Sprite -- "Quench Your Thirst"

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rydawg5
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Jan 18, 2011 7:02pm
Anyone else seriously misled by these commercials as a kid? You see your favorite NBA stars playing a mean game of 1 on 1 with Sprite as their replenishment?

I still remember going out and grabbing Sprite for my drink to play ball outside once. My mom was like "You want some gatorade?" And I'm like "Nah, I got my Sprite"

Then I remember puking. Apparently pop and playing basketball doesn't mix?

Who thought of this marketing scheme to combine pop with making it seem like Gatorade?

I want to meet this man.
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Fab1b
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Jan 18, 2011 7:06pm
I never got the soft drink commercials as a thirst quencher. Pepsi has one out now with Mark Sanchez of the Jets chugging on a 2 liter of Pepsi. Really thats the last thing I want when I'm all hot and sweaty! Water or Gatorade/Powerade, ect...for me.
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Y-Town Steelhound
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Jan 18, 2011 7:08pm
The only thing worse is I remember a milk commercial where people were playing basketball, and the people drinking sports drinks and pop were really slow and tired and the dude drinking milk was awesome. Who the hell would ever drink milk while playing basketball?
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derek bomar
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Jan 18, 2011 7:20pm
fuck Sprite. 7up is where its at
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raiderbuck
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Jan 18, 2011 7:49pm
Haha, i remember those commercials, but wasn't it "obey your thirst"? Or was that later?
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rydawg5
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Jan 18, 2011 7:55pm
I think you are right "obey your thirst" sounds right.