Re: pepsi-on-ice
When I grew up, a kid's family was either a “Coke family” or a “Pepsi family,” and I'm not kidding when I say that serious confrontational arguments were common.
Interestingly, the grandfather of the kids who lived across the street from us owned a Pepsi distributorship in Ohio.
But, my Dad was in the hotel business, and we sold Cokes exclusively.
Of course, my Mom was in charge of everything, and we only got to drink one Coke a week, on Sunday, after church and Sunday School, when my Dad stopped in to check on things at the hotel.
In the early 1980’s at a very popular restaurant a high level Cocoa Cola executive ordered a coke with his lunch. He was served a Pepsi, this was a fountain soda so there was no can or bottle and the exec noticed the difference and made a really big stink to the management. Shortly thereafter, the restaurant had all their menus, drink napkins and coasters reprinted to say “WE DO NOT SERVE COCOA COLA PRODUCTS”