Coca-Cola launched their 'New Coke' forty years ago.
When Coca-Cola did this, it turned out to be a fiasco.
They launched their 'New Coke' in April of 1985.
It was not a success and it certainly didn't thrive.
Coca-Cola abandoned the old formula and released the new.
Millions of people were angry and some even threatened to sue.
When it came to the 'New Coke', it was something that most people hated.
Coca-Cola started making the original again because people were devastated.
A wizened boy who lived at seventy-two Oak
Relaxed in his tub with a lemon salt soak
Ate a curly pretzel, downed a harsh throat coke
An honest child who sprang from truthful folk
Dressed himself in a red and yellow super hero cloak
Flew around New York City watching for dangerous smoke
News of his heroism quickly readily broke
Giving some fame to this truthful do-gooder bloke
He saved a young girl who was having a choke
Convinced a teenager to give up a maryjane smoke
Chanted a spell pretty difficult to invoke
Created a talking frog who never could croak
If you meet this wizened boy at seventy-two Oak
Tell him his cousin Moke wants to give him a poke
This is a true story, in absolutely no way a joke
Now that I have shared it, I will go have a soak.
There’s no film set
There’s no Tom Cruise
Everyone dies
In front of you
And that is war
They give you a gun
Sent off with the meat
Shoot you in the back
Cos we never retreat
And that is war
When you enlist
They tell you it’s great
The army’s job is
Teach you to hate
And that is war
You’re free to kill
You’re free to rape
Do what you like
Coz there’s no escape
And that is war
There’s lots of booze
And a line of coke
Everyone will lose
And that’s the joke
And that is war
David Cox 21/05/24
Coke
Coke
It’s
The
echt
thing
always
coca-cola
invigorating
gassy sudsy
Lift nostrils up
forcing you to wheeze
Red Coca-cola logo
C O K E
Have coke and smile
Can’t beat the feeling
Hot? Tired? Thirsty?
Drink it you’ll enjoy it
Now in new flavors
Cherry, lime, lemon
“Refresh yourself”
to the new zero
coca-cola means
To make mouth happy
5th place contest winner
For twelve years Edwin had fought stroke
And its drugs made sure he was broke,
Caring wife set to lift the yoke:
Passionate pleas to move a folk,
Rose mentioning his being 'Nice Bloke',
Who could crack a rib-bursting joke...
And to the call the world awoke:
Female toad's response to male croak...
Vocal wife to her spouse the coke,
That would a refinancing stoke,
And her reacquaint with egg yolk.
Dream big as well they say,
But each travel through life is never the same,
Sacrifice like a pagan to get your way,
A dollar in the coffin like buddhist have to save,
They do but it's always inside,
A perfect example of someone with a life,
The less you have the more odds you get,
But in my opinion wants lose the bet,
Imagine a life completely free,
Necessity here's a Coke on me.
Their Ten–Year Relationship broke;
And this we thought Life’s lashing stroke;
Not that they had their affair snapped
Nor out a handful wrong things mapped…
We all were privy to True Bliss:
The times One would The Other miss.
Triumph could have been Submission,
Love Affair judging Pure Mission;
Four Eyes for Love’s Live Transmission,
For its disc Written Permission…
Well, now, Laura sticks to canned coke,
Her Bitter Ex to Bangkok’s Coke;
Laura trying dresses in vogue,
Ex fighting to not seem A Rogue
The Men around Laura Seven:
“Later, I’ll meet Greg in Heaven!”
Let’s get some pizzas nice and cheesy
Nothing to cook, life is easy
Another quick fix, just what we need
Fast food, at lightning speed.
Food can fix most of our troubles
Deliveroo, comes to our homely bubble
Stay in and they deliver
Bad for your heart, bad for your liver
A gallon of coke, quench your thirst
Rot your teeth, a trip in a hearse
Your fast-food gut expands and enlarges
Let’s a buy a fourteen-seat sofa
For a couple of barges.
Look in the mirror a gastric disaster
Use some pills as a sticking plaster
Fatigue, couples the weariness of sloth
Cheese up some bread and finish the loaf.
David Cox 24/06/22
He cracked a nice joke
But she did not laugh!
What next: her ribs poke?
No! That should be Chaff!
Or her cream hair stroke?
She’ll strike him a staff!
New wish is a yoke:
Dreaming of A Cloak
And – Yes – Strokes are wrong?
Their affair not long…
Knows he Ann wants Cloak
But it’s not Canned Coke
So, might he try jokes
He’d kept for rich blokes
And back go to coach
For more skills to soak?
The coke heads in the back room are drinking cheap red wine
Narcotics and alcoholics are here to pass the time
There bull stories sounding like a movie caught in time
Some have all the problems, but some just have the time
The feeling never leaves you as you do another line
This stuffs half expensive as you do line to line to line
The wallpaper is ugly, and the place just smells like grime
The girls and boys are laughing like it’s going to be some crime
When they were born, the expectations were high up on the list
There parents thought the private schools would give you just the kick
But now your just another part of this awful mess
To get up in the morning is causing much distress
Your teeth are loose your all just skin and bone
Your rather fly than feed yourself now you all alone.
Pull the plug on everything and flush me down the loo
I can take another pill or do another line
Another game of Punch back
And this is not a joke
Whenever you say the same thing...
At the same time as another
We would have to shout out...COKE!
When I was younger we always did this when we were kids. Usually we would shout out Coke and then punch the other person in the arm.
Maureen McGreavy brought back this memory to me with her poem...
Titled "Punch Buggy" Check it out.. It'll bring back some more memories to those who know and have played that game as well. Thanks Mo xocm
The Coke Ration
by Bob Moore ©2018
I remember long ago
the freezing winds
and the cold grey snow
5 am at the council gate
to pick up the coke
one hundredweight
The old pram we used
to drag it home
the wheels all buckled
and starting to groan
was something we just had to do
to keep the house warm, all winter through
I was only, about nine or ten
dad away in Korea,
he’d said to me then
you’re the man of the house,
so help your mam
and look after your sisters
the best that you can.
Then he was home
the fighting was done
back to being a kid,
and just having fun
when I look back
it wasn’t so hard
but I remember the cold
and the old council yard.
Who done it? Where did you go?
Why do you want to injure me so bad
How cannot I not live without the cold, refreshing, caffeine
drizzling down my bone dry throat, making my body roar
with pleasure and shake with pure delight. Who took the last can?
Oh, I found you. Now my tongue can tingle with my head hanging back
as the gratifying Coke proves, Its the real thing
Thirsty? I
wonder,
well I’ll
pop my
top. I’ll
hiss and
you’ll sigh
the fun just
won’t stop. I’d
like to teach the
world to sing, really
it’s no joke. For I’m the
pause that refreshes, yup
Coca-Cola is Coke! Good to
the last drop, you know it’s
true. The best combination
Is Red, White and You! Coke
adds to life wherever you are.
Just have a Coke and shazam,
you’re a star. I am as pure as
sunlight for all folks see; your
passport to refreshment; so
just what will it be. Let me
share a wee secret there’s
no need to be coy. Just
open a Coke, then sit
back and ENJOY. I’m
the favorite drink for all
sorts of folks. You just can’t
deny it, things go better with
Coke. And you can’t beat the
feeling; so don’t throw a fit.
When you’re feeling Thirsty,
Look to me, COKE IS IT!
You start with Coke
Regular
A glass bottle
Is preferred
If you're reaching for Pepsi
Get a clue
That sweet drink
Just won't do
A bag of peanuts
The salted kind
Which ever brand
Suits you fine
Grab your Coke
Pop the lid
Take a good
Long sip from it
Pour the peanuts
From the bag
Into the Coke
Till there's none left
Tilt it back
Drink and chew
Cause that's just what
You're supposed to do
If you're wondering what
This delicacy is called
It's Coke & Peanuts
That's Southern ya'll
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