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Post by String on Jul 22, 2020 10:02:29 GMT -5
I like what was in it.  My first crush. Being a child of the 80s, my first purple crush was:  |
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Post by Slam_Bradley on Jul 22, 2020 10:04:00 GMT -5
The true purple crush.  |
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Post by Deleted on Jul 22, 2020 10:11:10 GMT -5
Slam_Bradley shares the best drink pictures. Instead of a weekly cover contest, we should have a one-off contest featuring drink images.
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Post by Cei-U! on Jul 22, 2020 10:18:15 GMT -5
I’m not sure if New Coke ever made it over here. But I wish I’d been able to try it. Ah well, I prefer Pepsi. Then you'd have loved New Coke, which tasted exactly like Poopsi. Me, I was so incensed at the switch that I actually called Atlanta and bitched out some poor customer service rep. She told me, "I know, sir, I hate it, too, and just between us, everyone here outside the executive suite thinks this was a terrible idea." I asked her if she could get in trouble for saying that, and she sighed before saying, "You're my 37th complaint this morning and I just don't care anymore."
Cei-U! Don't futz with my addictions!
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Post by Batflunkie on Jul 22, 2020 10:23:23 GMT -5
I’m not sure if New Coke ever made it over here. But I wish I’d been able to try it. Ah well, I prefer Pepsi. Then you'd have loved New Coke, which tasted exactly like Poopsi. Me, I was so incensed at the switch that I actually called Atlanta and bitched out some poor customer service rep. She told me, "I know, sir, I hate it, too, and just between us, everyone here outside the executive suite thinks this was a terrible idea." I asked her if she could get in trouble for saying that, and she sighed before saying, "You're my 37th complaint this morning and I just don't care anymore." I watched a documentary on History channel called "Cola Wars" about a year ago and it's still hard for me to believe that New Coke wasn't all just some elaborate hoax to generate outrage and demand the original back
But apparently New Coke stayed around a lot longer than some might be ready to believe. I think it got rebranded as Coke II |
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Post by dbutler69 on Jul 22, 2020 10:26:53 GMT -5
Then you'd have loved New Coke, which tasted exactly like Poopsi. Me, I was so incensed at the switch that I actually called Atlanta and bitched out some poor customer service rep. She told me, "I know, sir, I hate it, too, and just between us, everyone here outside the executive suite thinks this was a terrible idea." I asked her if she could get in trouble for saying that, and she sighed before saying, "You're my 37th complaint this morning and I just don't care anymore." I watched a documentary on History channel called "Cola Wars" about a year ago and it's still hard for me to believe that New Coke wasn't all just some elaborate hoax to generate outrage and demand the original back
But apparently New Coke stayed around a lot longer than some might be ready to believe. I think it got rebranded as Coke II And we all know how sequels are compared to the originals. |
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Post by Batflunkie on Jul 22, 2020 10:32:47 GMT -5
And we all know how sequels are compared to the originals. Tell that to the legions of people who think that Empire is better than the original Star Wars/New Hope  Also, since everyone is making "bold" jokes |
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Post by berkley on Jul 22, 2020 15:20:43 GMT -5
I'm not sure if I've ever seen that or not. I remember Orange Crush - I think it's still around, isnt it? - but don't remember Purple Crush. |
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Post by berkley on Jul 22, 2020 15:26:08 GMT -5
Being a child of the 80s, my first purple crush was: I preferred Princess Ardala
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Post by sabongero on Jul 22, 2020 15:26:59 GMT -5
 I remember during the first Gulf War and President Bush suddenly stopped the offense, ordering General Norman Schwarzkopf to halt after re-taking Kuwait and taking half of Iraq. I just happened to pass by the deli store which had a comic book rack. By this time I had stopped reading comic books for about three and a half years. But when I saw this comic book on the rack, I remember really being shocked. At the time I didn't know it was just a temporary team for the series for only a few issues. But at the time seeing at the rack, I was blown away by the cover and it piqued my interest then, thinking the series was going on a new direction. Unfortunately, I never picked up another comic book until the summer of 2006, part of an almost 18-year hiatus of reading comic books. |
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Post by Slam_Bradley on Jul 22, 2020 15:29:01 GMT -5
I'm not sure if I've ever seen that or not. I remember Orange Crush - I think it's still around, isnt it? - but don't remember Purple Crush. Orange Crush is still around. Grape Crush appears to have made its debut in 1960. |
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Post by Deleted on Jul 22, 2020 15:29:27 GMT -5
I'm not sure if I've ever seen that or not. I remember Orange Crush - I think it's still around, isnt it? - but don't remember Purple Crush. Yes, WWF wrestler Crush had orange attire at one point:  But, yes, when he turned heel in 1994, he had purple attire:  |
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Post by sabongero on Jul 22, 2020 16:02:41 GMT -5
Being a child of the 80s, my first purple crush was: Holy smokes I forgot about how hot she was. And was slightly let down from her looks on Buck Rogers to Silver Spoons. But still hot. |
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Post by sabongero on Jul 22, 2020 16:06:49 GMT -5
Being a child of the 80s, my first purple crush was: I preferred Princess Ardala
I can't believe I've forgotten her. For some reason when I see Flash Gordon (1980's movie) on TV once in a blue moon when it pops up in cable, the princess of that movie reminds me of the princess in the Buck Rogers TV show. And then for some reason I can't even gather thoughts and I'd just end up staring and blanking out on the TV screen.  |
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Post by dbutler69 on Jul 23, 2020 13:52:24 GMT -5
The Avengers trashing the existing membership of established characters for three ex-supervillains was pretty bold:  Then they went this direction in #300, with Mr. Fantastic & the Invisible Woman, plus some long-time superhero that nobody had ever heard of (Gilgamesh).  |
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