Who is John Stith Pemberton?
Correct answer: All three answers
SweetTooth
Is it ever not 'all three answers'?
Teslasgirl66
Guess everyone tearing down Confederate statues should stop drinking Coke
Hansome Ray
There was cocaine in that first coke. Who knew the inventor of coke cola was a Confederate Officer fighting for the South?
vjt76
Does this mean we are gonna ban Coca-Cola? Because its founder was a Confederate?
#6
I'd never heard of him before. Very interesting. Thank you.
andi6243
Wonder how it tasted at the beginning?
Player #9495659
Hansome Ray, At that time in history, no one knew that cocaine was, addictive. Cocaine was as readily available for purchase as aspirin was. Anyone could walk into a pharmacy and buy cocaine. Therefore, the fact that this guy added cocaine to a beverage. was at first seen as nothing that important. In time the medical authorities saw what was happening and we ended up with the coke we have today.
Groovy Rosie
That was a very good story to read I enjoyed reading his history life story would love to read an honesty true book about him. Good man he did lots of good hope he had a son or daughter who walked in his steps good man!
coyne71
Hansome Ray, given the lack of anesthesia in the South during the war cocaine may have been an alternative if they could have provided enough of it
💜JULES💜
Very interesting
Sharkasia
Everything except for his Confederate alliances, me being black ,Thank God for Abraham Lincoln
KC
Cat Mom, that happens to me too frequently
Joe
That was easy.
Cat Mom
Darn it, I hit the 2nd choice by accident & got it wrong but since
Cat Mom
Fastness it! I hit the 2nd choice by accident & for it wrong
msbw
Teslasgirl66, yep and yep
Player #130998363
Cigarettes are addictive, but they are legal. They are probably worse than cocaine. They sure stink.
LillySparrow
SweetTooth, right!?
Lolita
andi6243, supposed to have cocaine in it so assuming ur mouth would be twitching numbness and u needed a straw,lol..I personally don't do cocaine but when I did i loved it..
Buckles
I love that Handsome Ray is named Handsome Ray b/c everyone has to address them as Handsome Ray. And what’s up with the backlash towards H.R. They asked a legitimate rhetorical question. Everyone needs to relax a bit.
Beverly
when my children were young ( both in their 40's now) their doctor prescribed coke syrup for nausea and upset stomach. it was sold at the pharmacy and it was I think the syrup that they used to make coca cola. the kids liked it because it was sweet and not like medicine.
Pete
I wonder if he invented Rum and Coke?
Puddintame
andi6243, Better?🤔😝
Tony
Hansome Ray, I wish Coca-Cola was still produced by the original formula. One thought is that it was banned because the American Medical Association was disturbed that many people who were feeling bad drank a coke and felt better, thus lowering the income of doctors. Greed.
Player #120374466
Hansome Ray, Does it really matter?
GIG
what of his Civil War experience?
Maly
Player #66817220, what about “a”
Maly
Lmathis98, where?
Lucy Lu
SweetTooth, No
LolaB
andi6243,
problem made you very happy and peppy!
tgrlil
Before everyone starts tossing their Coca-Cola and cotton products, look up everything in your house developed under the Nazis (who, by the way, no one is asking for statues of in the first place) and then sit and have a think. Toss away, more power to you, I am responsible for a small child, not mine, so I have to keep most of our tech. No Coca-Cola in the house, though. Not good for children.
tgrlil
SweetTooth, not in my experience
tgrlil
Hansome Ray, You could buy laudenaum over the counter. The guy threw cocaine in a refreshing fruit syrup for mixing with soda water. Thank goodness, I lived on it for much of my teens and 20s(you can't drink the water most places, but the Coca-Cola is always safe:).
tgrlil
Teslasgirl66, Or wearing cotton? There's a big difference between statues to our nation's enemies and not throwing out half our nation's products. And yes. Tear them down, and I am a Southerner. Leave the soda.
Donna
when I was a little girl I had a very old doctor and he used to prescribe coke syrup for cough medicine and it was clear that stuff was so strong I think it actually was a drug!
Angela
Player #719743, People sure know how to mess things up.
Angela
Player #9495659, Very interesting for sure.
Angela
#6, It is really interesting. I never knew who he was either. Lots of interesting information about him pretty cool.
Angela
Hansome Ray, Very interesting right. Coke cola is my husband's favorite. I used to be a soda freak and Dr. Pepper was my favorite, but for the last 12-14 years not really into soda or any carbonated drinks. Teas, coffees, and flavored waters.
Angela
SweetTooth, That is the only way I got this one right. I would of not known.