Weird Wire: Pepsi, Coke Rivalry Turns Violent

Our friends at Lycos News are reporting that the long-standing feud between Coke and Pepsi has finally turned physical.

The long-standing rivalry between Coke and Pepsi took a physical turn Friday when a Pepsi deliveryman allegedly punched his Coke counterpart in the face at a western Pennsylvania Wal-Mart, state police said.

The two deliverymen were "apparently bickering back and forth" while unloading their wares at the Indiana County store, police said. When the Coke deliveryman left the store, his counterpart allegedly punched him in the face three times, breaking his nose and giving him a black eye, police said.

No charges have been filed, but police characterized the incident as a misdemeanor simple assault.

Our quasi-reliable sources claim that the following joke, voiced by the Pepsi deliveryman, led to the hostilities:

A blonde walks up to a Coke machine and puts in a coin. Out pops a Coke. The blonde looks amazed and runs away to get some more coins. She returns and starts feeding the machine madly… and, of course, the machine keeps spitting out drinks. Another person walks up behind the blonde and watches her antics for a few minutes before stopping her and asking if someone else could have a go. The blonde spins around and shouts: "Are you crazy? I'm not going to stop now–I'm winning!"