I haven't drunk the kool-aid!
08-25-12, 12:38 PM
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News flash - fat middle aged old guys on vintage race bikes are no less cool/dorky/out of place than the same people on a recumbent
What's your favorite Flavor of Kool-Aid?
08-25-12, 05:57 PM
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Just wanted to say I find the expression "drinking the Kool-Aid" hilarious, given its tragic origins.
08-25-12, 08:35 PM
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by tragic you mean awesome I take it. 
I'm of the opinion that "Drinking the Kool-Aid" as it were is a good way to do some mental housekeeping every once in a while
I'm of the opinion that "Drinking the Kool-Aid" as it were is a good way to do some mental housekeeping every once in a while
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08-25-12, 09:07 PM
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I wouldn't know about awesome...
The basis of the term is a reference to the November 1978 Rev. Jim Jones Jonestown Massacre,[SUP][1][/SUP][SUP][2][/SUP] where members of the Peoples Temple were said to have committed suicide by drinking Flavor Aid (not actually Kool-Aid) drink laced with cyanide.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Drinking_the_Kool-Aid
The basis of the term is a reference to the November 1978 Rev. Jim Jones Jonestown Massacre,[SUP][1][/SUP][SUP][2][/SUP] where members of the Peoples Temple were said to have committed suicide by drinking Flavor Aid (not actually Kool-Aid) drink laced with cyanide.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Drinking_the_Kool-Aid
08-25-12, 09:53 PM
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Acid (LSD)-laced Kool-Aid preceeded Jonestown by a considerable period of time. Not that I'd know anything about that...
08-25-12, 10:00 PM
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See, "Flavor Aid" is the opperative word here. Saying "I haven't drunk the Flavor Aid" would be...well...grim. But Kool Aid....who doesn't like Kool Aid?
We used White Lightning...same concept I reckon?
The phrase can also be used in the opposite sense to indicate that one has embraced a particular philosophy or perspective.
Alice: Hey, did you hear that Joe is working on the Nader campaign?
Bob: Yeah, he really drank the Kool-Aid on that one.
compliments of the Urbandictionary.com
Alice: Hey, did you hear that Joe is working on the Nader campaign?
Bob: Yeah, he really drank the Kool-Aid on that one.
compliments of the Urbandictionary.com
Acid (LSD)-laced Kool-Aid preceeded Jonestown by a considerable period of time.
08-26-12, 05:20 AM
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08-26-12, 11:22 AM
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I wouldn't know about awesome...
The basis of the term is a reference to the November 1978 Rev. Jim Jones Jonestown Massacre,[SUP][1][/SUP][SUP][2][/SUP] where members of the Peoples Temple were said to have committed suicide by drinking Flavor Aid (not actually Kool-Aid) drink laced with cyanide.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Drinking_the_Kool-Aid
The basis of the term is a reference to the November 1978 Rev. Jim Jones Jonestown Massacre,[SUP][1][/SUP][SUP][2][/SUP] where members of the Peoples Temple were said to have committed suicide by drinking Flavor Aid (not actually Kool-Aid) drink laced with cyanide.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Drinking_the_Kool-Aid
I'd wager if either of them were still alive that Ken Kesey and Owsley would argue they'd been serving up Kool-Aid since the mid-60's.
I'll stick with the Merry Pranksters over the Religious Nutters.
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08-26-12, 12:50 PM
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I'll stick with the Merry Pranksters over the Religious Nutters.
This freight train of thought reminds me, I haven't sipped from the Rivendell Chalice yet....maybe an Atlantis?
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08-26-12, 01:00 PM
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Yeah, I'm going Tom Wolfe on this one. Even the Book predated the massacre by a decade.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Ele...-Aid_Acid_Test
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Ele...-Aid_Acid_Test
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