My Coke Rewards: The Revenge of Coke

Well, it’s July 3rd, I’ve officially been entering my coke rewards codes for almost two full months (I began on 5/08/07).  By noon today I expect my total to be in the area of 1649 points.  I have so many coke caps and box tops on hand at this moment I can’t always be sure what have been entered and what haven’t.  To be honest, I didn’t think I’d get this far, and there’s still a long long way to go to the Wii.  Once I reach 2000, I think I’ll do a little end zone dance. 

Sure, 2000 points is less than a third of what I need, but it’s still an important milestone.  If I can do 2000 points in a little over two months, than I can assuredly do 4000 points in 5 months.  Which will be the only time I have left to get to my Wii.  I try not to have a quitter’s mentality, by eyeing up the Nintendo DS at a much more reachable 3500 points.  Still, there’s only so much Coke one man can stock pile.

This is not a gimmick or an act.  That is my refrigerator.  I can’t fit another coke product in it.  I know, I’ve tried.  The crispers, the doors, they’re all FULL!

And this is just my basement refrigerator; my on-deck supply if you will.  I’ve got more in the ‘business’ refrigerator upstairs.

Some of the Coke products in my refrigerator aren’t even drinkable.  These bottles went flat in my girlfriend’s car before they could get to the protective lair of my basement.  I’m starting to dream about Coke products in my sleep.  I think the bottles and cans might stage a little Cabaret Show at night when no one is looking.  Like that pepsi can that sang and danced in the Golden Child.

I could recycle a ream of paper out of my box tops, and still have the damn things all over my house.  I hope someone from Coke reads this, perhaps they need a comedian spokesperson.  Seriously, it’s becoming an issue.  I’ve got State Troopers collecting bottle caps from the side of the road while they work out, Film Students picking them out of trashbins at LAX, Comedians raiding their fridges, my girlfriend asking her professors not for extra credit but for their extra coke caps, it’s consuming me.  They better not run out of the Wii’s by the time I reach it.

If that happens I may just lose it entirely.

~ by chrismcdevitt on July 3, 2007.