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From: jb@rti-sel.UUCP (Jeff Bartlett)
Newsgroups: net.misc.coke
Subject: Re: Dr. Peppers 10, 2, and 4
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Date: Thu, 1-Aug-85 09:58:44 EDT
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> What *does* the 10, 2, and 4 stand for?  I recall being implored to drink
> Dr. Pepper at 10, 2 and 4 ... but why?

Since these where the times an average factory worker takes his (her) breaks,
their old ad campaign seemed to imply drinking 3 a day.

(BTW this piece of trivia was passed to me from my father some 10 yrs ago)

Jeff Bartlett
Research Triangle Institute
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