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2004-08-02 Home Front: Culture Wars

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Posted by tipper 2004-08-02 03:30|| || Front Page|| [2 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 Commercials for the cola star Chevy Chase. Filmed in New York, the ads show Americans drinking Cola-Turka becoming Turkish.

It's da bomb! Do they know he's Jewish?

Posted by ed 2004-08-02 8:35:08 AM|| 2004-08-02 8:35:08 AM|| Front Page Top

#2 I've never had Mecca Cola but people I know tell me it tastes like a combination of Dr Pepper and salt with a soy sauce aftertaste.

Posted by mhw 2004-08-02 8:41:12 AM|| 2004-08-02 8:41:12 AM|| Front Page Top

#3 "Drink Cola-Turka and become Turkish."
They actually expect this to work?

Posted by Spot 2004-08-02 9:18:59 AM|| 2004-08-02 9:18:59 AM|| Front Page Top

#4 "Drink Cola-Turka and become Turkish."

That's actually a mistranslation. The correct version is:
"Drink Cola-Turka and become a Turkey."

Posted by ed 2004-08-02 9:23:17 AM|| 2004-08-02 9:23:17 AM|| Front Page Top

#5 Hey, Chevy, baby! Ain't your career going places!

Posted by tu3031 2004-08-02 9:47:26 AM|| 2004-08-02 9:47:26 AM|| Front Page Top

#6 I've seen these before. Truth be told, they're the funniest thing Chevy Chase has ever done.

Posted by Mike 2004-08-02 10:57:05 AM|| 2004-08-02 10:57:05 AM|| Front Page Top

#7 So one guy comes up with mecca cola. Then another with arab cola. And then another with cola turka. Jeeeeeeeeezis....can't they even think beyond cola, like, say, ginger ale? Apparently, the idea that someone would come up with a non-beverage idea seems to be incomprehensible.

And so, they fight amongst themselves for the small market that exists for people who want to drink islamically-tinged cola.

This is simply another sign that their vacuous, bereft culture is completely unadapted to exist in the modern world.

Posted by PlanetDan 2004-08-02 11:01:34 AM|| 2004-08-02 11:01:34 AM|| Front Page Top

#8 Chevy must be hoping for a role in Lost in Translation 2: Electric Bosporus.

Posted by eLarson 2004-08-02 11:04:02 AM|| 2004-08-02 11:04:02 AM|| Front Page Top

#9 "10 percent of the profits will be distributed as donations to Palestinian children. It is intolerable that they should ~~march in anti-American rallies~~ ~~strap bombs to their chests and blow themselves up~~ ~~shoot themselves in the foot by killing their hope for the future~~ suffer, starve and miss school."
Yes, there's an idea that the Israelis are sure to jump for: drink this soda and fund your own demise! Brilliant! Those Zionists will never see it coming!

And does anyone else find it amusing that Mecca-Cola is based in France?

Posted by The Doctor 2004-08-02 11:14:34 AM|| 2004-08-02 11:14:34 AM|| Front Page Top

#10 "...but it is definitely a motivator and a reason for pride among Islamic youth, especially in economically weak societies where anything that can hurt America is deemed good and acceptable."

Thought this tid-bit a bit interesting.

Also, anyone know where I can pick up a case of "infidel-cola"?

Posted by jojo the amazing circus boy 2004-08-02 6:22:01 PM|| 2004-08-02 6:22:01 PM|| Front Page Top

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