Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2003/02/27
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Both extracts from the nut and coca leaves aka cocaine were in the original formulae with the cocaine outlawed(in the USA) in the early 20th century simon - ----- Original Message ----- From: "Kit McChesney | acmefoto" <kitmc@acmefoto.com> To: <leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us> Sent: Thursday, February 27, 2003 4:28 PM Subject: RE: [Leica] New Coke > That's right, y'all. When Coca-Cola was invented by John Pemberton in 1886 > (the scripted "logo" was invented at the same time), it contained coca > leaves and the formula was based on the kola nut. Hence the name "Coca." > Then Candler bought/took over the company/operation in 1889. The Coke Web > site doesn't mention the coca formula (though it has some cool Flash > movies!) ;-) > > Kit > > -----Original Message----- > From: owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us > [mailto:owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us]On Behalf Of Mark > Rabiner > Sent: Thursday, February 27, 2003 5:19 AM > To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us > Subject: Re: [Leica] New Coke > > > animal wrote: > > > > the original version had cocain in it that must have been popular > > regards > > simon > > > Apparently this is not an Urban myth but really is true. > > Seven up however had Lithium in it! > > They knew about that happy dust for a long time. (Element #3) > US towns which had Lithium in the water had no murders or squabbles. > US towns which had Cocaine in the water had lots of murders and squabbles. > > I wonder how much these guys were nervous when they had to take their > "secret ingredient" out of their highly profitable product? Did they > know that white sugar and caffeine turned out to be more addicting than > anything? Certainly more profitable. > > > > Mark Rabiner > Portland, Oregon USA > http://www.rabinergroup.com > Email: mark@rabinergroup.com > Fax: 503-221-0308 > -- > To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html > > -- > To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html