Happy Thanksgiving and Black Friday!

Yes, you read that title right. My wife and I are excited about both holidays. We are indeed thankful for the blessings we have in our lives, and then we go trample over people for cheap goods a mere few hours later. It's great. 

Black Friday!

Actually, we enjoy Black Friday because we love hanging out together in such a thrilling environment. Plus, we get all of our Christmas shopping done. By Sunday night, we should have all of our presents bought, wrapped, and stored in the attic until Christmas. See, we utterly desecrate the spirit of Thanksgiving so the month of Christmas can be spent in peace.

Anyway, I ran across this post from Coke last Thanksgiving all about Black Friday. My wife and I bring a little Coke for the road during our all night shopping, so I am glad Coca-Cola put this little fact sheet together. Go Coke! Coke taps into all seasons.

Doritos and Dew?

Pepsi owns Doritos. I've posted about the cross pollination between these two products before. The latest hybrid of Doritos and Pepsi involves Mt. Dew (which is Pepsi owned). Yup, we are talking about Doritos flavored Mt. Dew!

With Chips?

Don't get excited. This is just taste testing done at college campuses. But yes, there was a flavor reported to be Mt. Dewitos that tasted a little like nacho Cheese Doritos. I'll take a can of that if it ever comes out!

Turtle Power Cans

Sometimes I am just late to the soda can party. The Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles reboot has already come and gone. Honestly, I never saw it, although I was mildly interested. I also didn't know that Crush soda was doing a promotion for the film.

How did I miss this?

I'm actually a little disappointed I didn't notice. I would have tried to collect the set. Instead, I ended up finding the Donatello can in a cooler at the local comic shop the other day. I shelled out a dollar for it. So I do have one. What's even more discouraging is they created a whole new flavor for Leonardo. It was Berry Punch. All the turtle flavors appear below.

Leonardo: Berry Punch

Raphael: Strawberry

Donatello: Grape

Michelangelo: Orange

April O'Neil: Pineapple

What my can looks like.

It's actually a swell promotion for Crush. The sodas match up with each turtle's eye-band color. And of course April O'Neil wears that odd yellow suit (I bet she is secretly the daughter of Curious George's dad) so her color is pineapple yellow. Pretty neat, really. And yes, as I finish typing this, I am actually feeling pretty glum about missing the boat on this. Maybe I will be able to trade for the others someday. I need to be more aware of the soda world.

Coke Wins the 2014 Elections!

If you paid attention to the 2014 midterm elections in the United States, you saw that Coca-Cola crushed the event. Yes, Coke is taking power and Pepsi is now regulated to the sidelines with a pretty much lame duck President.

Yes, I know it's really all about Republicans and Democrats and not about Coke and Pepsi. Still, I think its fair to say Coke can be a Republican symbol and Pepsi and be the Democratic one. The unofficial party colors can make a case for that. Republicans are red like Coke and Democrats are blue like Pepsi. Still not convinced? Well, I've said it before. Look at the advertising. Coca-Cola advertises old school. Coke is all about Christmas, cuddly polar bears, buying the whole darn world a Coke because its just so familiar and grand, just like the G.O.P. And Coke has Taylor Swift, a wanna-be pop star trying to "shake off" her country roots. And country music is conservative, my friends. And come on, Coke starts with a "C" just like "conservative."

Meanwhile, Pepsi is all about being hip, edgy, and on the cutting edge. Pepsi is about being you. Screw the establishment. Be an individual. A "taker" if you have to. X-Games stuff. Squat in the street in front of a corporation's high-rise and get blasted with tear gas. Go team You! And of course they have Beyonce. Forgive the stereotyping, but African Americans make up a solid base of the Democratic party. And then there is that whole new Pepsi symbol that mysteriously appeared in 2008. You know, the curvy Pepsi logo that looks an awfully lot like Obama's rising-sun-faux-agrarian campaign symbol. Yup, Pepsi is definitely Democratic.

So what does this mean? It means get ready to chug some Coke people whether you crave it out not. At the very least, all that Coke is gonna is going to at least block you from enjoying a Pepsi from the the White House anytime soon.