All three boys have done the bulk of their growing up here in Atlanta but only Burger was conceived and born natively. Sometimes it shows.

Me: Everybody ready? Let's get in the van and get going.

[Kids begin climbing into the vehicle.]

Me: Woah there, Burger! You've got to finish that soda before you get in the van. Drink it or toss it.

[Burger looks up at me like I am a complete moron. A complete moron who has deeply offended him.]

Burger: It's not a SODA. It's a COKE.

I ended up holding it for him while we drove home. It being a COKE and all, we couldn't let it go to waste.

Posted by: Jim at 01:10 PM | Comments (10) | Add Comment
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1 I have to agree with you on this one and I was raised in south Georgia myself. Of course, I'm also the person insisting that summer doesn't end until day <= night.

Posted by: Trey Givens at September 06, 2005 01:43 PM (yaMs/)

2 Soda? I can't get over the fact that people call it soda. When I lived in California everyone called soft drinks Coke. "You want a coke?" "What kind of coke?" "We have pepsi, 7up or Root beer". Here in the good ol state of Ohio they call it pop. Took a while to get used to....

Posted by: Tiffani at September 06, 2005 02:23 PM (KE4Gu)

3 Yeah, it's all Coke. I don't know why but the word "pop" just really grates on my nerves.

Posted by: DeAnna at September 06, 2005 03:14 PM (IdVP4)

4 I can't stand calling it "pop" that's just bizarre.

Posted by: caltechgirl at September 06, 2005 03:25 PM (Fhzb0)

5 ahhh, a fellow coke connoseur!

Posted by: michele at September 06, 2005 11:03 PM (TWN8U)

6 As a northern Illinois resident. It's pop. Soda just sounds weird.

Posted by: Contagion at September 07, 2005 08:42 AM (Q5WxB)

7 I was born in Ohio, so I'm going to blame any leanings I have toward "pop" on my maternal family. Damned yankees! And it's looks like my first comment got cut off due to using the less than sign. That's supposed to read "day less than or equal to night" at the end.

Posted by: Trey Givens at September 07, 2005 08:46 AM (yaMs/)

8 Trey, Where in Ohio?

Posted by: Tiffani at September 07, 2005 11:33 AM (KE4Gu)

9 Kids gotta love em.

Posted by: Sompopo at September 07, 2005 07:27 PM (TsMw6)

10 We only drink 'coke' where I come from! Everything is coke.

Posted by: Bou at September 07, 2005 09:40 PM (5JHEt)

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