At McDonald’s, whenever someone would ask for a Pepsi, I gave them a Coke (and didn’t tell them— I’m a mischievous little scamp). No one ever noticed a difference, and if they did, they didn’t care, which goes to show that even if there is any difference (which there’s not), it’s very marginal. (By the way, we didn’t have Pepsi at McDonald’s, so it’s not like I was trying to be a jerk or anything.)

As far as marketing goes, Coke wins hands down. Coca Cola has that one where the train is running and lights up with pictures of the Coke Bear (I think? it only comes on one season a year; maybe it’s a Santa Claus). Plus the Coke Bear is so adorable. I used to have a Desktop Theme of the Coca Cola Bear, but I can’t find where to download it anymore (it used to be on freethemes.com, but alas, no more).

However, Pepsi has that commercial with Bob Dole, which would be awesome if it wasn’t mostly centered around Britney Spears. So Coke still holds the title of marketing champ.

I forgot whether it was Pepsi or Coke that had that annoying little girl, but I’m glad she’s gone.

Now as far as diet versus regular, I actually do notice a difference. Regular is nasty. Diet is less nasty. (I don’t like Coca Pepsi in general, but diet is bearable.) Regular has all that sugar. It tastes so sweet that I want to spit it out. Diet tastes like flavored water, which has it way over concentrated sugar. Plus, it’s a lot less calories. One can of Coke is... I’m not sure. It’s at least a hundred calories, maybe more. But even a hundred is a lot. Think of all the other things you could be eating for a hundred calories instead of drinking nasty Coke. You could have three slices of that sandwich cheese that comes individually packaged, or three fig newtons, or a ton of pretzels, or two apples, or three oranges, or a yogurt.

So there. (By the way, where did "Can't we all just get along?" come from? Is that from a movie?)

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