> > > > Hmm. I don't drink much soda, so I can be reasonably objective... I don't find that "diet" sodas taste *worse* than "Regular" sodas in most cases, they merely fail to taste anything like the original. Therefore, devotees (I'm too lazy to put the accent in; sorry) of the original beverages will likely find diet versions objectionable simply because they taste almost, but not quite, completely unlike the regular version.
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> > > > That being said, I don't generally have a preference one way or the other, with one exception. I tried diet 7-Up at one point last year (quite by accident), and I find that I like it much more than regular 7-Up. Of course, all that becomes moot when one considers that the Wegman's store brand (Wup) is far superior to both of them. ;-}
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> > > Hey! If you're going to quote Douglas Adams, at least give him some credit! ;-)
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> > > In this Forum, it's darn near impossible to sneak in a HGTTG quote and not get caught!
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> > That wasn't a *quote,* exactly... that was more like a paraphrase. ;-}
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> > In all seriousness, it took me a while to figure out what you were talking about... I didn't do that intentionally at all. It just kind of happened that way. At first, actually, I thought you were talking about the "Wup" reference; taking that to be some sort of perversion of "whop."
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> > Dar "Oh. I thought you said 'whop.'" ien
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> O.K I'm a huge HHGTTG fan and I;m missing the reffrance. Spell it out for those of us who are experiencing brain fry.
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> Spider-Iseemtobehaveingthisremarkabledificultywithmylifestyle-Boy

Doing this from memory here... The reference is taken from when Arthur is in the ship Heart of Gold, and asks a Nutrimatic machine for a cup of tea. Maddeningly enough for him, the machine keeps dispensing a liquid that is "almost, but not quite entirely unlike tea."