The Week of January 26th

Good morning, everyone. Unless it is not morning where you are. Otherwise, good day and good evening. I am sitting here at my desk at work, avoiding my usual workload and decided to spend more time to talk to you. My audience. With me is one of my closest friends. Some of you may know him as Mr. Pibb. Others call him Pibb Xtra. But around these parts, he is Dr Pepper. Which brings me to my entry for the day...

You know what really boils my egg?

Dr Pepper. This soda has been here the longest out of any of the other major soft drink brands. It is a very unique beverage. But it is too unique.

Well, Dr Pepper (if that IS your real title), answer me these questions: 23 Flavors? Are you kidding me? I taste only one at the moment! Given, it is delicious, but nevertheless I remain curious. What are these 23 flavors? And why are they not listed on their site? This blatant disregard for consumer curiosity really makes me steam.

In addition, what makes you a doctor? What are you in the field of, Pepper? Podiatry? Cardiology? Or are you in a field all to your own, known as "Delicious-ology"? ...Alright, so I made that last one up myself. But it would not surprise me if I was right.

You can sit here in all your glory, Dr Pepper. Enjoy being an enigma wrapped in a mystery, covered in a quandary. On the other hand, maybe that is what helps make you so delicious. Other soft drinks are told that they have a lemon and lime flavor. Still others claim to have a base of citrus. But you, you are among one of the unknowns. Many try to guess the 23 flavors. Perhaps they are close to being right. Then again, we may never know. So I will leave again with another quote:

"Without mysteries, life would be very dull indeed. What would be left to strive for if everything were known?" -Charles de Lint

*EDIT* So a nice young lad from class yesterday (who shall be known as...Chris Applegate) informed me of something fairly important. Apparently the Cadbury Schweppes company, who owns the rights for Dr Pepper, inform their employees of five of their "secret" flavors. In addition, the only way to find all of the flavors is that one could ask them if their guesses are correct. Unfortunately, they can only respond yes or no to the guess. Well, Cadbury Schweppes, it appears that you still hold all the cards. This still boils my egg, that you would give out a smidge of information! You can try to linger your grasp upon your mysteries, but the general public will prevail. We always prevail.