Friday, April 23, 2004
THE PEPSI GENERATION One of the strangest, most fascinating newspaper stories I've ever read can be found in today's editions of The New York Times.
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UPDATE: Newsday has photos. Reuters has names. And the story has now spread all the way to Australia.
For those blocked by the Times' firewall, here are a couple of the 367-word article's more puzzling disclosures:
The two people, identified by the police as a 32-year-old man with feminine breasts and a 17-year-old boy, shouted threats at rescue workers and drank soft drinks. They also had oral sex, witnesses told the police.
And:
Three hours into the standoff, an officer handed the 32-year-old man a can of soda. He flung it to the ground and shouted: "This is a Coke. I wanted vanilla Diet Pepsi."
UPDATE: Newsday has photos. Reuters has names. And the story has now spread all the way to Australia.
