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olympic rings by striatic.
out shopping, and it seems the store folk have been busy since my last visit.

this sort of display makes me wonder who was behind the idea.

is this something all of the stores in the chain are doing? did the manager decide to have some fun? does the coca-cola corporation have their dirty little hands on this?

funny that this actually deters the obsessive compulsive in me from purchasing the product, because in some insane logical loop i figure that this is 'order' and that by purchasing a box the 'order' will be disturbed .. even though it would take months before they'd sell enough boxes to have to pull from the display.

and by then the olympics would be over.

and i don't even drink pop.

why am i wasting cognitive cycles on this?

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Mr Normal [deleted] says:

It's 'pop' art.
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Monkeye says:

haha.
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striatic  Pro User  says:

It's 'pop' art.

*blinks*

*shoots self in face"
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The Rocketeer  Pro User  says:

I've sold displays like this before. It could be any number of factors that resulted in this cool display. More than likely, there is a competition between sales routes (Coca-Cola Enterprises Account Manaqers) or between rival store managers on who can come up with the best Olympic theme display. Coca-Cola is a big sponsor of the Olympics. Here's a display I built in the early '80's that started a trend for 12pk cylindrical displays (with graphics) in the Houston area:
-- from The Rocketeer
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striatic  Pro User  says:

it would be nice if after the olympics they did a canadian flag in red and white.

normally i loathe large advertisements .. maybe i like the idea of some other symbol dominating the brand name.
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The Rocketeer  Pro User  says:

You might want to suggest to the store manager that a separate display is created next to this one that has a count of the current number of medals Canadians have won so far embedded into the display that resembles a Canadian flag. That would be cool...
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striatic  Pro User  says:

You might want to suggest to the store manager that a separate display is created next to this one that has a count of the current number of medals Canadians have won so far embedded into the display that resembles a Canadian flag.

i don't think there is room for such a thing, without removing the current display.
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The Rocketeer  Pro User  says:

Alas, that is reality....
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Lathyrus  Pro User  says:

Welcome back! Puts a smile on my face to see your icon and photo.
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Mr Normal [deleted] says:

I was told my jokes were killers.
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BenODen  Pro User  says:

I agree, I hate disturbing organization like this, even in theory...
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annappleaday  Pro User  says:

i love coke....you don't...:)
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Michelle Miramontes says:

original
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the undergraduate says:

Coca Cola, making the world a better place
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invisible consequential says:

Thanks for sharing with Creative Commons. I'm using this image to feature an event on doingbusiness in China during the Beijing Summer Olympic Games.
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bkwdayton  Pro User  says:

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bkwdayton  Pro User  says:

Hi, I'm an admin for a group called Color Photo Award (PREMIER) -- HANDS Theme Contest Open, and we'd love to have this added to the group!
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ginamccaleb  Pro User  says:

found this pic here: letsplaymath.wordpress.com/2008/08/05/the-oly mpics-math-p...
liked it enough to fave it, and like you, have spent TOO much time thinking about the commercialism involved :-) Thanks for sharing the pic, and thoughts!
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harold  Pro User  says:

Coca-Cola Zero in a white case? My mind is blown.
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jrishel  Pro User  says:

My local grocery store (York, PA, US) had an almost identical display last week during the Olympics. I am tempted to think it's empty boxes, or some flat-pack display, not actually stacked cases of soda.
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