At StartSampling, one of my favorite websites, they have weekly trivia contests and one of this week's is Know the SampleSlogan?
Try your luck at this contest. We've provided a slogan below. Can you guess the product?
Slogan -"The Pause that Refreshes"
I knew it without having to do a search. From the Wiki entry Coca-Cola slogans, "the pause that refreshes" was first used in 1929. It's interesting how these slogans enter the zeitgeist and stick around long after they've quit being used for adverts. I still hear "Where's the beef?", the ubiquitous Wendy's commercial from 1984 being used as a punchline for jokes and replies to people griping about something inconsequential.
I remember other Coca-Cola slogans from my youth: "It's the real thing." (1969) and "I'd like to buy the world a Coke", the basis for the song "I'd Like to Teach the World to Sing". (1971)
Another classic slogan for Coke was "Things go better with Coke". (1963) I remember that one being used in TV ad campaigns and also because there was a joke that went through the rounds during that time when I was in grade school:
"What did dinosaurs used to eat?"
"I dunno, leaves and plants, I guess."
"Nope. Things. Know what dinosaurs used to drink?"
"What?"
"Coke. Know why?"
"Why?"
" 'Cause things go better with Coke."
A few years before they passed away, I went along with my folks on a trip to Lubbock, taking my mom to her eye doctor. We had stopped and had breakfast and I had consumed several cups of coffee along with the meal. About halfway to Lubbock, my back teeth were floating, if you catch my drift.
I suffered in silence for quite a few miles, knowing my dad didn't like to stop for anything during road trips, but I eventually had to speak up because it was starting to be very uncomfortable. We spied a truck stop and almost before Dad stopped, I was out of the car. I ran into the building and quickly found a bathroom.
Dad came into while I was standing at the urinal and went to a stall. (I must have inherited my "potty blush" from him ) From the sound of it, he needed to go nearly as badly as I did. I was washing my hands when Dad came out of the stall and started washing his own hands. We didn't speak, but suddenly Pop said: "Y'know, Coca-Cola had it all wrong."
"How's that, Dad?" I asked.
"THIS is the pause that refreshes." he said with a grin on his face.
Try your luck at this contest. We've provided a slogan below. Can you guess the product?
Slogan -"The Pause that Refreshes"
I knew it without having to do a search. From the Wiki entry Coca-Cola slogans, "the pause that refreshes" was first used in 1929. It's interesting how these slogans enter the zeitgeist and stick around long after they've quit being used for adverts. I still hear "Where's the beef?", the ubiquitous Wendy's commercial from 1984 being used as a punchline for jokes and replies to people griping about something inconsequential.
I remember other Coca-Cola slogans from my youth: "It's the real thing." (1969) and "I'd like to buy the world a Coke", the basis for the song "I'd Like to Teach the World to Sing". (1971)
Another classic slogan for Coke was "Things go better with Coke". (1963) I remember that one being used in TV ad campaigns and also because there was a joke that went through the rounds during that time when I was in grade school:
"What did dinosaurs used to eat?"
"I dunno, leaves and plants, I guess."
"Nope. Things. Know what dinosaurs used to drink?"
"What?"
"Coke. Know why?"
"Why?"
" 'Cause things go better with Coke."
A few years before they passed away, I went along with my folks on a trip to Lubbock, taking my mom to her eye doctor. We had stopped and had breakfast and I had consumed several cups of coffee along with the meal. About halfway to Lubbock, my back teeth were floating, if you catch my drift.
I suffered in silence for quite a few miles, knowing my dad didn't like to stop for anything during road trips, but I eventually had to speak up because it was starting to be very uncomfortable. We spied a truck stop and almost before Dad stopped, I was out of the car. I ran into the building and quickly found a bathroom.
Dad came into while I was standing at the urinal and went to a stall. (I must have inherited my "potty blush" from him ) From the sound of it, he needed to go nearly as badly as I did. I was washing my hands when Dad came out of the stall and started washing his own hands. We didn't speak, but suddenly Pop said: "Y'know, Coca-Cola had it all wrong."
"How's that, Dad?" I asked.
"THIS is the pause that refreshes." he said with a grin on his face.
1 comment:
LOL, you did it to me again. I was off in video land for at least a half an hour. Fun post Mike, enjoyed it!
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