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Dasani withdrawn.

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20:10 / 19.03.04

Oh, it was supposed to be so pure, but it tasted like shit and had too much bromide. Oh, my sides hurt.

Joetheneophyte

07:41 / 20.03.04

yes but they used a secret 'reverse osmosis' process!!!!!!

I was surprised to hear recently (don't know how true it is but the guy who said it was a Jew opposed to the Sharron Government) that Coke give 25% of their profits to Israel. The guy was asking people to boycott Coke for this reason. He seemed a genuine enough fella so I had no reason to doubt his words.

Re Coke:

I bet they are shitting a brick over the new Mecca Cola and another Muslim run Cola company. Imagine the world's 1.3 billion Muslims dropping Coke in favour of these new brands!

The losses financially would be astronomical

Joetheneophyte

07:44 / 20.03.04

BY the way Dasani did taste like shit you are right

70 Pence they were charging for it in our gym! Robbing bastards!!!!

Any Brits on here ....just think, Coke were doing a Del Boy

I'm glad it failed .....bastards. The arrogance of these multi national corporations knows no bounds. Hopefully this is a signal that people are waking up to them and their insidious ways

sleazenation

07:52 / 20.03.04

Oh, it was supposed to be so pure, but it tasted like shit and had too much bromide. Oh, my sides hurt.

It wasn't Bromide it was Bromate a small but important difference. Kind of makes you wonder what is put in the water in kent...

Jack Fear

10:51 / 20.03.04

The Coke / Israel thing is bullshit, by the way--part of an internet-based smear campaign against the Coca-Cola company's Middle East presence.

They've been targeted because they're a symbol of American corporate hegemony, sure--but they're not taking sides: they just want to make a buck.

Jack Fear

10:53 / 20.03.04

(The above is not to suggest that your friend was lying, Neophyte--simply that he was misinformed. Snopes is a great resource for investigating these sorts of rumors & urban legends.)

Abigail Blue

13:22 / 20.03.04

Not that I don't enjoy the Coca-Cola Corporation losing money as much as the next girl, but they own a bunch of other brands of bottled water anyway (including Evian). I doubt that having Dasani go under is hurting them much. If you want to know what a drop in the ocean (ha!) Dasani was, peruse this disgustingly long list of Coca-Cola owned brands.

Abigail Blue

13:23 / 20.03.04

Oh, and that list? It's only some of their brands.

SMS

15:48 / 20.03.04

Would someone give me some background about why I should passionately hate the coca cola company and cheer all things that are bad for them?

Baz Auckland

16:02 / 20.03.04

Coke's actions in India...

Coke's horrible anti-union tactics

A friend's father in law was forced to leave El Salvador after he was tortured for trying to start a union in the coke bottling plant...

Joetheneophyte

16:47 / 20.03.04

thanks for the link to that debunking site, will have a look later on.

I am a gullible fool at times. Sad in a way, it either means the old Jewish fella I was talking to was either misinformed himself or lying.

I hope it was the former as I liked the old geezer........He was worldly wise and made me laugh so I would hate to think he was spreading lies just for his own agenda

As for Coke, I wouldn't mind watching their share value drop like a bran laden turd.

Fist Fun

18:24 / 20.03.04

The blue bottle was so nice though. I remember picking this up as part of lunch, reading the label and wishing I hadn't bought it at all.

Again why should Dasani going down be of interest to Barbelith?

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19:40 / 20.03.04

I would refer the honourable member to Baz Auckland's earlier reply.

SMS

22:29 / 20.03.04

Thanks, Baz.

For those interested,

Coke addresses some of the charges here, but it doesn't look like it talks about the toxic fertilizer bit, and a quick google of myenjoyzone doesn't turn up any results for columbia, columbian, or "death squads." I searched a couple conservative websites to see if they had anything in defense of coke, and couldn't find anything (nothing attacking coke, either, which kind of bothers me).

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07:21 / 21.03.04

You could also try SchNews 416-418, 370, 446 and many more.

w1rebaby

08:53 / 22.03.04

And coincidentally, this little bit of transatlantic hilarity was going round just beforehand. (Please excuse shitty quality JPEG.)

STOATIE LIEKS CHOCOLATE MILK

15:01 / 22.03.04

Wicked. Dasani- we take ordinary tap water, then put it through a special and secret process that makes it KILL YOU!!!

pear

20:16 / 22.03.04

It's all lies. I was brought up in Sidcup and the tap water never hurt me one little bit. Nyrrrggghh

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