Happy birthday Coca Cola!

Author: Paddy Bloggit* Comments(2)


Coca Cola - the real thing!

Coca Cola first saw the light of day on the 8th of May 1886.

It was invented by a chemist called John Stith (Styth) Pemberton.

Some Coca Cola facts:

  • The original drink was based on a wine
  • When prohibition was introduced in 1886 the wine was replaced with sugar syrup
  • Coca Cola contained up to 60mg of cocaine until 1904
  • Coke still contains an extract of the coca leaf (from which cocaine comes from – not to be confused with the cacao plant which is the basis for chocolate) but there are no drugs in it!
  • The Chairman of the Coca Cola Company is E. Neville Isdell, an Irish man!

Coca Cola - the real thing!

I reckon I am contributing a nice bit of cash to the Coca Cola coffers.

Between Coca Cola, Lucozade and Budweiser I do try to do my bit for the economy!

Happy birthday Coke!

Paddy Bloggit



2 Comments so far

  1. Grannymar on May 8th, 2008

    Coca Cola, Lucozade and Budweiser :!:

    What is your sugar intake like :?:

  2. Paddy Bloggit on May 8th, 2008

    At a healthily high level Grannymar.

    My fridge has two large bottles of coke and one large bottle of Lucozade in it.

    I have a little milk in there for a quick cup of coffee in the morning before I go to school.

    There isn’t one item of food in the house other than a container with Rice Crispies in it. had to throw out the top half on Monday …. it has gone soft!

    I had a nice dinner this evening courtesy of my sister …. bacon, cabbage and potatoes.

    Yes … I know …. cholesterol, unhealthy etc.

    I’ll go on as long as I can …. I take my eating habits one meal/snack/take away at a time … I’m terrible at planning a shop for the week.

    The fridge has two levels of containment … either empty or full.

    I could go to the shop …. buy lots …. and end up throwing a lot of it out …. now I don’t even bother doing that.

    I eat some toast in school in the morning. We start officially at 9.20 a.m. but I’m usually in by 8.30 a.m. so I eat as I go do my pre-opening routines in the morning. I sup on endless teas/coffees during the day. Again…. lunch can be a feast or a famine … and is usually grabbed while doing something else or while on yard (supervision) duty.

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