# On Kool-Aid, all intricicies involved, and the meaning of life **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [December 3, 1999, 4:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/on-kool-aid-all-intricicies-involved-and-the-meaning-of-life/11706 "1999-12-03T04:00:00Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Homer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/df788c/32.png) [@Homer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Homer)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 1999, 4:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/on-kool-aid-all-intricicies-involved-and-the-meaning-of-life/11706/1 "1999-12-03T04:00:00Z")
I wish someone would make me some kool-aid, cuz I’m getting damn thirsty. –Tim * * * We are the children of the Eighties. We are not the first “lost generation” nor today’s lost generation; in fact, we think we know just where we stand - or are discovering it as we speak. ---
**Author:** ![PurpleCrackwhore](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/9fc348/32.png) [@PurpleCrackwhore](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PurpleCrackwhore)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 1999, 5:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/on-kool-aid-all-intricicies-involved-and-the-meaning-of-life/11706/2 "1999-12-03T05:15:00Z")
\*hands you a glad of freshly made grape koolaid * * * “Only when he no longer knows what he is doing, does the painter do good things.” --Edgar Degas ---
**Author:** ![voguevixen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/b5ac83/32.png) [@voguevixen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/voguevixen)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 1999, 6:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/on-kool-aid-all-intricicies-involved-and-the-meaning-of-life/11706/3 "1999-12-03T06:11:00Z")
Oh, come on! Everybody knows you have to yell “HEY KOOL-AID!!!” at the top of your lungs. Fresh Kool-Aid (and expensive home repairs) will soon be yours. ---
**Author:** ![Cabbage](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f07891/32.png) [@Cabbage](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cabbage)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 1999, 11:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/on-kool-aid-all-intricicies-involved-and-the-meaning-of-life/11706/4 "1999-12-03T11:27:00Z")
OH YEAH!! ---
**Author:** ![CanadianSue](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/71e660/32.png) [@CanadianSue](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CanadianSue)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 1999, 11:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/on-kool-aid-all-intricicies-involved-and-the-meaning-of-life/11706/5 "1999-12-03T11:46:00Z")
Sue… starting her day with a big red cherry moustache runs down the hall singing… Kool Aid kool Aid… just great… gotta go pee pee cant wait… hmm it was something like that… * * * I am me… accept it or not. ---
**Author:** ![ChiefScott](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/58f4c7/32.png) [@ChiefScott](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ChiefScott)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 1999, 12:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/on-kool-aid-all-intricicies-involved-and-the-meaning-of-life/11706/6 "1999-12-03T12:03:00Z")
::Sneaking out of Sue’s house after applying a liberal dose of LSD to her Kool-Aid:: ---
**Author:** ![PunditLisa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/4af34b/32.png) [@PunditLisa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PunditLisa)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 1999, 12:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/on-kool-aid-all-intricicies-involved-and-the-meaning-of-life/11706/7 "1999-12-03T12:48:00Z")
BTW, when I make Kool-Aid for the kiddies, I reduce the sugar by at least a third. It’s still junk, but it won’t rot their teeth out quite as fast… ---
**Author:** ![UncleBeer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/977dab/32.png) [@UncleBeer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/UncleBeer)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 1999, 1:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/on-kool-aid-all-intricicies-involved-and-the-meaning-of-life/11706/8 "1999-12-03T13:01:00Z")
I think Jim Jones has some left. Of course, you’ll have to go to Guyana to get it. * * * **Dopeler effect:** The tendency of stupid ideas to seem smarter when they come at you rapidly. ---
**Author:** ![Max\_Torque](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e9bcb4/32.png) [@Max\_Torque](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Max_Torque)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 1999, 1:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/on-kool-aid-all-intricicies-involved-and-the-meaning-of-life/11706/9 "1999-12-03T13:42:00Z")
Anyone else ever tried Kickin’ Kiwi Lime Kool-Aid? They’ve discontinued it, I’m sure, but, it was…interesting. Tasted pretty good, but smelled like dirty dishwater. ---
**Author:** ![PurpleCrackwhore](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/9fc348/32.png) [@PurpleCrackwhore](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PurpleCrackwhore)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 1999, 2:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/on-kool-aid-all-intricicies-involved-and-the-meaning-of-life/11706/10 "1999-12-03T14:57:00Z")
OMG I remember that… I could never get past the smell of the stuff. Acck!!! ---
**Author:** ![CanadianSue](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/71e660/32.png) [@CanadianSue](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CanadianSue)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 1999, 3:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/on-kool-aid-all-intricicies-involved-and-the-meaning-of-life/11706/11 "1999-12-03T15:40:00Z")
Why thank ya Chiefy…_shining her best cherry smile_ LOL * * * I am me… accept it or not. ---
**Author:** ![pluto](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/f08c70/32.png) [@pluto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pluto)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 1999, 5:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/on-kool-aid-all-intricicies-involved-and-the-meaning-of-life/11706/12 "1999-12-03T17:06:00Z")
My favorite all-time flavor, alas retired, was Purplesaurus Rex. I know, I know, it’s just grape and lemonade combined but when it was all in one convenient packet (just add sugar) the world was a better place. The sun shone more often, the birds sang more sweetly and children were happier. For the record – no American president was ever impeached while Purplesaurus Rex was available. * * * “If ignorance were corn flakes, you’d be General Mills.” Cecil Adams _The Straight Dope_ ---
**Author:** ![OpalCat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/8edcca/32.png) [@OpalCat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OpalCat)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 1999, 6:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/on-kool-aid-all-intricicies-involved-and-the-meaning-of-life/11706/13 "1999-12-04T06:41:00Z")
Sharkleberry Fin was where it was at. * * * – Teeming Millions: [http://fathom.org/teemingmillions](http://fathom.org/teemingmillions) “Meat flaps, yellow!” - DrainBead, naked co-ed Twister chat O p a l C a t [www.opalcat.com](http://www.opalcat.com) ---
**Author:** ![Heath\_Doolin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/5f9b8f/32.png) [@Heath\_Doolin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Heath_Doolin)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 1999, 9:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/on-kool-aid-all-intricicies-involved-and-the-meaning-of-life/11706/14 "1999-12-04T09:10:00Z")
Got to go with the Opal this time. The Fin was the drink of choice in the Doolin casa. Seconded only to grape with 6 1/2 pounds of sugar per pitcher (nothing worse than unleaded Koolaid) * * * I know that I have put you through hell, and I know that I have been one rough pecker. But from here on, you are all in my cool book.- Seth Gecko From Dusk Till Dawn ---
**Author:** ![system](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/original/2X/e/e489c3b7d8fce19c4b355dd4fc3f88cc39c34b87.png) [@system](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 1999, 8:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/on-kool-aid-all-intricicies-involved-and-the-meaning-of-life/11706/15 "1999-12-04T20:46:00Z")
\Grape\ Or, even better… \BLACK CHERRY\ YAYYYY!!! 🙂 {This topic makes me feel 12 years old again, all in a rush! Thanks , guys!} * * * Save The Endangered Jackalope! Send Cash Now! If You Do This, I Will Use The Cash To Save Any Jackalope That I Happen To Find! Send Cash Now! Before It’s Too Late! My Bills, I Mean **The Jackalope’s Bills** Are Due The 15th Of The Month! _This has been a message from the Illuminated Committee To Save The Jackalope. Fnord._ ---
**Author:** ![ChiefScott](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/58f4c7/32.png) [@ChiefScott](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ChiefScott)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 1999, 8:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/on-kool-aid-all-intricicies-involved-and-the-meaning-of-life/11706/16 "1999-12-04T20:58:00Z")
Oh, the flash backs!!! Deja vu!!! Dupli-threads!!! Time and again!!! Etc., etc. ---
**Author:** ![David](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/aeb1de/32.png) [@David](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/David)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 1999, 9:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/on-kool-aid-all-intricicies-involved-and-the-meaning-of-life/11706/17 "1999-12-04T21:39:00Z")
Kool-Aid was invented in For Worth, Texas. ---
**Author:** ![David](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/aeb1de/32.png) [@David](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/David)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 1999, 9:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/on-kool-aid-all-intricicies-involved-and-the-meaning-of-life/11706/18 "1999-12-04T21:40:00Z")
Sorry , that should be Fort Worth. ---
**Author:** ![Earl\_Snake-Hips\_Tucker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/earl_snake-hips_tucker/32/3269_2.png) [@Earl\_Snake-Hips\_Tucker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Earl_Snake-Hips_Tucker)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 1999, 10:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/on-kool-aid-all-intricicies-involved-and-the-meaning-of-life/11706/19 "1999-12-04T22:17:00Z")
Does anyone remember “Lefty Lemonade” or “Rootin’ Tootin’ Raspberry?” ---
**Author:** ![Homer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/df788c/32.png) [@Homer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Homer)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 1999, 4:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/on-kool-aid-all-intricicies-involved-and-the-meaning-of-life/11706/20 "1999-12-05T04:19:00Z")
::drinks grape kool-aid:: AHH. That was great. Thanks, Purp. Sharkleberry Fin, great. Purplesaurus Rex, also excellent. And I remember that Kiwi Lime stuff. It did stink to hell. And tasted horrible. Mom made the mistake of buying it a few times. What’s the word on the new Kool-Aid T’s? The only one I’ve been able to stand is (we have a huge pitcher) one part lemonade, one part lemonade T. Most other flavors work well in conjunction with their respective T’s, also, but the Ts themselves don’t work very well. They just taste… wrong. Opinions? –Tim * * * We are the children of the Eighties. We are not the first “lost generation” nor today’s lost generation; in fact, we think we know just where we stand - or are discovering it as we speak.