A Tale of Two Frescas

Hi All!  Husband here.  I related a story to Tammy the other day that she found amusing, so here it is in the form of a Special Guest Post.

If you are not acquainted with the sweet, crisp flavor of Fresca, then you need to go get some right now.  Go ahead, I’ll wait here.

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OK, now that you’ve agreed that it is the best grapefruit-based diet tonic in the land, we can start the story.

The other day me and my co-worker were working on Important Business at my desk.  It was that time in the afternoon when refreshment is needed, and luckily the machine has a Fresca button on it.  We got two Frescas, opened them with great relish, and got back to work.

About five minutes into Important Business we looked up from the computer screen and suddenly realized that our Frescas were sitting on the desk right next to each other.  Although the quantities still left in each were different, there was no way to 100% without-a-doubt correctly associate each Fresca with its proper owner.  We’re both engineers, so believe me, if there were a scientifically-achievable way to identify them, we would have been okay.  But in this instance we just didn’t have time for DNA swabs and a testing lab.

A hush came over the office.

We stared at the Frescas, minds churning.

We looked at each other.

We looked at the Frescas.

We looked at each other.

We put the Frescas in the trash.

I found 8 shiny quarters in my pocket, new untainted Frescas were triumphantly acquired, and Important Business continued.

Comments

[Susanna]

Ha! Or, to riff on the old commercial, Fresc-HA.

[Lydia (Soup Chick)]

As a lifelong Fresca addict, the thought of tossing out two perfectly good Frescas breaks my heart.

[karen]

Does your coworker have cooties? I'm sad for the thrown out Frescas.

[Annabelle B]

Hahaha! Yeah I get it.

As sad as I am about the tossed out Fresca, potentially swapped cans is about equal to making out with your co-worker.

[NancyB]

Unless it was my husband's I think I'd be throwing the soda out too!
Mmmm Fresca! That sounds good I may have to get one today.

[Michele]

Fresca is WAY more carbonated than other sodas. Why is that?

[Rich]

I am the co-worker in this story and do, in fact, have cooties. It's a sensitive subject for me and I don't appreciate the nonchalant, insensitive manner in which the topic was raised.

Shame on you, Karen. Shame on you.

[Phoebe]

I once accidentally sipped from my co-worker's weeks-old (probably) soda can. It was a chilling experience and the soda was very, very flat. Very flat.

I'm curious as to what would have happened if the two men featured in this story were female co-workers, male friend non-co-workers, female friend non-co-workers, male and female co-workers, two rodeo clowns . . . you get the picture!

[Tammy]

I agree, Phoebe. When I first heard the story, I thought, this would never happen between two female friends. Frescas would be consumed with friendships intact. But would I sip from a male co-workers Fresca? Guess it depends on the co-worker! But I'm definitely NOT making out with a rodeo clown!

[Huband]

Imagine if we had not thrown the frescas away - By the transitive property (if a=b and b=c, then a=c)Tammy would have been kissing my coworker that night during what I call "Nighttime Important Bizniz".

[Tammy]

So, tell me more about this coworker!!

[Huband]

He is very dashing.

[SarahC]

Could you not have poured the Fresca into two glasses ...?

[Michelle]

Fresca is the best...until you've tried Ting. Nothing is better than Ting.

[Cubicle Rebel]

Ah, I haven't had a Fresca in ages. I love the very thought of grapefruit soda. YOU have them at WORK in the VENDING MACHINE? Wowza.