> > Hold on. Take a deep breath. Think about it. What's pizza crust made of? Bread. What's a bagel made of? Bread. What's a soft pretzel made of? Bread, cooked almost exactly like a bagel is cooked, in water, then baked. What is the typical American topping for a soft pretzel?
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> A compelling argument, until one considers the neglected fact that mustard is inherently even more vile than Dr. Pepper.

Well I don't know about Dr. Pepper. Care to explain why, of all things, MOUNTAIN DEW seems to be the beverage-of-choice for programmers, game-house testers, scriptwriters and puter geeks in general? Would a normal person touch something so abominably fluorescent (it's Yellow Dye #5, after all) that also contains... wait for it... *brominated* vegetable oil???