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aflunky	Date: October 27, 2006 @ 7:53 PM When I was a Little Flunky I enjoyed the greatest drinks in the world. Sadly They both have been discontinued. Maybe we can brink them back so that one day my little girls can enjoy the pleasures of the finest sodas. http://www.murrayhead.com/josta/josta.html http://www.savesurge.org/surge/index.shtml Help resurrect these fine sodas.
BlackMage	Date: October 28, 2006 @ 9:24 AM I've never heard either of those.
zedsalt	Date: October 28, 2006 @ 11:53 AM I always enjoyed the mysterious blue stuff that formed on the Surge foam. Do they still make Afrikkola [sp?]?
aflunky	Date: October 28, 2006 @ 11:57 AM That's why I'm spreading the word, creating awareness. Part of the reason why the drinks are discontinued is because of failed marketing strategies. Believe me, if you had the pleasure of tasting either drinks, you would know what thousands of people, including me, are fighting for. They are not just soda, they are part of what made me the man I am today.
AdNauseam	Date: October 28, 2006 @ 3:46 PM Didn't Surge get a lawsuit pulled against them for not having a disclaimer for the caffeine?
jess1561	Date: October 28, 2006 @ 7:42 PM Surge I used to love Surge
evansorchid	Date: October 28, 2006 @ 8:40 PM Josta...never heard of it. I'm on a Arizona Green Tea kick right now. Surge was just Mountain Dew with a couple of caffeine tablets mixed into the brew. ...and it made your pee turn green. Anyone know where I can get some Shasta?
Snoogans775	Date: October 29, 2006 @ 12:49 AM SHASTA!! doesn't even come close to Josta, that stuff ruled, I used to have great all-nighters with my friends on Tony Hawk's Pro skater and Surge.
aflunky	Date: October 29, 2006 @ 5:57 PM I used to do the exact same thing Snoogans Fuck Shasta, that shit sucks. Fuck Mountain Dew, It doesn't even stand in the same field as Surge. Never heard of that lawsuit Ad. JASTA AND SURGE FOR LIFE BABY!
EchoMinor	Date: October 30, 2006 @ 12:27 AM no room for surge now, sense the energy drinks are already all over the place.
aflunky	Date: October 30, 2006 @ 2:20 AM Oh, so no room for surge, but we have Vault? Psh!! The Original is always the best... BRING BACK THE SURGE!
EchoMinor	Date: October 30, 2006 @ 3:12 AM Vault was made by the Coke company because of Surge, so i doubt they would bring it back when basically Vault and Surge taste almost the same. the only major difference is the colors.
jewsus	Date: October 30, 2006 @ 12:06 PM they definately won't bring Surge back. it was made by Coke, so there's no point when they've just put out Vault. it would just take sales away from Vault. which in turn wouldn't make them any money, they'd actually lose it. they'd have to spend extra money to make two similar products. i mean really, Vault sales drop, Surge sales bring it back to even. but they still lose money by having to make both of them now, when they could make just as much money with only one product to produce. never going to happen, even if Surge tastes better than Vault in my opinion. but Josta.....mmmmmmmm. that shit was amazing. only problem was i couldn't buy it when i was younger cos i lived in the frozen north, in a small city, where they didn't ship it. the only chance i had to taste it was one time at a basketball tournament in milwuakee. now that was a great soda. and really, there's no other product made by pepsi that's very similar. if either of these sodas had a chance of a comeback it'd be Josta. i don't think many people really knew about Josta though. to be honest, i didn't even remember the name, but the black panther on the logo reminded me. they really do have a marketable product here. a berry flavored cola with the benefits of an energy drink, i don't think there's another product on the market that's anywhere near it. they'd be in a market by themselves. if they'd just advertise correctly they'd have a chance to make a lot of cash.
GeneHilbert	Date: October 30, 2006 @ 12:34 PM Let’s see – when I was a mere tyke, there was Jolt "All the sugar and twice the caffeine”. Double Cola, a 20 oz cola in the '60 was very kewl at the same price as regular .25 cents. RC "Royal Crown", Brownie (chocolate water), you could still get Nehi all favors. Shasta soda; and Teem was the lemon lime craze.
CarvinAbuser	Date: October 30, 2006 @ 1:09 PM I remember those "fine" sodas. My friend from high school used to chug'em. How long have they been off the market?
ShadowDad	Date: October 30, 2006 @ 1:13 PM I have never heard of em. i some how doubt i'll ever see them at the shop round the corner. And i want to try them now, what with this whole hoohaa about them
aflunky	Date: October 30, 2006 @ 5:12 PM "they'd actually lose it. they'd have to spend extra money to make two similar products." Like all the diet brands of the original products? Who Remembers New Coke? Years of taste tests Proved that New Coke was better tasting then original, yet when it was put out, it Failed Miserably, why? Because original Coke is a way of life. Why can't Surge be that? It's Original. Though the taste of Vault has similar attributes, it's still a different formula, thus a different drink. Josta is Also an original Drink, that had a unique, one of a kind taste. Problem was thier marketing was crap, and not a lot of people have heard of it. So although in my opinion, Josta is the better taste of the two, Surge has a better chance at a comeback because more people have heard of Surge, and it's not like Vault is doing too bad. The Closest thing to Josta right now is Pepsi Jazz Berry Flavor. Did you know the original cola was named was named Fioravanti?
Distilled1	Date: October 30, 2006 @ 9:32 PM I liked surge anyone remember Team? it was a Mtn Due like drink I haven't seen it but its made by Pepsi. used to have it in Disney World a long time ago. A mix of 7-up and Mtn
Distilled1	Date: October 30, 2006 @ 9:33 PM Oh hell Genes old like my it was teem that was the shit!!
Saint	Date: October 31, 2006 @ 12:25 AM I wish they would mass produce Bawls again...that was the best energy drink of all.It's so freakin hard to find now though!! I need Bawls!!!!!!!!!
hantu	Date: October 31, 2006 @ 6:00 AM oh dear! who is this Brawls dude now?
aflunky	Date: October 31, 2006 @ 8:14 AM Yep, That's right, you heard it everybody, Saint Needs Balls! You need to use your spellcheck more often They sell Bawls at the 7-11 on Oxford and Naples here...
GeneHilbert	Date: October 31, 2006 @ 9:29 AM What's with this old shit....? Old..... my ass....... Damn whipper snappers...... No respect………
Distilled1	Date: October 31, 2006 @ 9:33 AM like *me Gene... because of teem I would have gused no one here would have rememberd it
zedsalt	Date: October 31, 2006 @ 11:29 AM My last "real" band had a deal going with a gas station that carried Jolt. We'd stop by once a week, pick up a case of bottles, and they'd charge us the can price. Of course, there were often supply problems and rumors about Jolt going out of business, but I think many of those were startetd by the company itself. I like the Jolt Ultra and the Jolt Blue. Plus, the cans make great vocal processors. One of the tunes I've been wanting to get posted features a Jolt-can-processed vocal. I'm glad to see more people stating a preference for Surge's taste over Vault. It would be a little odd to think that the REAL appeal was the odd-colored foam and urine. No offense intended, though, if that IS the reason for your preference; I'm just sayin'...
EchoMinor	Date: November 6, 2006 @ 4:19 PM well long ago way before surge, pepsi put out a drink called "kick" in the mid 90's it was overly sweet, had massive amounts of caffiene and was green!
zedsalt	Date: November 7, 2006 @ 10:52 AM I couldn't help but notice that when one of these stimulating sodas are discontinued, it almost always happens at a time when they're immensely popular. This doesn't seem to happen to other kinds of soft drinks. I wonder why that is. I mean, take Edge, for instance, Royal Crown's "poor man's Jolt". When they discontinued that, it took me a while to find out, because it always had sold out soon after they put it in the machines and/or stocked the shelves with it. When I could no longer find it, I figured they had just changed their schedule.
zedsalt	Date: November 10, 2006 @ 10:45 AM The song that I mentioned on Halloween, "Fine Fisheye Style" can be heard here. I held a Jolt can against the side of my mouth while singing into a small diaphragm condenser mic.

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