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Lady_Satine
Title: Head of Lexian R&D
Joined: Oct 15 2005
Location: Metro area, Georgia
Posts: 7287
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http://inventorspot.com/articles/pepsi_strong_shot_jolts_cola_scene_your_taste_buds_43911
Pepsi Japan is famous for pushing the cola innovation envelope, sometimes in mysterious ways. Pepsi Baobab, Pepsi Azuki and other crazy colas have earned the soft drinks company points for good marketing, if not for good taste. With Pepsi Strong Shot, Pepsi Japan is edging into energy drink territory: a crowded niche known for chewing up and spitting out Red Bull wannabes.
Sure Pepsi Strong Shot has extra caffeine, that goes without saying when you include "strong" in your product name. It's the extra carbonation, however, that puts extra gas in Pepsi's tank... not to mention yours.
More CO2 may be bad for the environment but that's not Pepsi's concern. They're more worried about Pepsi Strong Shot's formidable fizz doing a number on your face. See that yellow "caution" band at the top of the can? That's Pepsi imploring your thirsty bod to "wait 15 seconds" before opening the can, in order to calm the bubbly elixir contained within. If the suspense (or your thirst) is just too much, well, don't say you haven't been warned.
Pepsi Strong Shot is, like so many other odd soft drinks, only available in Japan. That's a pity... yours truly still misses Jolt Cola, a pioneer in the amped cola wars. We non-Japanese also miss out on finally being able to burp the entire alphabet in a single belch.
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Char Aznable
Title: Char Classic™
Joined: Jul 24 2006
Location: Robot Boombox HQ
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We still have Jolt around here.
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JoshWoodzy
Joined: May 22 2008
Location: Goshen, VA
Posts: 6544
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There is still Vault around here. But much like Jolt, it's probably the same bottles from when they were mass producing them.
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cherries
Title: Welcome to warp zone!
Joined: Jul 08 2010
Location: Aus
Posts: 35
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Nothing of the sort down here. Which is a crying shame. Japan here I come.
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aeonic
Title: Sporadic Poster
Joined: Nov 19 2009
Location: Kissimmee, FL
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i think the company that made jolt went out of business last year. I used to be a huge fan too
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Alowishus
Joined: Aug 04 2009
Posts: 2515
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My mother and sister are in japan at the moment.
I'm gonna ask them to bring me a can back!
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Syd Lexia
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Title: Pop Culture Junkie
Joined: Jul 30 2005
Location: Wakefield, MA
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Jolt declared bankruptcy last year. I don't know how many times we have to go over this, but declaring bankruptcy is not the end of the world, or your financial operations. K-Mart declared bankruptcy twice and they're still around. In fact, now they own Sears.
Jolt definitely still manufactures and distributes on the East Coast. No idea about what else their current operations include.
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sidewaydriver
2010 SLF Tag Champ
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Joined: May 11 2008
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Where I come from, bankruptcy means you lose the game. You go bankrupt in Monopoly, pack your shit, you're out, you have to put everything back in the box because you lost.
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Syd Lexia
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Title: Pop Culture Junkie
Joined: Jul 30 2005
Location: Wakefield, MA
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Monopoly is also named after a long-illegal business practice, so maybe you shouldn't based your understanding of the financial world on it.
#justsaying
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sidewaydriver
2010 SLF Tag Champ
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Just making a god damn joke. #justsaying
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Syd Lexia
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Title: Pop Culture Junkie
Joined: Jul 30 2005
Location: Wakefield, MA
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I'm from the future. We don't have jokes anymore. The gulf oil spill killed them.
#justsaying
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The Opponent
Title: Forum Battle WINNER
Joined: Feb 24 2010
Location: The Danger Zone
Posts: 3495
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Syd Lexia wrote: |
Monopoly is also named after a long-illegal business practice, so maybe you shouldn't based your understanding of the financial world on it.
#justsaying |
I think it's wrong that only one company makes Monopoly. #stevenwright
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Optimist With Doubts
Title: Titlating
Joined: Dec 17 2007
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Syd Lexia wrote: |
I'm from the future. We don't have jokes anymore. The gulf oil spill killed them.
#justsaying |
I live in the gulf and you aren't allowed to joke about it.
#justsyding
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Blackout
Title: Captain Oblivious
Joined: Sep 01 2007
Location: That Rainy State
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Sweet I can't wait for videos of idiots chugging it with mentos to hit youtube.
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mechafuhrer
Title: General jackass
Joined: Jul 29 2010
Posts: 182
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I really want to try this. I'm not even going to wait 15 seconds. Head-exploding awesomeness!
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