{"id":2489,"date":"2016-09-22T11:03:20","date_gmt":"2016-09-22T15:03:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bandsiusetalike.com\/biul\/?p=2489"},"modified":"2016-09-30T11:20:32","modified_gmt":"2016-09-30T15:20:32","slug":"the-cola-challenge","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bandsiusetalike.com\/biul\/the-cola-challenge\/","title":{"rendered":"The Cola Challenge"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>On a recent\u00a0<em>Age Of The Shrug<\/em> podcast, Joey Pikkels and I did a blind taste test with the two leading brands of cola: Pepsi and Coke. We were surprised and amazed and all that.<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"500\" height=\"282\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/6B5IotNFi00?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-US&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>The fun continues as the buzz intensifies. Er, cola buzz, that is. There is confusion over detergent bottles and poisons.<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"500\" height=\"282\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/9UuqE1lD1VU?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-US&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/p>\n<p>True to form, like soda pop left out too long, the whole thing runs out of gas.<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"500\" height=\"282\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/rfQmmO3Vc3w?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-US&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Next time on\u00a0<em>Age Of The Shrug<\/em>: some kind of blind taste test with Crystal Pepsi. Because literally no one other than us demanded it. 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We were surprised and amazed and all that.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[78,8,72,10],"tags":[232,2104,1493,2101,56,889,2102,2103],"class_list":["post-2489","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-eatable-things","category-idiots-delight","category-late-to-the-party","category-nostalgic-obsessions","tag-age-of-the-shrug-podcast","tag-beverages","tag-coke","tag-cola","tag-corporate-crap","tag-pepsi","tag-soda","tag-taste-test"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p53HmY-E9","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":806,"url":"https:\/\/www.bandsiusetalike.com\/biul\/steely-dan\/","url_meta":{"origin":2489,"position":0},"title":"Steely Dan","author":"MattyBoy","date":"10\/27\/2015","format":false,"excerpt":"Don't worry, I still like Steely Dan. 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