Originally Posted by
milepig
Ah - but were they drinking "soda" or other non-alcoholic alternatives? I find the idea of a mineral water completely expected with dinner, but soda? Never for anyone over the age of 16.
So far as I'm aware, both Coca-Cola and "Coke Light" (as the French call Diet Coke) qualify as soda. So yes, soda, consumed by persons well over the age of 16.