> Heh heh, that's the version I remembered-- the lemon-lime-cola combination...which, needless to say, I didn't find too palatable either, as you probably noticed in my original post.

I never tried that, but I do know that the theoretical taste combination is sound. In Germany, "Spetzi" (sp?) is a standard soft drink choice in any restaurant, and all it is is half cola and half lemon-lime soda -- or half cola and half orange soda. And it's good.

It's easy enough to get here out of a fountain, of course. Fill the cup half way with one, then top off with the other. I've found that it's slightly preferable to include a hair more cola than whatever fruit soda you're using, but that's just me.