A tearful hello. All this talk of favourite softdrinks has gotten me a bit weepy, because sadly enough, my favourite softdrink is no longer available to the general public. This bottle (can, rather) of wonderful was known as Josta, and was manufactured by PepsiCo, who I am sure have committed a similar number of atrocities. It took me quite awhile to realize it'd been taken off the shelves, because I don't get out much. Finally one day I got it in me to call up PepsiCo, and ask whatever happened to Josta. So I did, and they said that it had been discontinued due to lack of positive public response, which saddened me greatly and made me long for the days where I had a cool Josta in my right hand. This wasn't just any softdrink, it was flavoured by guarana berries which I imagine are very rare. My friend Stephen and I even passed around a petition at school to bring back Josta. But I think that I may have lost all the signatures, so our first attempt at reviving Josta was a failure. However some boy gave me a Josta baseball cap, which he had gotten as a promotional item at a show. It had the black leopard that was their emblem emblazoned on the front and in proud letters beneath read "Josta." I gave it to Stephen for his help in getting signatures, even though I had lost them. For now I suppose that coffee will have to satiate my hunger for caffeien... but to this day there is a leopard sized hole in my heart that pangs with remorse for not supporting this drink with greater zeal upon its introduction. Josta; gone- but not forgotten. Humbly yours, Timothy xoxo The Self-Appointed Defender of the Creative Merits of Beyond the Sunrise. (I like that song.) _________________________________________________________________ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com +-------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ Brought to you by the Sinister mailing list +---+ To send to the list mail sinister@missprint.org. To unsubscribe send "unsubscribe sinister" or "unsubscribe sinister-digest" to majordomo@missprint.org. WWW: http://www.missprint.org/sinister +-+ "sinsietr is a bit freaky" - stuart david, looper +-+ +-+ "legion of bedroom saddo devotees" "peculiarly deranged fanbase" +-+ +-+ "pasty-faced vegan geeks... and we LOST!" - NME April 2000 +-+ +-+ "frighteningly named Sinister List organisation" - NME May 2000 +-+ +-+ Nee, nee mun pish, chan pai dee kwa +-+ +-------------------------------------------------------------------------+