March 28, 2008
Some of you may know that daughterofmischief and I have a running bet about whether The People's Republic of China will have free, fair, open elections before the release of this album. Well, the good people at Dr. Pepper have stepped up the margin on this one: If the album is released in 2008, then every American (except for guitarists Slash and Buckethead) will be given a free Dr. Pepper.
Come on, Axl. The soda of victory, laced with methamphetamines, rum, and horse tranqualizers, will taste so sweet.
And Axl responds:
We are surprised and very happy to have the support of Dr Pepper with our album "Chinese Democracy," as for us, this came totally out of the blue. If there is any involvement with this promotion by our record company or others, we are unaware of such at this time. And as some of Buckethead's performances are on our album, I'll share my Dr Pepper with him.
Axl Rose
From the tagline I was sure this was a Tom Cruise post.
I was thinking it was Tobias Funke.
Being privy to zieglerfe's Netflix queue, his comment does not surprise me.
omfg I'm totally laughing my ass off at your last sentence Jerry.
Well, well.... Is it time for a bet to be settled?
Apparently so.
Today was the day to claim your free Dr. Pepper but I've tried periodically throughout the day and the servers have been continuously slammed all day. Also, Dr. Pepper owns 7/10 slots for today's most popular searches. Will they extend the promotion so everyone can get on the site? As of right now the page sort of half-loaded and a timer has reset from "3 hours remaining" to "18 hours remaining" which is either intentional or a tremendous glitch.
If you enjoy the Doonesbury, his current thread with Toggle and the release of Chinese Democracy is great.
[Backstory: BD, the older vet, has been going through a long physical and emotional struggle to adapt to the loss of his leg in Iraq. Toggle was a young soldier in his deployment, the guy who made killer mixtapes for everyone in the squad. Last year Toggle got blown up by a car bomb and has recovered but still has significant aphasia as a result. He and Axl are healing together.]
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posted by Valatan at 09:54PM CST on March 28