root beer vs. birch beer

[pres2032]

i just realized i've been staring at DU for almost 45 minutes without posting anything and that just had to stop.

[JohnKleeb]

1. birch!

[democracyindanger]

2. No sassafrass?

[pres2032]

3. nope, only 2 choices today, i'm sorry

i'll do a bigger one later, ok? :-)

[democracyindanger]

4. Ehh, then I'll have a Diet Coke. And can we get some menus?

[pres2032]

5. one Diet Coke, coming up.

here is your menu.

[TaleWgnDg]

6. Oh, geez, you forgot the sarsaparilla . . .

Sarsaparilla. You remember sarsaparilla, don't you? Okay. Here's a primer . . . http://www.straightdope.com/classics/a1_354.html

BTW, my vote is for sarsaparilla. Not that *sissy stuff* called birch beer or root beer. No way!

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[democracyindanger]

7. Oh cripes

That's what I meant to say. Oops.

[TaleWgnDg]

9. You aren't too far off . . . calling it "sassafras" . . . read that

article at http://www.straightdope.com/classics/a1_354.html

It could be that the variances are regionally determinative?! Dunno, am guessing.

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[democracyindanger]

11. Nah, you're absoutely right. It's sarsparilla.

[pres2032]

8. i'm a youngin, that's before my time

[TaleWgnDg]

10. :::cough::: . . . n/t