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Dr Pepper Artifact May Reveal Soft Drink's Origin
abcnews ^
| May 4, 2009
| JAMIE STENGLE
Posted on 05/04/2009 5:11:04 AM PDT by JoeProBono
Edited on 05/04/2009 5:22:26 AM PDT by Admin Moderator.
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Old book from Texas pharmacy where Dr Pepper was invented goes up for auction: Poking through antiques stores while traveling through the Texas Panhandle, Bill Waters stumbled across a tattered old ledger book filled with formulas.
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TOPICS: Food
KEYWORDS: drpepper; troll
To: JoeProBono
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JoeProBono
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05/04/2009 5:18:19 AM PDT
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05/04/2009 5:19:52 AM PDT
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05/04/2009 5:21:09 AM PDT
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JoeProBono
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05/04/2009 5:23:32 AM PDT
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05/04/2009 5:24:47 AM PDT
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05/04/2009 5:26:16 AM PDT
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To: JoeProBono
Just add seltzer to prune juice. Viola, Dr. Pepper!
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05/04/2009 5:56:46 AM PDT
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poobear
To: poobear
Go ahead and try that. They aren’t similar at all.
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05/04/2009 6:08:32 AM PDT
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Durus
(The People have abdicated our duties and anxiously hopes for just two things, "Bread and Circuses")
To: Durus
Guess I forgot the /sarc.
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05/04/2009 6:56:47 AM PDT
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poobear
To: poobear
I always thought Dr. Pepper tasted like this horrible cherry cough syrup I was forced to take when I was a kid.
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05/04/2009 7:20:29 AM PDT
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Fast Moving Angel
(There are no points for second place.)
To: JoeProBono
Per a History Channel documentary on Soda Pop, the 10-2-6 on the label refers to the hours of the day you need to drink a Dr P.
It seems in WWII, sugar or corn sugar was rationed. Many soft drink companies were in trouble as a result.
Dr. P cleverly convinced the Govt.that if workers had one of their pops at 10am, 2pm and 6pm, their energy would stay high and they'd be more productive.
The pitch worked and they got all the sugar they needed.
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05/04/2009 9:55:55 AM PDT
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llevrok
(A feral conservative in my own land.)
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