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Archae

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Sun Mar-12-06 01:13 AM
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Ok, what popular insult phrase...

Won't you use simply because you consider it hopelessly stupid?

For me it's the "drinking the Kool-Aid" insult.
I just think it's stupid.
And yes, I know where it's from.

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Random_Australian

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Sun Mar-12-06 01:16 AM
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1. I don't, do tell.... What is Kool-Aid, anyway?

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Archae

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Sun Mar-12-06 01:18 AM
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2. It has to do with Jim Jones' cult.

Edited on Sun Mar-12-06 01:21 AM by Archae

Drink the sugar water flavored drink, become a mindless follower...

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Mayberry Machiavelli

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Sun Mar-12-06 01:20 AM
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3. More info here:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kool-Aid

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Random_Australian

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Sun Mar-12-06 01:29 AM
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4. Thankyou, Mayberry. That was most comprehensive. n/t

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laheina

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Sun Mar-12-06 02:24 AM
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7. Do Aussies have something similar?

We were talking about similar US and Canadian candies last night. It was very interesting.

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Random_Australian

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Sun Mar-12-06 02:33 AM
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9. We sell cordial (Though very concentrated) in the bottle, cos'

people just love their bottles. The public demands them, actually.

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laheina

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Sun Mar-12-06 02:37 AM
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11. I see.

And the red makes kids hyperactive?

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Maddy McCall

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Sun Mar-12-06 01:50 AM
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5. Sheeple. It's just stupid.

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mykpart

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Sun Mar-12-06 02:03 AM
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6. I don't use the Kool-Aid insult because

the people I would use it on are too dern stupid to understand the allusion.

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XemaSab

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Sun Mar-12-06 02:29 AM
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8. The irony is that they didn't actually DRINK kool-aid

at Jonestown. It was flavor-aid.

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mykpart

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Sun Mar-12-06 02:35 AM
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10. Fascinating. What flavor?

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XemaSab

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Sun Mar-12-06 02:39 AM
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12. Cyanide flavor!

:bounce:

Um, no, actually it was grape...

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