And May The Pops Be Ever In Your Flavor
I was thinking of going with “sodas” instead of “pops” in the title of today’s strip. I wasn’t sure if people would get that “pop” is a synonym for “cola.” Luckily the internet provided me with a map that said the United States is 50/50 either way. I’m interested in what word other countries use. Anyone wanna share?
So, yeah, I recently saw The Hunger Games film. It was a reasonably enjoyable experience. I had issues with certain aspects of the plot, but since I haven’t read the books my concerns may be related to the inherent difficulty of transferring a book’s story to the big screen.
I know that if WAH is ever made into a movie some of the humor will get lost in translation. It’s just inevitable. At the same time, Woody would be played by Ryan Gossling, so everything else probably wouldn’t matter.
Thanks for hanging out with us for another week. Paul and I hope we have entertained you at least a little bit. Have a great weekend.
- Ben
In China, they refer to it as “kele” (pronounced like “Kuh Luh”) it’s basically “cola,” they got it from Coca-cola
Yeah. Ryan Gossling almost made “Drive” palatable.
“What’s that movie about?” “A guy who drives… duh, it’s right there in the title.”
“He doesn’t seem to talk much.” “Yeah, that’s why it’s not called ‘Drive and Talk Too Much’!”
P.S. If the Woody movie doesn’t happen soon enough, Bryan Cranston would be a good choice for “old Woody”.
Here in Canada we call it pop. When I hear soda, I think of Cream Soda (tasty!), Club Soda (blech) or “rhymes with Yoda”.
French speaking canadian friends call it “Soda”. In France and Belgium, we call it “coca”. Hense some problems when I went in Canada, asking for “coca” several times, them answering “sorry, we only have Pepsi”…
Yeah, Europe pretty much discovered these soda/pop of yours thanks to Coca-cola after WWII, I guess it stayed…
@DuckAmuck : I thought “Drive” was pretty good… I like it when gangsters-movies are not only car-chases and murders…
It’s not quite 50-50. In these parts (GA) it’s Coke. Coke machines, what kinds of Coke do you have, ect. Soda’s understood, and pop confuses people. But what do you expect when you live in the same state as the Coke Museum