Apparently we don’t have enough fat kids in America. Just in time for summer fun by the pool, the makers of Dr. Pepper and 7-up decided we needed new and inventive ways to consume their high-fructose drinks. There, by the doors of my local Walgreen’s, at $2 each, were boxes of “Soda Pops”, which you’re supposed to put in your freezer and thus enjoy the refreshing frozen taste of 7-up, Dr. Pepper or Orange Crush.
That’s right. You could simply pull out your 2-liter bottles and fill your ice trays and approximate this same silliness. But these cynical marketers would rather you feel nostalgic and remember (wait for it! The sound of an ice-cold Dr. Pepper pouring into a frosty glass! Ahh!) what it’s like to, well, suck on a soda. It’s that simple. You remember those long blue ice pops your Mom used to give you to shut you up on summer afternoons? The same ones that made your tongue blue? Look no further and oh yeah, hand over the two dollars.
