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So I recently discovered 2 things.

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Old 10-26-06 | 11:12 AM
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So I recently discovered 2 things.

Sparks

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Both of which I enjoyed thoroughly last night. Nothing like skidding accross and empty wally world parking lot at 4 in the morning.
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Old 10-26-06 | 11:38 AM
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Best done with friends. Be careful out there, though! Did you pony up for the black Sparks?
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Old 10-26-06 | 11:49 AM
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Best done with friends. Be careful out there, though! Did you pony up for the black Sparks?
The black label is Sparks Plus: 7% vs. the regular 6% a.b.v. and that's the only difference from what I know. The local grocery has been rotating which of their energy/boozahol drinks are on 99 cent sale for the past couple months, and I've tried them all.

Sparks/Sparks Plus: My personal favourite. Not totally disagreeable taste. I'll even spend the $1.39 regular price for it.
RockStar*21: Not great, but it gets worse the more of it you drink. It tastes vaguely of chewable vitamins.
Tilt: Narsty, but 6.9% a.b.v. to get the job done. At least you don't have to drink too many of them.
Liquid Charge: Worst of them all. Tastes like Jones' Whoop-Ass and bad gin, chasing a mouthfull of chewable vitamins. Wasn't even worth the 99 cents I spent on it.


// It's all about the drunken wheelie contests...
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Old 10-26-06 | 11:50 AM
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never seen a black one. I was drinking the can that is dressed up like a battery. Whats the black taste like?
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Old 10-26-06 | 11:52 AM
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// It's all about the drunken wheelie contests...

Im pretty crappy at wheelies. But 1 leg over the bar 180 skids are the jam.
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Old 10-26-06 | 11:58 AM
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never seen a black one. I was drinking the can that is dressed up like a battery. Whats the black taste like?
Regular Sparks has a battery-lookin' can with orange at the top of the can. Sparks Plus has black instead of orange. They both taste the same.

Get both and be ready for Halloween!
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Old 10-26-06 | 12:14 PM
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jeeze.. you are like 2 years too late
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Old 10-26-06 | 01:08 PM
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theres a real wally world?
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Old 10-26-06 | 01:25 PM
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jeeze.. you are like 2 years too late

srry, Im a country boy
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Old 10-26-06 | 01:32 PM
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Only thing I found sparks good for is one (maybe 2) in the morning before work. Couldn't stand to get drunk on 'em they hit my gut like a rock covered with concrete, dipped in asphalt.
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theres a real wally world?
slang for wal-mart
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Old 10-26-06 | 02:39 PM
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there's another thread in a different forum where they ask for pics of you on your bike from over the summer. so, i figured i'd throw one down & started searching my computer through the hundreds of digital pics my friends & i took all summer & i noticed one odd consistency... all of the pics where i am on or near any of my bikes i am totally drunk.

welcome to the club.
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Old 10-26-06 | 02:40 PM
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Old 10-26-06 | 02:54 PM
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// It's all about the drunken wheelie contests...
on a fixie, doesn't sound much like a contest...more like a hoopla

or are yall just nice like that?
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Originally Posted by oharescrubs
theres a real wally world?
Who's the moosiest moose we know?
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Old 10-26-06 | 03:11 PM
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Originally Posted by rallen
Only thing I found sparks good for is one (maybe 2) in the morning before work. Couldn't stand to get drunk on 'em they hit my gut like a rock covered with concrete, dipped in asphalt.
seriously, the second I stop drinking that **** I feel like hell. I never drink more than 2 anymore, if at all...
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Old 10-26-06 | 03:49 PM
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i tried it for the first time a couple weekends ago and wasn't that impressed... maybe it wasn't the proper setting for sparks.
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