Chapter 3

TWINKIE POWER

A lot of people believe that the cake of a Twinkie© will last a lot longer than the plastic wrapper. (along with any zombie nonsense). Perhaps around 200 years?

But according to William Poundstone, author of the book “Bigger Secrets”, that is just a rumor. He stated that Continental Baking Company, the makers of this snack will actually pull unsold boxes of Twinkies off store shelves every 4 days. (I don’t see that happening, do you?)

When James Dewar invented the snack, he called it; “The best darn-tootin’ idea I ever had!” How good was it? A Continental Baking Company executive (unnamed) stated that one man “lived for 7 years on nothing but Twinkies and Cutty Sark”. Please include me in the skeptics.

HAVE A COKE AND A SMILE

Nothing quite like relaxing with a nice, cold and refreshing drink of Coca-Cola©. People all over the world love it! However, sometimes, things get lost in translation.

In China, a Coca-Cola advertisement company tried to sound out the name of the product phonetically. The company withdrew the ad after learning that the symbols for “co” “ca” “co” “la” when put together meant “Bite the wax tadpole.”

As for their biggest competitor, Pepsi-Co had their own advertising blunder for Pepsi© soft drink.

In Taiwan, when trying to translate and publish advertisements for “The Pepsi Generation”, the billboards read as: “Pepsi. It Brings your ancestors back from the dead.”

And if anyone actually cares, I prefer Pepsi to Coke. (No judging!)