As the throngs of Gatherites who read what I write already know, Dr Pepper has offered everyone in a America a free can of their tasty product if Guns N Roses releases their 10+ years in the making "Chinese Democracy" at some time in the year 2008. It seems that maybe, just maybe, we will all be enjoying 12 ounces of that cool, refreshing drink at Thanksgiving dinner.
From Billboard Magazine:
More than a decade after its conception, Guns N' Roses' "Chinese Democracy" will finally see the light of day before year's end, sources close to the situation told Billboard.
The set will be a Best Buy exclusive and will be available Sunday, November 23, rather than the usual Tuesday.
In the run-up to release date, album track "Shackler's Revenge" will debut in the video game "Rock Band 2," while a portion of "If the World" is playing over the end credits in the new Leonardo DiCaprio/Russell Crowe film "Body of Lies."
In addition, GNR's seminal 1987 full-length debut, "Appetite for Destruction," will be reissued on vinyl on October 28 via Interscope.
The band's last new studio albums were the simultaneously released "Use Your Illusion I" and "Use Your Illusion II" in September 1991. A covers set, "The Spaghetti Incident?," followed in 1993, and featured some of the last GNR recordings from original guitarist Slash and bassist Duff McKagan.
This spring, soft drink manufacturer Dr Pepper offered to send a free can of the beverage to "everyone in America" (excluding ex-GNR members Slash and Buckethead) if "Chinese Democracy" were to arrive anytime during the calendar year 2008. A Dr Pepper spokesperson was not immediately available for comment.
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Comments: 92
Why doesn't someone just offer us each a flying pig if this album comes out? Pepper-pig, pepper-pig... does whatever a pepper-pig does...
I'd love to have a flying pig. My mom, whose grandfather raised pigs, said that pigs are very easy to housebreak, are much smarter than dogs or cats, and are affectionate.
I will gladly take your can off your hands. I'll even recycle it and save the pop tabs for the Ronald McDonald House!
C'mon! Give it to me, Baby!
I'm not doubting you, but do you know why that is? I'm curious.
The Dr.Pepper product is divided into two parts, each of which is locked in a Dallas bank so that no single person can ever be in possession of the whole formula. (Coca Cola is rumoured to follow the same policy.)
Perhaps the can is to blame for the different taste, but those too should be made consistently.
I used to have flying pigs on my checks, but then one of the crashed and they got all messy.
In your purse?! Wow, that would be a mess!
Now I have cowgirls and they are much more fun. YEEEEE HAWWWW!
Doyle ( aka the MAN of Friends ) C., Oct 14, 2008, 1:14pm EDT "
Flattery will get you everywhere, any time, Snoopy. :-)
Doyle is uber-jealous.
I doubt pot pie travels well....
Funny story - I gave my daughter a statue of a gnome a few years back - it's only about a foot high, hollow and is painted statue-like material [you know, like Amelie's]. She's taken it all over the world with her - she named him Charlie [short for Charlemagne]. We have all sorts of shots of Charlie from every imaginable location.
Anyway, the first time she went thru security with Charlie in her backpack, they pulled her over after the x-ray scan. The security woman asked her to unload her backpack on the table. She took Charlie out and set him down with all her other stuff. The security officer asked her what 'that' was and pointed to Charlie. My daughter said, 'my travelling gnome'. The security officer donned gloves, picked up Charlie and took him in the back. He got a special swabbing and scanning. When the officer returned, she looked seriously at my daughter, said, "the gnome's clean. you can go.", and my daughter repacked Charlie and left.
But meeting Sheryl will be great.
Thank God. It's almost impossible to handcuff a gnome and take it into custody.
A couple of years ago my daughter, my brother and I were walking around San Francisco. We stopped at one of those benches on the sidewalk where they have a bronze statue of someone famous sitting there. My daughter placed Charlie next to the statue and took a picture. Right then, two young [I think drunk] young, extremely buxom ladies came up and asked if we would take their picture with Charlie. They had on very, very low-cut shirts revealing acres of cleavage. My daughter said she would be happy to and the two girls stuck Charlie in between their bosoms for the shot. Charlie was rather traumatized after that for quite a while and insisted on a good cleaning when we got back to my brother's apt.
ARE YOU DRUNK?!?!?!?!?!?!!?!?!?!?!?
Joseph H., Oct 14, 2008, 3:37pm EDT"
Hmmm....I'm starting to get the whole picture here. Fascinating. Did you use chopsticks?
I'm exceptionally comfortable with both but prefer the Japanese chopsticks. I own several pair of high quality ones too. My friend had her own Chinese restaurant and taught me Chinese for restaurant use even before I studied it in college. Unfortunately, other than for a restaurant and on philosophy and religion, I'm pretty much unable to speak Chinese. THAT takeas a long time.
All my closest friends drink it as their soda of choice and I think it's just so they don't have to share with me. My Mom (all 99 pounds of her) used to down 4 or 5 a day until they weren't available in glass bottles anymore. To me it's like... you hear the squoooish of the cold can opening, your mouth gets all ready for that first cold wonderful bite of Pepsi and plllluuuuck it's Dr. Pepper. But should I be talking, I'm sitting here drinking straight grapefruit juice.
Whichever country makes the longest ones, I used to stick them in my hair. On purpose, I mean.
You elitist little dog, you! : -) I suppose you have a saucer under your water dish, too. Into which you pour your water and sip? [lapping is so gauch]
Ha! Love it. It's always good to know the list of bathroom terms in any language in which you need to function. Then practice the correct pronunciation.
ha ha ha.
Too bad BMW won't step up with this offer.