Coke Zero

It is not often that an TV advertisement amuses me so much that I remember it. Many are memorable - just in a bad way.


A recent advertisement for Coca-Cola Zero fell into the first category for me. It shows an old man taking a swig of Coca-Cola Zero then said, "Boy, that really takes me back." A younger man in about his early 20s - presumably the man's grandson - says, "Takes you back? To when? Five seconds ago? You've never had that before." The point of the advertisement was that it supposedly tastes the same as regular Coca-Cola. What amused me was the old man, trying to defend his memory, says, "Do you know what the capital of Djibouti is? Do you? It's Djibouti! I have a mind like a steel trap."
This is amusing to me for 5 reasons:
-Djibouti is a really funny sounding word.
-It was a really random thing for the grandfather to say.
-The old man is really funny in general.
-The grandson had a look on his face that implied he thought grandpa was saying something about his butt.
-It made me think of Arabic class back in the day. I suppose you could say it really took me back.

Anyway, I saw it on TV while watching BYU lose in the NCAA basketball tournament. I can't get it out of my head.