Could someone please update me on what's happened so far?
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Could someone please update me on what's happened so far?
Bohawkins | Tuesday, July 22, 2003 - 08:27 am     I was wrong. I stand corrected. A scientific study was done to find out what people in the US use to describe soft drinks by region. Map follows in next post If you want to see more and participate in the study you can go to www.popvssoda.com |
Bohawkins | Tuesday, July 22, 2003 - 08:31 am     here is the map
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Jan | Tuesday, July 22, 2003 - 08:36 am     Criminey..someone is actually studying this. Must be a university English thesis or something??? |
Dan | Tuesday, July 22, 2003 - 09:16 am     All this talk about Coke reminded me of a great laugh we had a while ago. During the Atlanta Olympics, there was a lot of talks about the fact that you couln't find a Pepsi in that town, being that it is Coca Cola's head office and that it was the official sponsor of the Olympics. The laugh started when the TV brodcast made a close up of President Clinton in his private loge after the official opening ceremony. To our great amasement and fun, the close up reveled that Clinton was drinking good old "Canada Dry Ginger Ale". Talk about being politicaly "correct". |
Rabbit | Tuesday, July 22, 2003 - 09:19 am     That map correlates well with my experiences. Interestingly, in Oregon where "pop" is firmly established, this is a transition. When I was a young bunny in Oregon, it was "Soda Pop" or "Cola". The "Soda" has been dropped and "Cola" has mysteriously dropped out of favor. |
Shedances | Tuesday, July 22, 2003 - 10:38 am     Msreiziger... LOL, in Starbucks you ask for Peets! Peets is my favorite coffee - Major Dickason blend - when I'm not drinking blue mountain coffee from jamaica. And I'm in New Mexico so I have to UPS the Peets. And beg people coming back from Jamaica to bring 10 pounds back! Coffee, that is. |
Cangaroo | Tuesday, July 22, 2003 - 11:15 am     LOL...glad Shedances made note of what sort of 10 pounds! From my experience...we still call it 7 and 7...but the 2nd 7 can be ginger ale, 7Up, Sprite...any clear coke...er, soda pop... |
Bastable | Tuesday, July 22, 2003 - 11:47 am     Hate to hijack this thread and put it back on route, but is there anyone who can quickly describe where we stand with the alliance/voting situation? What is Dana about to crack over? What was the "eventful" night last night? I'm a bit confused and I'd love a succinct clarification, if anyone can do it... thanks! |
Kitt | Tuesday, July 22, 2003 - 11:52 am     Bohawkins - read my post again, that's exactly what I said, we Brits spell aluminium differently aswell as say it differently, so it's not a pronunciation thing! |
Kitt | Tuesday, July 22, 2003 - 11:52 am     Sorry, can't answer the BB question above, but I have another: Is there a thread somewhere for summaries of the day's activities? I like to see how differently things appear in "real-life" and on the tv show, but there's just so many messages here I can't keep up. Is there a summary anyway does anyone know? Thanks. |
Sbw | Tuesday, July 22, 2003 - 11:53 am     Bastable you want succinct clarification on what THIS group is doing? LOL Do THEY even know? I "think" Michelle is probably going by a vote of 6-2. I think the event last night was hearing that "maybe" Michelle should go from Nate and Allie I believe. |
Cousin_Jake | Tuesday, July 22, 2003 - 11:53 am     - Here in Canada (or maybe just here in Ontario?) we call them soft drinks - not soda or pop. |
Laura11103 | Tuesday, July 22, 2003 - 11:56 am     I'm trying to find the best thread to find out what's the latest alliance info and who's going. So I chose this one. Latest info please.... |
Maris | Tuesday, July 22, 2003 - 11:58 am     Keep Looking Laura, there are so many alliances it is mind boggling. |
Cameltoes | Tuesday, July 22, 2003 - 12:10 pm     The original alliance (get the Exes out) seems to be intact. Despite Jun seeming to be angling yesterday to get Erika out (presumably to help further her secret alliance with Jee). In talking to Allie, she tried to get her to see "other possibilities", but Allie wasn't biting. Later, Nate confirmed with her that they were solid with the original plan. Jun got a pecking order out of him - Justin,Robert,Dana and then Jee. They were lying to Dana yesterday about the vote saying they were voting Erika out. Jun was telling her the real plan though. This morning, Dave (he, Jack and Erika had a conversation last night about all of it and bringing Dana back into the fold) told Dana that the real plan is to evict Michelle and stick with the original alliance. Dana is pissed of that everyone kept this from her even though she acknowledges that it was a brilliant strategic move. She confirmed with Jun that this was the plan. Jun isn't completely honest with Dana and tells her that while Dana was the last to know, she (Jun) was the second to last to know. Allie confesses to Dana that they were all at one point trying to get Jee to put her up if Dave used the veto but going along with a scheme Dave concocted, she claims that it was so they could extract info from Jee, Justin & Robert about whether Dana was really with them. They seem to confirm that Allie, Jun & Dana are still a strong alliance and want the guys out and are supposedly considering pulling Erika in at some point. Dana might crack because now she knows all about the real plan and Robert, Jee & Justin have no idea. So maybe she will spill everything to find out where she really stands with Justin. So, it seems that Michelle is history and she is clueless that this is the case. I don't know what the real alliances are among Jun, Allie, Nate and Dana. Jack, David & Erika are firm. |
Laura11103 | Tuesday, July 22, 2003 - 12:14 pm     Thanks Cameltoes. Now one question, isn't Dana part of the original 8? |
Delilah | Tuesday, July 22, 2003 - 12:21 pm     Cameltoes, thank you for your brilliant, succint account of what is going on, I was really confused too and I love that you have summarized it for us!  |
Mlt | Tuesday, July 22, 2003 - 12:24 pm     Cameltoes, thanks so much for the summary. I was offline for twenty-four hours and have been going crazy trying to figure out what was going on. Does anyone know when they are going to be voting? Isn't it sometime today? |
Belovedaunt | Tuesday, July 22, 2003 - 12:25 pm     Boy would I be in big trouble in some places in the US -- I always ask for Coke and send it back if it's Pepsi -- I do know the difference and can't stand Pepsi. Actually I'm a lot better now, I usually ask "do you serve Coke or Pepsi?" -- if they answer Pepsi I just order a Ginger Ale (any brand). I know, I know, what a pain in the hiney I am... What really cracked me up on my last visit to the States was Mr. Pibb. Who knew? Now it's an ongoing joke between my husband and I. As in "Honey is there a Dr. in the house?" "Nope Mr. Pibbs visiting this week." |
Belovedaunt | Tuesday, July 22, 2003 - 12:26 pm     ooops! apparently we're back to actually discussing BB LOL! |
Bastable | Tuesday, July 22, 2003 - 12:26 pm     Cameltoes, that was awesome. Thank you on behalf of all of us boneheads on the board.  |
Cameltoes | Tuesday, July 22, 2003 - 12:34 pm     Laura: Dana fell out of favor with the original group - she's paranoid, playing both sides too obviously, people don't trust her, etc. In some ways, I think she just became the perfect target because after Jee became HOH, everyone was angling to hold all of their own cards close to the vest and save themselves & their allies. If someone from the original group had to go, they wanted it to be her. Mlt: I think they are done voting now. They started at about 9:45 this morning (BB time). |
Katlady53 | Tuesday, July 22, 2003 - 12:34 pm     Cameltoes, I've been trying to following the feeds, but I thank you for your awesome summary! Here's my question, though...you said: "she claims that it was so they could extract info from Jee, Justin & Robert about whether Dana was really with them" Exactly what kind of info did they really think they'd extract from Jee, Justin & Robert??? And how did they think they'd accomplish this great "feat?" |
Laura11103 | Tuesday, July 22, 2003 - 12:35 pm     Everytime I see this thread title I get excited that I'm gonna know what's going on and then everyone's discussing something else... start a new thread I say! lol. |
Twiggyish | Tuesday, July 22, 2003 - 12:37 pm     Every single person I know calls it soda and not coke. Where did they get their information? I'm on the west coast of Florida and also a frequent visitor to the east coast. People on the east coast of Florida are mainly from the northeast. |
Laura11103 | Tuesday, July 22, 2003 - 12:38 pm     Thanks again Cameltoes, I knew Dana was part of the original 8 but couldn't figure out why suddenly she's been shunned. Now I know |
Sbw | Tuesday, July 22, 2003 - 12:38 pm     Cameltoes... great summary. Now I think even I understand what is going on until they change everything again. |
Cameltoes | Tuesday, July 22, 2003 - 12:40 pm     Katlady: Well, that's their cover story. What they were really doing is trying to get Dana put on the block so they could vote her out. Dave has been able to get info out of Jee, Justin & Robert because he and Jack have led them to believe that after Erika goes, the five of them will be an alliance. |
Idolworship | Tuesday, July 22, 2003 - 12:44 pm     A huge Thank You, to those of you who are keeping this thread current, from those of us who really wanna know what's happening, in the BB house. The other discussion deserves its own thread, I guess, as it seems to be gathering steam. |
Aus10 | Tuesday, July 22, 2003 - 12:52 pm     A Big thanks to all those catching me up here on the current status of the nominees. I've been gone a couple of days and looked at the live feed posts and was totally confused!!! By the way.....not Pepsi, not Coke......RC!!!! ;) |
Ellyanne777 | Tuesday, July 22, 2003 - 12:59 pm     Shedances I wish I had known! I just returned from negril with a ton of blue mountain coffee!!! As for the catching up...I haven't been able to get off long enough to need to catch up!!! As for the Coke, Pepsi (and now RC) I chose coke or RC! |
Shedances | Wednesday, July 23, 2003 - 02:21 pm     Ellyanne777.....you drank it all up? Did you get the blue mountain from Selina and Bigroy in Negril? Hard to get back to it after returning from Negril, right! |
Jadarville | Sunday, July 27, 2003 - 09:45 am     wow, over the years I've lived in Texas, Florida, NC & SC for a combined total of ten years and have never heard anyone say "coke" as a blanket term for carbonated drinks. When dining out if I order coke and they serve pepsi I am always asked if pepsi is ok, as opposed to "what kind?" and I don't cook much, so I eat out a whole lot lol |
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