Many diners ask for “coke” when they want a soda. If the establishment has Pepsi cola instead of Coca-Cola, a server usually asks, “Is Pepsi okay (as a substitute drink)?” Pepsi made a 2019 television ad on the ‘Is Pepsi OK?” question. (“No Coke, Pepsi” was also in a 1978 Saturday Night Live sketch.)
“Why are you implying that nobody cares about Coca-Cola’s well-being? That’s really mean” was posted on Twitter by Michael on March 7, 2015. “*asking as if concerned for a friend’s well-being* is Pepsi okay?” was posted on Twitter by “if this is paradise, I wish I had a lawnmower” on April 4, 2017.
“No one asks how coke is doing. They always ask ‘is pepsi ok?’” was posted on Reddit—Jokes on December 9, 2018. “I feel bad that nobody’s checking up on Coca Cola’s well-being. When everyone asks if Pepsi is okay” was posted on Reddit—Jokes on May 9, 2019.
“What’s something a drug dealer would never ask?”/“‘Is Pepsi okay?‘“ is a related joke.
Twitter
Michael
@Mray901
Replying to @GreyDeLisle
@GreyDeLisle Why are you implying that nobody cares about Coca-Cola’s well-being? That’s really mean.
7:38 PM - 7 Mar 2015
Twitter
if this is paradise, I wish I had a lawnmower
@Peepoposoft
*asking as if concerned for a friend’s well-being* is Pepsi okay?
6:54 PM - 4 Apr 2017
Reddit—Jokes
Posted by u/sgintx_ December 9, 2018
No one asks how coke is doing.
They always ask “is pepsi ok?”
Reddit—Jokes
Posted by u/ManMan36 May 9, 2019
I feel bad that nobody’s checking up on Coca Cola’s well-being.
When everyone asks if Pepsi is okay.
Twitter
Brata George
@BrataGeorge
I feel bad that nobody’s checking up on Coca Cola’s well-being. When everyone asks if Pepsi is okay. #smile #reddit #jokes
2:18 PM - 9 May 2019
Above, a 1934 plaque from the Big Apple Night Club at West 135th Street and Seventh Avenue in Harlem. Discarded as trash in 2006. Now a Popeyes fast food restaurant on Google Maps.
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Above, Big Apple Corner at 54th Street and Broadway in Manhattan. Google Maps. Stolen and missing, 2021-2024.
Above, John J. Fitz Gerald, from the Aug. 15, 1931, Binghamton (NY) Press, pg. 14.
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