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Christopher

Christopher

Portland, OR
November 2002

APR 19, 2005 01:11 PM

When I choose a carbonated beverage, I say to myself, “Can this drink make me feel like I swallowed anti-freeze?” Since 1996, this question has been unanswered...until now.

These days, Surge is the beverage equivalent of an endangered species: Coca-Cola stopped marketing it about five years ago and has no plans to boost production of the drink, which occasionally turns up in soda fountains but is no longer sold in bottles or cans.

But a far-flung band of devotees is clamoring for its revival and keeping the Surge legacy alive with a Web site — www.savesurge.org — featuring 500 pages of Surge testimonials, photographs of old Surge paraphernalia and even recipes for making a Surge-like beverage at home.

Bloggers log soda-fountain sightings of Surge from California to Maine. Two Arizona women planned to gather Surge petition signatures at a country music festival this month. And a Norwegian man offers trans-Atlantic shipments of Urge, Surge's orange-tinged cousin, which is sold in his country.

Web designer Eric Karkovack ties the loose ends together from inside the brick walls of his apartment in south-central Pennsylvania. Each day, an average of 500 Web surfers visit the site that he started with another Surge fan in 2002, around the time the soda became scarce.


I remember when they passed out bottles and cans of this stuff out at lunch while I was in high school. They had a vending machine in the cafeteria that dispensed Surge for 25 cents a can.

I wonder how many of my former classmates are diabetic.

crispy

crispy

NEWSWIRE

Philadelphia, PA

APR 19, 2005 11:05 PM

Um, no I don't remember those days.
If I ever pissed green I'd run screaming to the nearest urologist.

inscrutable

inscrutable

Saint Louis, MO
January 2005

APR 19, 2005 11:06 PM

Mmmm, good ole Surge.

Good to know it's still around. That shit was tasty with Tequila.

Antimony

Antimony

SUICIDEGIRL

Washington, USA

APR 19, 2005 11:08 PM

i just remember the old commercials. we used to scream SUUUUURGE off the hill when i was in 7th grade.

wow, i was cool.

hollascottmoney

hollascottmoney

The Colony, TX
September 2002

APR 19, 2005 11:10 PM

I remember when they handed out cans at lunch at my school too. I went through the line like 4 times.

This brings back memories..because the day I got the free surge, I got to leave school at 1 to go to my first meeting with my psychologist.

tomahto

tomahto

San Bruno, CA
June 2003

APR 19, 2005 11:10 PM

oh man, I used to be forced to attend all my high school's football games. I called that stuff "instant school spirit".


love

visionfromacrash

visionfromacrash

Columbus, OH
October 2004

APR 19, 2005 11:17 PM

Surge was fucking awesome man. Fucking awesome.

Chitin

Chitin

New York, NY
December 2004

APR 19, 2005 11:18 PM

Fuckin' A people. Just drink Mountain Dew.

vickitr0n

vickitr0n

San Antonio, TX
October 2004

APR 19, 2005 11:20 PM

I find it disturbing how obsessed these people are with a fucking pop.

Chitin

Chitin

New York, NY
December 2004

APR 19, 2005 11:32 PM

vickitr0n said:
I find it disturbing how obsessed these people are with a fucking pop.


HAHAHAHA! You said POP!

hollascottmoney

hollascottmoney

The Colony, TX
September 2002

APR 19, 2005 11:35 PM

I didn't know they still made it.

NotJason

NotJason

Orono, ME
October 2004

APR 19, 2005 11:36 PM

while I want to hate them, they use a relatively obscure Ozma song in their movie trailer thing. I don't know what to believe.

dirtyground

dirtyground

Chicago, IL
August 2003

APR 19, 2005 11:49 PM

Antimony said:
i just remember the old commercials. we used to scream SUUUUURGE off the hill when i was in 7th grade.

wow, i was cool.




NO WAY! me too, holy shit. does that bring back memories of skateboarding with my friends listening to Misfits...

yeah. 6th grade was fucking sweet.

squerk

squerk

Seattle, WA
December 2004

APR 19, 2005 11:54 PM

I'm embarrassed that I even read this...lol

Crim

Crim

HOPEFUL

Portland, OR

APR 20, 2005 12:15 AM

But where oh where is www.savecrystalpepsi.com?

jonasgrumby

jonasgrumby

Portland, OR
April 2004

APR 20, 2005 12:55 AM

Chitin said:

vickitr0n said:
I find it disturbing how obsessed these people are with a fucking pop.


HAHAHAHA! You said POP!


Hey, I had to say "soda" in order for people to understand what I was talking about, for the six and a half years I lived in DC. Now that I'm back in Portland, it's pop all the way...

thrash242

thrash242

Pearland, TX
September 2004

APR 20, 2005 01:07 AM

vickitr0n said:
I find it disturbing how obsessed these people are with a fucking pop.



You say "pop" and you're from San Antonio? Huh?

thrash242

thrash242

Pearland, TX
September 2004

APR 20, 2005 01:08 AM

Surge was cool. I haven't seen in in forever, though.

I used to drink tons in High School.

Falling_Jon

Falling_Jon

Phoenix, AZ
March 2004

APR 20, 2005 02:31 AM

vickitr0n said:
I find it disturbing how obsessed these people are with a fucking pop.



Psuedoapathetic pointless consumer culture at it's FINEST!!!

Baise

Baise

USA
January 2005

APR 20, 2005 03:12 AM

Crim said:
But where oh where is www.savecrystalpepsi.com?



A-FUCKING-MEN! I LOVED that stuff!

raptus_regaliter

raptus_regaliter

Santa Barbara, CA
October 2004

APR 20, 2005 03:57 AM

You can still piss green if you overload on vitamin B (don´t know specifically which one), if you know, that´s all you missed about Surge. Oh yeah, said overloading before going to bed is a great way to avoid a hangover.

Samebeat

Samebeat

USA
September 2003

APR 20, 2005 04:15 AM

I loved Surge. I worked in a shitty computer lab on campus and the Surge machine was right outside the door. shocked

Fancier

Fancier

Liechtenstein
December 2003

APR 20, 2005 04:26 AM

I do believe they sold Surge at my high school for a quarter. Or was that Jolt? Oh christ. It was something terribly grand.

rasdsm

rasdsm

Brentwood, TN
November 2003

APR 20, 2005 04:45 AM

I remember when they passed the stuff out in high school. What a disaster. I probably drank between 10-15 of them. It still stands as the only time I can remember actually being able to feel my kidneys. They were pretty pissed at me.

desidia

desidia

Reunion
September 2002

APR 20, 2005 05:09 AM

I did always love those commercials. i drank it a while but I think I eventually settled on Mountain Dew.

ahhh nostalgia. I bought a box of discontinued A&W Blue Nihi once, tasted like cream soda with blue food coloring... which is what it was... I just like blue food

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