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From: bobn@bmcg.UUCP (Bob Nebert)
Newsgroups: net.flame
Subject: Re: "Classic" propaganda
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Date: Wed, 17-Jul-85 19:22:55 EDT
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Posted: Wed Jul 17 19:22:55 1985
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> 
> BTW, since this is net.flame, a related flame:
> We've recently beaten the subject to death how if you order a Coke and some
> other brand is served, they have to inform you of the fact.  Now, how come is
> it that whenever I go into a Pizza The Hut and see Pepsi on the menu, and when
> I order "a cola" with my meal (I don't like saying the "P" word), they still
> ask if Pepsi will be ok?  In making my order, I'm implicitly agreeing to
> whatever brand is being carried.  Does Pepsi not consider itself a cola?  Has
> Coke also copyrighted that word????
> 
> Ken Kaufman (uiucdcs!kaufman)
> "Dial 1-800, toll-free!"

>> Coke dosen't have a copyright on cola but they do on Coke. The people 
>> who wait on other people are so used to hearing customers say "and a
>> coke please" that the pepsi responce response ( one spelling has gotta
>> be correct) in inborn. 8 out of 10 times people ask a question and never
>> listen for an answer.
>>
>>                                            sdcsvax!bmcg!bobn