Koolaid?
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am i missing something?... Koolaid is what you drink as a kid in the summer time. flavored water with alot of sugar. Josef Wainz Software Developer
http://weblogs.asp.net/chris_pratley/archive/2004/04/27/120944.aspx[^] - it's in there lots of times, and I'm trying to figure out what it means in context... as dumb as I sound asking this question :-D Joel Holdsworth Wanna give me a job over the summer? View my online CV and Job Application[^]
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am i missing something?... Koolaid is what you drink as a kid in the summer time. flavored water with alot of sugar. Josef Wainz Software Developer
Turtle Hand wrote: Koolaid is what you drink as a kid in the summer time Not in the UK you don't. I'd never heard of it until I started frequenting Code Project.
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Koolaid - I came across this term for the first time yesterday... does anyone know what it means, and when would be a good time to use it? Joel Holdsworth Wanna give me a job over the summer? View my online CV and Job Application[^]
I BELIEVE that Koolaid in most of the cases on that page refer to "drinking the kool-aid" as in, "joining the mindset/cult no matter how harmful it will be to you", as in the 1970s "Jonestown" cult mass suicide/murder whereby all (most) of the members drank poisened Koolaid and expired. Kind of equivilent to this generations "taking the blue pill" as a willful, knowing blinder to ignore the bad stuff and continue on with the lemmings... I think...
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http://weblogs.asp.net/chris_pratley/archive/2004/04/27/120944.aspx[^] - it's in there lots of times, and I'm trying to figure out what it means in context... as dumb as I sound asking this question :-D Joel Holdsworth Wanna give me a job over the summer? View my online CV and Job Application[^]
The phrase "Drinking the Kool-Aid" is referring to a cult leader in the 1970's who convinced his followers to drink poison-laced grape kool aid. The writer is using the phrase "Drinking the Kool Aid" to say that he just did we he was told even though he knew it was very wrong. Here's a link (don't know how to do the clickety thing yet) http://www.gbs.sha.bw.schule.de/jim\_jones\_history.htm
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I BELIEVE that Koolaid in most of the cases on that page refer to "drinking the kool-aid" as in, "joining the mindset/cult no matter how harmful it will be to you", as in the 1970s "Jonestown" cult mass suicide/murder whereby all (most) of the members drank poisened Koolaid and expired. Kind of equivilent to this generations "taking the blue pill" as a willful, knowing blinder to ignore the bad stuff and continue on with the lemmings... I think...
That makes sense - thanks guys Joel Holdsworth Wanna give me a job over the summer? View my online CV and Job Application[^]
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Koolaid - I came across this term for the first time yesterday... does anyone know what it means, and when would be a good time to use it? Joel Holdsworth Wanna give me a job over the summer? View my online CV and Job Application[^]
like others have said, it's a drink here in the US. Drinking the Koolaid though is also frequently used as a term to mean 'fully committing or believing in something'. For instance, 'for the team to be successful the coach needs the team to really drink the koolaid on his new offensive plans'.
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The phrase "Drinking the Kool-Aid" is referring to a cult leader in the 1970's who convinced his followers to drink poison-laced grape kool aid. The writer is using the phrase "Drinking the Kool Aid" to say that he just did we he was told even though he knew it was very wrong. Here's a link (don't know how to do the clickety thing yet) http://www.gbs.sha.bw.schule.de/jim\_jones\_history.htm
http://www.gbs.sha.bw.schule.de/jim_jones_history.htm[^] Are you using firefox by any chance. The clickety tool only shows up on Internet Explorer. If you are using firefox and want to stick with it then you can use http://www.codeproject.com/cs/webservices/desktopbob.asp[^] " Why oh why didn't I take the blue pill ? "
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Turtle Hand wrote: Koolaid is what you drink as a kid in the summer time Not in the UK you don't. I'd never heard of it until I started frequenting Code Project.
"You can have everything in life you want if you will just help enough other people get what they want." --Zig Ziglar Coming soon: The Second EuroCPian Event
If my culinary understanding is correct it would be like powdered Kia-Ora only in many more flavors. :) I do not mind getting old. It beats all the other options that can think of.
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Koolaid - I came across this term for the first time yesterday... does anyone know what it means, and when would be a good time to use it? Joel Holdsworth Wanna give me a job over the summer? View my online CV and Job Application[^]
Kool-aid is a drink that combines a little bit of fake coloring and artificial flavors with a ton of sugar. You drink flavors - you drink colors. Even kids when asked "What kind of Kool-Aid do you like best" Will say "The red one" or "The orange one". Jim Jones used Kool-aid in the mass suicide at Jonestown and "drinking the Kool-aid" in that context is probably a nod to letting go of your inhibitions and accepting the fate that will befall you.
Glano perictu com sahni delorin!
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Koolaid - I came across this term for the first time yesterday... does anyone know what it means, and when would be a good time to use it? Joel Holdsworth Wanna give me a job over the summer? View my online CV and Job Application[^]
Joel Holdsworth wrote: does anyone know what it means, and when would be a good time to use it? "Swap me your ice cold Coke for a Koolaid, or ELSE!"
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The phrase "Drinking the Kool-Aid" is referring to a cult leader in the 1970's who convinced his followers to drink poison-laced grape kool aid. The writer is using the phrase "Drinking the Kool Aid" to say that he just did we he was told even though he knew it was very wrong. Here's a link (don't know how to do the clickety thing yet) http://www.gbs.sha.bw.schule.de/jim\_jones\_history.htm
Your first message I see... welcome - many happy hours of messaging! Joel Holdsworth Wanna give me a job over the summer? View my online CV and Job Application[^]
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Kool-aid is a drink that combines a little bit of fake coloring and artificial flavors with a ton of sugar. You drink flavors - you drink colors. Even kids when asked "What kind of Kool-Aid do you like best" Will say "The red one" or "The orange one". Jim Jones used Kool-aid in the mass suicide at Jonestown and "drinking the Kool-aid" in that context is probably a nod to letting go of your inhibitions and accepting the fate that will befall you.
Glano perictu com sahni delorin!
We were never allowed to have Koolaid when I was a kid. My dad was on a carrier in WWII and they bought 55-gallon drums of the stuff to clean the flight deck. He always told us that as long as he's paying the dentist bills, we're not having Koolaid.:-D Some people think of it as a six-pack; I consider it more of a support group.
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We were never allowed to have Koolaid when I was a kid. My dad was on a carrier in WWII and they bought 55-gallon drums of the stuff to clean the flight deck. He always told us that as long as he's paying the dentist bills, we're not having Koolaid.:-D Some people think of it as a six-pack; I consider it more of a support group.
Smart Dad! :)
Glano perictu com sahni delorin!
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We were never allowed to have Koolaid when I was a kid. My dad was on a carrier in WWII and they bought 55-gallon drums of the stuff to clean the flight deck. He always told us that as long as he's paying the dentist bills, we're not having Koolaid.:-D Some people think of it as a six-pack; I consider it more of a support group.
Roger Wright wrote: My dad was on a carrier in WWII Cool! Roger Wright wrote: He always told us that as long as he's paying the dentist bills, we're not having Koolaid. :laugh::laugh::laugh: Smitha Every problem has a gift for you in its hands. -- Richard Bach