This is Wayne's World

How thirsty are you?

We are swamped come Christmas time by companies that alter the look and feel of the branding to suit the season. You know the score. Red is the colour. Giving is the message. It is the season of good will after all. Yes, the warmth that these multi-nationals exude is toasty indeed. The main culprit I think we all know is Coca Cola.
Now I didn’t drink Coke before and I won’t start now because its sprinkled with Christmas magic and wears a Santa hat! However, for years they have embraced the Christmas market and gone full throttle with their ad campaigns. To put it bluntly. I’m not a fan and won’t be fooled by the mask they wear but that doesn’t stop me from driving past a giant billboard and then start singing ‘Holidays are coming’ in a stupid chugging Elvis style voice. Grrrrrr!

Fuck me. Some kids probably think Santa is the CEO of Coke and it is made by all the Elves…..(Under slave labor conditions I expect) in a sweathouse in Malaysia.

Here’s evidence of the crimes I speak (And some free advertising)…How ironic. Sigh!

ho ho ho

Some Interesting Facts:-

• The first Coca-Cola recipe was invented in a drugstore in Columbus, Georgia in 1885
• When launched Coca-Cola’s two key ingredients were cocaine (benzoylmethyl ecgonine) and caffeine.
• Studies indicate “soda and sweetened drinks are the main source of calories in [the] American diet”
• Coca-Cola is an effective spermicide
• The Coca-Cola Company purchased Columbia Pictures in 1982, and began inserting Coke-product images in many of its films.