Soft drinks abroad
One joke I have heard a lot while travelling is as follows. “I can say two words in any language,” says the hilarious joker. His disbelieving fellow, normally a pretty French girl who hasn’t worked up the courage to tell him to sod off, will respond incredulously. “Really? Two words in every language?” The claim seems unreasonable – there are thousands of languages, most of which aren’t even written in the same letters as ours. The instigator of the conversation will say yes. “Two words. Every language.” So the pretty French girl will test him. “Alright then,” she’ll say. “How about Russian?” He’ll reply gleefully. “Coca –cola.”
“Heh,” the French girl will reply, “Belgian?”
“Coca-cola.”
Spotting the pattern emerging, the French girl will either wander off or outline the parts of the world (and their respective native languages) which have no provision for the sale or distribution of the popular carbonated soft drink with vegetable extracts. Wherever there are signs advertising burgers, cola, or the latest Quinny Buzz, there’ll be a fridge with at least one bottle of cold coca-cola. In hot countries, especially, there is a problem with coca cola (abbreviated mostly to coke) being watered down with the potentially unsafe local water, and resold to unsuspecting tourists. It is important to listen for the distinctive hiss from the pressurised bottle of a carbonated liquid before you consume a soft drink in a foreign country as the water may carry diseases your immune system isn’t used to and cannot fight off.
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