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krj
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Pepsi Summer Music Promotion
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May 24 18:54 UTC 2000 |
Pepsi's summer promotion: collect Pepsi Points on bottle caps and
trade them in towards custom made CDs. 50 points for a five-track
CD or 100 points for a ten-track CD.
You can find the artists and tracks you can choose from at
www.pepsi.com; there are Real Audio previews. There's even some tracks
for a music snob like me: stuff from Wilco, Catatonia and even
Great Big Sea.
The Pepsi Points are going to be distributed through July 27, and
they are supposed to be redeemed by August 31.
I just know this is going to get in the way of my attempt to stop
drinking so much Diet Pepsi.
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mcnally
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response 1 of 59:
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May 24 19:11 UTC 2000 |
Do the pepsi points qualify for different musical selections than the
Mountain Dew ones? I read through the list on the inside of a Mt. Dew
carton and decided that it was unlikely I could choose five tracks that
I was interested in from the selections available, and that I'd have to
drink an awful lot of soda to make it worth my while..
As far as getting in the way of giving up pop -- unless you're really
looking for an excuse not to, it seems like the "pepsi points" are
expensive enough not to provide much additional inducement to buy the
product. If you're going to buy the pop anyway, sure, redeem the points
if there's music you want, but if not, save the money you'd've spent
on pop and buy a couple of full-length albums!
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krj
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response 2 of 59:
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May 24 19:18 UTC 2000 |
Mountain Dew is a Pepsi brand, so I assume the points are all pool-able.
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orinoco
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response 3 of 59:
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May 24 21:30 UTC 2000 |
Are you sure the list was a complete one? I doubt they're gonna appeal to
many Mountain Dew drinkers by listing a band called Catatonia; they might just
have left that one off.....
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mcnally
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response 4 of 59:
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May 24 21:53 UTC 2000 |
I wonder if they're different lists, anyway. I don't remember seeing
Great Big Sea, for instance..
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ric
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response 5 of 59:
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May 24 21:54 UTC 2000 |
They aren't goign to give away another Harrier jet are they? :)
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mcnally
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response 6 of 59:
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May 24 22:03 UTC 2000 |
I think they learned their lesson on that one.. (said lesson being
that no matter how obvious it should be that something was intended
as a joke, there's always going to be *someone* out there with no
sense of humor and money to hire a lawyer..)
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krj
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response 7 of 59:
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May 24 22:12 UTC 2000 |
I think "Great Big Sea" was listed in a page marked "Recent Additions,"
so they may well have just missed the deadline for the print materials.
I'm tremendously amused by the idea of GBS's song "Mari-mac" getting
a mainstream marketing push like this.
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jmsaul
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response 8 of 59:
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May 25 01:06 UTC 2000 |
Re #6: Personally, I think the Harrier guy had a sense of humor.
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mcnally
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response 9 of 59:
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May 25 01:09 UTC 2000 |
To show up with 8 gazillion pepsi points and demand your Harrier is
one thing. To sue the company for a jet nobody ever seriously believed
they were offering is another.
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eeyore
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response 10 of 59:
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May 25 01:59 UTC 2000 |
Wow...not even GBS most recent.....and I agree with Ken.....Mari-mac getting
a push is *very* amusing.....but would be appropriate for the Mt. Dew
drinkers. :)
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jmsaul
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response 11 of 59:
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May 25 02:03 UTC 2000 |
Re #9: I dunno. Keep in mind he's doing this to a major company that
has tons of money, ubiquitous advertising, and a legal department
that should've warned them. I still think it was funny.
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omni
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response 12 of 59:
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May 25 02:35 UTC 2000 |
I tend to avoid anything with the Pepsi stain on it.
The usual deal is you spend tons of money and get back very little in
return. Sorry, this is one rat who isn't going to follow the crowd.
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gypsi
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response 13 of 59:
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May 25 06:11 UTC 2000 |
I would love a Harrier. Those things are cool. =)
Drinking nine thousand gallons of Pepsi for a ten-track cd isn't worth it to
me. <shrug>
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jmsaul
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response 14 of 59:
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May 25 11:57 UTC 2000 |
"My God, Alice, what is that roaring noise?! Head for the basement, it's
a tornado!"
"Stop opening windows, Ted, it's just the Domino's driver..."
Bet you could get those pizzas there a lot faster...
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mooncat
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response 15 of 59:
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May 25 15:28 UTC 2000 |
<laughs>
I drink a ton of Diet Pepsi, might as well save points and get a cd or
two. <shrugs>
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goose
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response 16 of 59:
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May 25 15:37 UTC 2000 |
(RE#14 -- A small note here: opening windows before/during a tornado is not
necessary, nor will it save your house/life...despte what we were told as kids
in the 70's, we're advised not to do it anymore...)
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jmsaul
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response 17 of 59:
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May 25 17:29 UTC 2000 |
(I know, but anyone who's stupid enough to mistake a Harrier landing in
their driveway for a tornado probably doesn't. I debated putting in a
public service announcement similar to yours, but didn't.)
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goose
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response 18 of 59:
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May 25 18:10 UTC 2000 |
I know *you* know Joe, but that was for the benefit of um...others...;-)
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ric
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response 19 of 59:
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May 25 18:25 UTC 2000 |
It's actually DANGEROUS to go around opening windows, rather than going for
immediate safety.
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jmsaul
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response 20 of 59:
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May 25 18:39 UTC 2000 |
Yes. And if you hear a Harrier landing in your driveway, you should also
stay the hell away from the windows, because it'll blow them out.
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omni
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response 21 of 59:
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May 25 19:28 UTC 2000 |
As Dr Ojalla said in Skywarn class. "Don't open the windows during a
tornado. The tornado will do that for you." I'm paraphrasing, but that
was the general point. Best thing to do when a tornado is coming is to
find a safe secure place, and pray.
I'd rather have an F-18.
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mcnally
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response 22 of 59:
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May 25 19:41 UTC 2000 |
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mcnally
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response 23 of 59:
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May 25 19:42 UTC 2000 |
F18? I didn't know the Fujita scale went that high!
;-)
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jep
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response 24 of 59:
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May 25 20:42 UTC 2000 |
I don't understand the references to the Harrier jet. Can someone
explain, please?
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