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The year is quickly coming to an end, so what the heck, I thought I would live it up.
My favorite drink ever is/was Vanilla Diet Coke. It was like a religion to me. It pulsed through my veins, or at least I wish it did. About a year or so ago, they discontinued this palatal masterpiece. I, along with a few others (Marcia), were devastated. Coke has since come about with Diet Coke Vanilla Zero and other impostor drinks, but none have been the same.
I bought refrigerator cases by the truckload, but when I realized that Coke had attempted to crush my caffeine addiction by discontinuing my heavenly nectar, I saved one, last, eternal refrigerator case. Today, that case is over a year old!
For some time I lived in denial. I would open the food storage door and the first thing I would see is that lonely, beautiful, full, Diet Vanilla Coke refrigerator case just smiling back at me. And who can resist that smile! I never dared open the case because that would succumb myself to the reality that Diet Vanilla Coke was really gone, never to return. I just didn't know how I could go on harboring that knowledge.
But I woke up today, and I knew that today, the last day of 2007, was different.
I opened the box.
I guess I can move on. There are other soft drinks out there. I will find another... never a replacement.
So, I opened the first can in the box. I took a sip.
It had gone bad. BLEH!
The rest went in the garbage.
I guess the transition won't be so hard after all!
Matt
You shouldn't have thrown it out! I'll wager that after that story you could have sold the entire lot on ebay. I understand the "good" stuff gets better with age, and you would have had hords who would love to have tried it.
Hey,
Way to go, Matt,
I guess it just shows how fleeting these kinds of things can be. Here today gone tomorrow!!
gmamary&gparick