£21 for four fantas

[Paddy]

Took the grandkids to see the cirque du Soliel last week, and we had a fantastic time.

but...
It cost me £21 for four little orangey drinks and one little pop of boxcorn.

i can get five pints and a kebab for that, and still have enough left over to feed me whippet

You bought a piece of history,
Fanta has its origins in Germany,[1] when a trading ban was placed on that nation by the Allies during World War II.[1] The Coca-Cola GmbH, therefore was not able to import the syrup needed to produce Coca-Cola in Germany.[1] As a result, Max Keith, the man in charge of Coca-Cola's operations in Germany during the second World War, decided to create a new product for the German market, using only ingredients available in Germany at the time,[1] including whey and pomace – the "leftovers of leftovers", as Keith later recalled.[2] The name was the result of a brief brainstorming session, which started with Keith exhorting his team to "use their imagination" ("Fantasie" in German), to which one of his salesmen, Joe Knipp, immediately retorted "Fanta!".[2]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fanta

[EternalOptimist]

You bought a piece of history,
Fanta has its origins in Germany,[1] when a trading ban was placed on that nation by the Allies during World War II.[1] The Coca-Cola GmbH, therefore was not able to import the syrup needed to produce Coca-Cola in Germany.[1] As a result, Max Keith, the man in charge of Coca-Cola's operations in Germany during the second World War, decided to create a new product for the German market, using only ingredients available in Germany at the time,[1] including whey and pomace – the "leftovers of leftovers", as Keith later recalled.[2] The name was the result of a brief brainstorming session, which started with Keith exhorting his team to "use their imagination" ("Fantasie" in German), to which one of his salesmen, Joe Knipp, immediately retorted "Fanta!".[2]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fanta

so Bomber Harris owes me £15, the schweinhund

[Mich the Tester]

so Bomber Harris owes me £15, the schweinhund

Ze Germans are truly innovative when it comes to making disgusting tasting drinks. On a visit to the DDR in 1987, I sampled some of this, a truly vile attempt to make a sort of commie cola. It smelt like tar and tasted rather like I imagine tar tastes. I think ze Germans should stick to making beer and Riesling.

[doodab]

These days they mix cola with orange and call it schwip schwap. Or Spezi.

[Scary]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inca_Kola

Packed full of tartrazine, looks like radioactive urine, tastes of chemicals.

Also strangely addictive.