A Sudden Random Thought #1

While I think about stuff I'd like to write here every day, I don't always have the time to sit down and write a new entry. But I don't want days to go by with no updates, so I thought I'd try something just for fun to fill time between my deeper, funnier, harder, better, faster, stronger...whoops, slipped into a little Daft Punk there...posts.

So I bring you, my many readers (*cough, my sister...):

A Sudden Random Thought:

Pepsi and Coke are always going at it with their many varieties (diet, caffeine free, cherry, lime, clear, etc.), but I think this time, Pepsi has come up short. Not on taste, but in quality of health. Case in point: Coke Zero, Pepsi One.

My question: why was Coke able to get every last calorie out of Coke Zero and maintain that classic Coke flavor (arguably), while Pepsi was only able to get their calorie count down to one? Where does that last calorie come from, and why can't they seem to get rid of it? Is it really that essential to keep it there in order for Pepsi One to taste like Pepsi?

I suppose Pepsi might not have wanted to completely rip off Coke Zero by creating Pepsi Zero, so maybe Coke just beat them to the punch. But still, for those calorie crunchers out there, every last one counts, and Pepsi, you're just adding yet another calorie to my diet. For shame.

But don't worry, Pepsi, I still like you better and will ingest that extra calorie for your sweet flavorful goodness.

ps. Should MJ read this at some point, I know, I'm sorry, I've brought this up with you before. But it's late, I'm running out of creativity, so I just reached out there and grabbed the first random thing to pop into my head. Don't worry, I promise you the next one will be random even to you ;-)