Aesquire.228 net.games.trivia utcsrgv!utzoo!decvax!ucbvax!mhtsa!ihnss!houxi!npois!harpo!chico!esquire!psl Mon Feb 22 04:19:39 1982 Dr. Pepper followup/query Although everybody knows that 10, 2, and 4 are the "Dr. Pepper Times", (the times when the Dr. Pepper ad men feel you are most run down and need a little "pick-me-up" (aka blood sugar rush) to get you to the next meal), I have another Dr. P. question: Does anybody know what the principal flavor in Dr. Pepper is? (Or what it's supposed to be)? Many people have suggested black cherry; but Dr. P. doesn't taste a bit like cherry to me and I suspect that the black cherry is an imaginary fruit anyway. I've always thought it tasted more like prunes than anything else... Which is not to say it isn't any good; I'd rate it well ahead of Pepsi (but after Coke, natch). A cola connoiseur p.s. Having decided to postpone sending this in case someone else asked the question, I came across the "Dr. Pepper does it ... with prunes." joke [?] Is this a precognitive answer to my question? ----------------------------------------------------------------- gopher://quux.org/ conversion by John Goerzen of http://communication.ucsd.edu/A-News/ This Usenet Oldnews Archive article may be copied and distributed freely, provided: 1. There is no money collected for the text(s) of the articles. 2. The following notice remains appended to each copy: The Usenet Oldnews Archive: Compilation Copyright (C) 1981, 1996 Bruce Jones, Henry Spencer, David Wiseman.