The Good Doctor

We always get a kick out of the generic brands. Most of the time the color scheme stays the same, thats what tricks you. The price difference is always a plus too.

Dr. Bob? Ok we know that its generic but did they have to pick such a common name. That doesn’t even sound like a trust worthy doctor(no offense to any doctors named Bob). Sound like a doctor you would hear about on a sitcom. Perhaps a name like Dr. Peter or maybe even Dr. Picker would have sounded better. Here’s a list of ever better generic Dr. Peppers. Dr. Pepper Rip-offs So perhaps they just ran out of clever names.

However the label is clever. We like the “open wide and say ahhh!”

Do you have a favorite generic soda?

Cap Thieves

Over at the store down the street in the downtown area we noticed something strange. Someone stole just the cap of this here beverage. After further investigation we found out that this theft was a common occurrence. Just about every week the employees find a drink with a missing cap. Usually it’s sitting in the coolers with all the other drinks but sometimes they find them around the store.

It always seems to be the either a Lipton tea or one of those Nantucket Nectars. We have enjoyed both of those drinks lately. There is nothing special under those caps. We could understand if the stolen caps where coming from a Snapple. We all know that under those caps lies an interesting message. So stealing those caps would make a little more sense.

Perhaps it’s a prank but usually when one pranks they like to be around and see the outcome. We’ve been told that every now and then an unsuspecting customer will grab an uncapped tea and spill it on themselves but no one is around to see it happen.

So what’s up with this?

Colon Flavor? Ew

So we got Kool Aid, Flavor Aid, lemonade, cherryade and so on. Now we have Colonaide.  Now usually the first part of the name denotes the flavor or at least a clue of what it will taste like.

After a closer look at this package we noticed that nothing states the flavor. So it must be colon flavored, right? Perhaps. Maybe they chose the name because it help out your colon. I mean Gatorade doesn’t really taste like an alligator does it? I guess it’s better than jumping on the 3D bandwagon.

Its just an odd choice for the product name. Also this is now on clearance at the drug store so we were not the only one to look at and said “ew”.

So tell us, does the name of odd drinks help you understand the flavor?

Where’s The After Taste?

We love our energy drinks, not just for the rush but for the taste. A quick look at the energy drink cooler we noticed a new color Monster can. They call it Rehab and here’s what they have to say about it.

“While chillin’ at the Vegas Rehab® pool party, contemplating a cure for cotton mouth, admiring the flesh parade, and pondering the wisdom of doubling down when the dealer shows a face card, it HIT ME!  We need a new drink. One that can do it all—a triple threat that quenches thirst, hydrates like a sports drink, and brings you back after a hard day’s night.  Monster Rehab: Re-Fresh, Re-hydrate, Re-store, or in other words, Re-habilitate with a killer mix of tea, lemonade, electrolytes, and our bad-ass Rehab® energy blend to fire you up.   Rehab the Beast!”

One of the first things about this new flavor that made us want to sample it was the “non carbonated” feature. When you need a good thirst quencher non carbonation is key. Then we noticed that the flavor was tea and lemonade. Thats a familiar flavor, who can’t pass up an Arizona Arnold Palmer.

So we forked over the $2.50. Cracked open the can and took a swig. As the chilling quenching beverage flows down our throats we noticed that this energy drink was missing something. THE AFTER TASTE. Where is it? Well there isn’t one. Were we quenched? Were we energized? Yes and yes.

We tip our hats to you Monster. You have earned our seal of approval.

Mr. Pibb VS Dr. Pepper

Are you a pepper or a pibb? Just recently Mr. Pibb has made his way to the northeast area. We have never seen it before in these parts. After our first sampling we noticed a similarity to the good doctor.

It’s hard for us to decide seeing that Mr. Pibb is kind of new to us. So we ask you the people to be the judge tell us you who think is the winner!