"Thank goodness those soft drinks never caught on. What carnage they might have wrought."

With tongue firmly planted in cheek, I would suggest that maybe, just maybe, a little time spent at the check out lanes of the local Discount Store or any of the area grocery stores would suggest that the consequences have not been so benign.

I am usually amazed when I see a cart loaded with cases of "pop" it often has a person of considerable girth at the helm. Given Kentucky's rating for Obesity related health issues it would seem that exploding containers was only one of the many dangers of these nefarious seducers of our Nation's youth and the weak-willed.

But thanks to "Jim" I now know the origen of the use of "pop" to describe soft drinks.
Jon Halsey, Knifley