nelson@webstr.DEC (They were twins, born several years apart.) (08/29/85)
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Here are two items I hope you find interesting:
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From: KERMIT::COVERT
From: PULSAR::WALLY
A current Wall Street rumor had the economy of Madagascar near collapse last
month when a major purchaser cancelled all future orders for vanilla beans, the
major export. Like most commodities, vanilla beans move through intermediaries,
so there was no way to identify the purchaser. However, when Coke decided to
bring back the old flavor, the market for vanilla beans firmed up, and
Madagascar was saved. Interested observers deduced from this one ingredient in
the secret formula.
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From: KERMIT::COVERT
From: STAR::STILES
From: Leigh L. Klotz <KLOTZ@MIT-MC.ARPA>
I've been assured by the local Coca-Cola bottler that henceforth Coke will be
packaged with a number 0-15 indicating the flavor. All designations such as
"NEW!" and "Classic" will be dropped in favor of a consistent numbering scheme:
Bit 0: Classic/NEW!
Bit 1: Sugar/NutriSweet
Bit 2: Caffeine/No Caffeine
Bit 3: No Cherry/Cherry
Thus, old regular coke will be Coke 0, and the latest Cherry Cokes will start
at 8. The number will be printed in decimal on the top of each container, and
along the side in machine-readable UPC code.
An interesting sidelight is that all new Coke machines will be equipped with
numeric keypads.
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JENelson
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Posted: Wed 28-Aug-1985 15:54 EDT
To: NET.RUMOR,NET.MISC.NEWCOKE