Wow can you believe it is already (look at your time indicator device). I bet you have already spent a great amount of time on collating and other such strenuous activities. I would go as far to wager that you have become quite exhausted and bitterly thirsty from the arduous activates you have been partaking in.

You are just glad to have a minute to sit back and enjoy a nice cold Dr. Pepper with the same 23 flavors the “good Doctor” has been pushing at you since you were four years old. Well, I don’t know about you but I am sick and tired of the same old flavors.

I know, I know. I am supposed to get all giddy because Coca-Cola put some Vanilla in their pop but they don’t offer that anymore. And Pepsi has been offering the taste sensation known as Wild Cherry Pepsi just long enough for me to hate them for it.

Mountain Dew, which by the way is flavored neither like mountains or dew, has tried to hop into the flavor variations field and experienced moderate success with Code Red, a Hawaiian Punch knock-off on a caffeine bender. They also made an attempt at a grape flavored version called Pitch-Black or something like that. They would have had better success with bottled gear lube, because that is they flavor they ended up with. It was completely undrinkable.

Then you have the new Pepsi Jazz, where they have opted to suck any good flavor out of the beverage and replace it with artificial fruit flavors. This combination of stupidity and zero foresight have produced the equivalent of beverage torture tactics.

Dr. Pepper, proving a lack of creative thought, has combined two popular flavor add-ons and created the Cherry Vanilla Dr. Pepper. Concerned that people would see through this thin veiled attempt at creativity, Dr. Pepper also produced a Berries & Cream flavor, which is a throw back to a popular classic Soda Shoppe flavor.

Will no-one, can no-one produce a new flavor of pop for the masses to enjoy? Will Coca-Cola never reintroduce the Vanilla Coke, its most popular product of the past century? How many more flavors will Dr. Pepper rip off?

I have the answer my friends. Behold, the new, bold flavor of Diet Coke!