Saturday, November 19, 2005
OK ness – (This is a three part series on being O.K.)
The Stock Question
Whenever I get in one of those awkward conversational moments with someone I have just met I have one stock question that I use to shift the social climate. Being a Denver native and living in…well Denver, I would deem my life as being somewhat sheltered. But while dwelling in the confines of this square shaped state of Colorado there is one thing that does not seem to be a universal known between most people. There is one thing that seems to be somewhat of a cult classic, an oddity and interesting enough of a topic to aid in the conversation’s flow…and that topic is soda. OK Soda that is. So with out further adieu my stock question…
Have you ever heard of OK Soda?
If you were to navigate to my profile, scroll down to my interests and then click on OK Soda you would find that the existence of such a beverage has slipped out of the memories of the blogging community. I admit it would be a little strange to put a soda down as one of your interests but non-the less…how many people do you know that know of it? I’ll be damned willing to bet you that anyone who partook in its fizzy OKness (that I would describe as a sort of sweetened carbonated tea) has never forgot it. Yet, so many people have never heard of the stuff. It has somehow slipped through the cracks of American society. It was out there advertised on national TV and sold at local grocers but now it’s subdued into the subconscious of modern civilization. OK soda, wiped from the thoughts of everyday citizens left like a covered up artifact of an ancient civilization waiting to be discovered once again. So I’ll ask again.
Have you ever heard of OK Soda?
Today was the first installment an introduction of a three part series on OK Soda. It was written to give you the chance to acknowledge the question of its existence or to question your knowledge on this cult classic artifact.
The second segment will go more into depth on what the soda was its history, its meaning, its significance.
The third and final piece will be about pop culture reverences to the OK legacy.
Until next time I’m Nick D and I’d like to remind you that, “Everything is going to be OK.”
The Stock Question
Whenever I get in one of those awkward conversational moments with someone I have just met I have one stock question that I use to shift the social climate. Being a Denver native and living in…well Denver, I would deem my life as being somewhat sheltered. But while dwelling in the confines of this square shaped state of Colorado there is one thing that does not seem to be a universal known between most people. There is one thing that seems to be somewhat of a cult classic, an oddity and interesting enough of a topic to aid in the conversation’s flow…and that topic is soda. OK Soda that is. So with out further adieu my stock question…
Have you ever heard of OK Soda?
If you were to navigate to my profile, scroll down to my interests and then click on OK Soda you would find that the existence of such a beverage has slipped out of the memories of the blogging community. I admit it would be a little strange to put a soda down as one of your interests but non-the less…how many people do you know that know of it? I’ll be damned willing to bet you that anyone who partook in its fizzy OKness (that I would describe as a sort of sweetened carbonated tea) has never forgot it. Yet, so many people have never heard of the stuff. It has somehow slipped through the cracks of American society. It was out there advertised on national TV and sold at local grocers but now it’s subdued into the subconscious of modern civilization. OK soda, wiped from the thoughts of everyday citizens left like a covered up artifact of an ancient civilization waiting to be discovered once again. So I’ll ask again.
Have you ever heard of OK Soda?
Today was the first installment an introduction of a three part series on OK Soda. It was written to give you the chance to acknowledge the question of its existence or to question your knowledge on this cult classic artifact.
The second segment will go more into depth on what the soda was its history, its meaning, its significance.
The third and final piece will be about pop culture reverences to the OK legacy.
Until next time I’m Nick D and I’d like to remind you that, “Everything is going to be OK.”
# posted by Nick D @ 7:57 PM 
