commemorating that Air Force One overflight of NYC purely for a photo-op of a few years ago that caused all the infidels in NYC to stain their drawers. Could it be the rest of the world sees those graphics as totally innocuous?

I didn't catch that either. What can you never have an image of a plane over a city again?

Kreutz · Post by **Kreutz** » Mon, 19 Dec 2011 15:35:14

cyras21 wrote:The image speaks for itself....

Er...no, it doesn't. Failed to see the problem.

papasan · Post by **papasan** » Mon, 19 Dec 2011 16:46:35

it's actually Dubai...

http://www.snopes.com/rumors/photos/pepsican.asp

...people will get their panties in a bunch about anything these days. avoid pepsi because it tastes like camel urine, who cares what's on the can?

TenchCoxe · Post by **TenchCoxe** » Mon, 19 Dec 2011 22:15:10

papasan wrote:it's actually Dubai...

http://www.snopes.com/rumors/photos/pepsican.asp

...people will get their panties in a bunch about anything these days. avoid pepsi because it tastes like camel urine, who cares what's on the can?

I hereby award you one internet.

Chasbo00 · Post by **Chasbo00** » Mon, 19 Dec 2011 22:49:48

Don't alow this sissy water anywhere near your bourbon - that's incredibly bad form. In fact, I think it may even be a documented sin.

Reverenddel · Post by **Reverenddel** » Tue, 20 Dec 2011 09:24:54

Charlie,
It all depends on the bourbon brotha... If it's Maker's Mark? HEEEELLLSSS NO! If it's "Bob's House of Bourbon" in a plastic bottle? (shudders) Yes please more cola.

VBshooter · Post by **VBshooter** » Tue, 20 Dec 2011 10:30:59

Cola in the bourbon??? Sacriledge!!!!!!!! A definite misdirection of drinking ettiquette

dorminWS · Post by **dorminWS** » Tue, 20 Dec 2011 11:26:47

papasan wrote:it's actually Dubai...

http://www.snopes.com/rumors/photos/pepsican.asp

...people will get their panties in a bunch about anything these days. avoid pepsi because it tastes like camel urine, who cares what's on the can?

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After drinking camel urine, (which I assume you did so you'd know what it tastes like) my guess would be that almost anything would taste funny.

dorminWS · Post by **dorminWS** » Tue, 20 Dec 2011 11:28:55

Chasbo00 wrote:Don't alow this sissy water anywhere near your bourbon - that's incredibly bad form. In fact, I think it may even be a documented sin.

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Bourbon in Pepsi/Pepsi in bourbon: Either one is a foul debasement of both the bourbon and the Pepsi. Both was made to sip over ice - straight.

SHMIV · Post by **SHMIV** » Tue, 20 Dec 2011 13:09:40

I've always enjoyed my bourbon straight. Well, I did when I still drank it. Seems I like it too much, so I don't touch it anymore.

When I lived in Mecklenburg County, it seemed that ALL liquor (regardless of what it was; bourbon, scotch, vodka, etc.) was mixed with Mountain Dew. Blech.

That particular can of Pepsi up there isn't regular Pepsi, btw. It's that nasty diet crap. Ice will not help it to be enjoyable. Cheap whiskey is necessary to make that stuff potable.

dorminWS · Post by **dorminWS** » Tue, 20 Dec 2011 14:35:03

SHMIV wrote:I've always enjoyed my bourbon straight. Well, I did when I still drank it. Seems I like it too much, so I don't touch it anymore.

When I lived in Mecklenburg County, it seemed that ALL liquor (regardless of what it was; bourbon, scotch, vodka, etc.) was mixed with Mountain Dew. Blech.

That particular can of Pepsi up there isn't regular Pepsi, btw. It's that nasty diet crap. Ice will not help it to be enjoyable. Cheap whiskey is necessary to make that stuff potable.

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I used to say that about Diet Pepsi. But then I switched to Diet in 1983, and now I think regular Pepsi tastes funny. All what you get used to.

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