PostAWeek 10: The Davidian Blog – Behind the Beverage: The
Life and Times of Bo Tle Pt 1
By David “The Agent”
Dysart
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Cola: Growing up,
we used to call her Schweppes. Not sure why, but it’s just one of those things
that stuck. She never did seem fond of Bo...
That quote comes from life-long
friend, Coke “Cola” Can, or Triple C as Bo would call him. While the pair had
rocky times, especially when Bo moved to Hollywood, their relationship... was
something better than the rest of her life had to offer.
In the next few posts here on the
PostAWeek, we’re going to explore the life of one of beverage’s most brilliant
and most tragic stories. Join me if you will, with the heartrending and
inspirational story of Bo Tle.
Cola: Little
Schweppes had a hard life. Both of her parents were ginger ales, but their
lives and causes took them far from home and far from Schweppes. She just kind
of had to fend for herself. She knew from an early age that life wasn’t going
to give her anything. If she wanted it, she was going to have to go up and take
it. It gave her spunk, but it also gave her a chip on her shoulder she couldn’t
quite shake. Even when life loosened its grip for her.
Being the daughter of her father,
Canada Dry, a respected public figure in the 2-liter world and the free-loving
Natural Brew Outrageous Ginger Ale already put Bo in quite the unusual spot.
Both parents had live away from home, and they often spent more time arguing
about those very different lives than creating a home for Bo.
Cola: Schweppes
was never an unpopular kid. All of the other beverages liked her. But she was
never part of the “it” crowd. She was short, round, and clear. That definitely
didn’t help. Heck we were both the first two. Helped us connect I think. But
she always hated the fact she was green-glassed. And people definitely didn’t
let her live it down... People can be real basters sometimes...
Getting her green complexion from
her father and glass body from her mother, Bo often resented more than just
their failed parenting. She vowed that one day, she would make herself into
something better, but that’s for a future post.
Despite Bo’s troubled family life,
she developed a close-knit social support with a group of friends. They helped
her in the early days... But they also set her down a certain path.
Cola: We had our
usual gang. Sure we got into trouble here and there, but we were all good kids.
After a while, Schweppes and Arrow started getting closer. But not just closer,
started pulling Schweppes away from the rest of us... from me.
As Schweppes began moving onto a
new chapter in her life, she was leaving behind her friends and the can she
would later describe as the love of her life. For the time being though, she
embraced this new chapter with Arrow, a female plastic bottle and close
confident.
More than a new chapter, the
venture she was starting was a whole new life, and she approached it with all
of the doe-eyed vigor the stereotypical small-town girl would have, more than
she had to have, and more than she should have.
Until next time, this has been
Behind the Beverage, a PostAWEEK special. Join us for The Life and Times of Bo
Tle Pt 2 where we learn about the first major turn of her life.
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