>>>>One of the Americans I worked with in Manchester -- pretty much the ugly American abroad -- always complained when he ordered Coke and it came with no ice. "They have the technology," he would say in a withering way.
>>>
>>>Yes, but someone stole the recipe.
>>
>>And the recipe is (and no, I did not drink Coke - when forced to choose, I go for root beer - the best toothpaste taste ever) "put as much ice as needed to fill the glass(*) and then thread the colored liquid into any space left between.
>>
>>----
>>once upon a future they'll make hot irons out of plastic but still call them irons, just like these "glasses" are made of styrofoam or plastic...
>
>I meant the recipe for ice. ( old Polish joke )
Oh, I meant the recipe for ice with sugar water...