07/31/2005 Entry: "Great Bluedini Kool-Aid!"

The computer that I called home broke last March, and since then, I've been stealing the woman's comp to do my site-related things. Finally got around to buying a new comp, so whatever I'm doing next weekend for the site should be good. Meantime, there's been a special addition to the Kool-Aid Section I think you've heard of this flavor before: It's Great Bluedini! Fronted by an octopus, with color-changing abilities and a scent that makes the God of Noses share his kingdom, this '90s-era Kool-Aid turned tongues blue and lip-ends northward. Look for a Cereal Prize Project update during the week.

Chestnuts roasted by The Manimal @ 07/31/2005 08:36 PM EST

Awesome. I've been waiting for Bluedini!

Chestnuts roasted by SuperRecoome @ 07/31/2005 08:47 PM EST

I especially like Kool-Aid Man's "wink and gun" gesture on the Bluedini package art. He's so cool!
I also don't think I've ever seen a supporting character grab ahold of Kool-Aid Man's handle like Great Bluedini does on the package. That'd be great if Bluedini all of a sudden swooped Kool-Aid Man up and drank his innards. That'd take him down a notch. Roast my toast!

Chestnuts roasted by Gozer @ 07/31/2005 08:54 PM EST

Great Bluedini is the last "new" flavor I remember before growing out of the phase is my life where my mom brought home kool-aid. It was one of my favorites. I too died my hair with it, as well as with red flavors. I also died the hair of my cat blue. She actually didn't claw me, I just made a small batch and kind of patted it on her back. My parents were understandably upset, and it never happened again.
Thank goodness I discovered punky colors.

Chestnuts roasted by kb @ 07/31/2005 09:10 PM EST

I keep plugging the X-E Kool-aid Section and people are so skeptical that a packet of extinct kool-aid would have any value whatsoever. How much is spent on these things? Other than the laminated Strawberry Falls I don't think there's been a single purchase price that I could throw in the face of the non-believers.

Chestnuts roasted by Carri @ 07/31/2005 09:20 PM EST

Hey, Matt, great update as per usual. Been reading for a while now, but never commented. The reason I'm writing today is that I ran across some Spanish Kool Aid at a local farmer's market and thought of you and the Kool Aid section. So, out of curiosity -- do you have a packet of Tamarind Kool Aid? I have an extra on hand that I could send if you emailed an address (in the name line), and I'm sure it'd be weird as hell.

Anyway, either way, I love the site. Absolutely great.

Chestnuts roasted by Trevor @ 07/31/2005 10:01 PM EST

YES! I've been waiting for the great bluedini. When I was around 8 my neighbor and I used to do kool-aid stands in the summer. On the 4th of July we made $40 and mostly because people loved the Great Bluedini.

That drink got me so many baseball cards

Chestnuts roasted by Modern Day Pirates @ 07/31/2005 10:16 PM EST

Trevor:
I just picked up the five packets of "Latin" Kool-Aid flavors myself like half an hour ago. According to the official Kool-Aid website, the Jamaica and Tamarindo flavors are based on traditional Latin American drinks. I'm a little too scared to try them out.

Chestnuts roasted by Gozer @ 07/31/2005 10:52 PM EST

YES! On that same note as my last post, according to my calculations, I now own every current Kool-Aid flavor (and a few recently out-of-production flavors)!!! But I'd still trade them all for a packet of Great Bluedini....

Chestnuts roasted by Gozer @ 07/31/2005 10:57 PM EST

Yes, I must agree that the Kool-Aid man and the great one look extremely pimpin on the packet. Makes me wanna put on some jams and scream, "RADICAL!!!!!" Yeah, I know this flavor was produced pretty much after jams died down in popularity (except maybe in some third world countries) but it just gives me that urge to wear something reminicent of the Fresh Prince's attire. Perhaps a hot pink tank top, flourecent green bike hat with the bill flipped up, and a big pair of flourecent orange jams. ehhh....maybe not....hehehe

Chestnuts roasted by phunqsauce @ 07/31/2005 11:23 PM EST

Oh, bad early 90s fashion comment! That randomly reminded me of the school ban on sunglasses and how I got away with wearing a pair of Dwayne Wayne flip-shades in school because my 5th grade teacher thought they were real perscription glasses.

Chestnuts roasted by Carri @ 08/01/2005 12:06 AM EST

Forgot to mention 3 things but that is understandable when you have a laundry list like my earlier post was.
1. The GPK movie did have one 5 star moment with the immortal line, "Don't shake hands with Messy Tessy."
2. That TOYFARE magazine also introduced a Spud Trooper to go along with Darth Tater. Will the hilarity never end?
3. Speaking of Darth, I am going to have to let out a "NOOOOOOOOOO!!!" since I go back to work tomorrow thus ending my endless summer.
Good work on the Kool-Aid project. I wasn't allowed to drink it which explains why I haven't had much to say on the subject but I do appreciate the articles and the commercials.

Chestnuts roasted by The Manimal @ 08/01/2005 12:16 AM EST

Oh yeah, I totally dyed my hair with Kool-Aid. I didn't do it alone though. I was at an out of town ringette tournament with my team and, as kids always have to come up with weird shit to do in a hotel after getting in trouble for running up and down the hallways screaming, we ALL decided to dye our hair with Kool-Aid. The bathroom and the towels of the room we used were a stained mess and when we used the swimming pool later on it was like we were swimming in a rainbow.

Chestnuts roasted by Gabbylicious @ 08/01/2005 12:37 AM EST

So, matt, what exactly do you do with all those Kool aid packets? do you just chuck it or do they pile up, because it would be awsome to see a gigantic stack of empty kool aide packets, don't ask why, it just would.

Chestnuts roasted by Flarekatana @ 08/01/2005 01:03 AM EST

Manimal,

So when I turn 26 in oh, 36 days (September 7th if y'all want to get me something), I too will no longer be important? And apparently unable to use correct punctation and spelling? Sigh...At least I'm still in the coveted 18-39 bracket right?

Today is August 1st. Oh wow, how time flies, 23 months ago today I met my wife Heather, in a Taco Cabana in Houston. Never thought two years ago I'd be married living in a foreign country (again) and with a little boy to go along with two wonderful little girls. I can almost die a happy man, still don't have that truck and college degree yet.

Enough sappy stuff. I'm going to go blam something on Newgrounds. And when I hit the Powerball (er, my gambling mom does), I'm going to rebuild that damn Castle Dracula just so I can pee myself and relate to all of y'all. That's right, I said it. Y'ALL!

Semper Fi,
Erik Majorwitz

Chestnuts roasted by EMajorwitz @ 08/01/2005 01:05 AM EST

Hey Erik! I turn 26 on September 11! Yeah yeah, 9-11, I know I miss John Ritter!

Anywha...I loved Great Bluedini! It was fun to put the water in slow and try and take as long as you could until it totally changed colors!

Gozer any chance telling me the store you got those at? New, or like online old ones from Ebay or something?

Chestnuts roasted by kidneyboy @ 08/01/2005 01:40 AM EST

I didn't know antifreeze came in that style of jug. That looks more like a windshield washer fluid jug to me. Does't antifreeze come in rectangular jugs with handles on the corner?

Chestnuts roasted by kidneyboy @ 08/01/2005 01:47 AM EST

Mmmm...windshield washer fluid. Man, I had some great times with windshield washer fluid. Yep...just sitting on the porch with the guys in that hot July heat, chugging back whatever we could find in the garage. That might explain how Glenn died...

Chestnuts roasted by Road Block @ 08/01/2005 02:44 AM EST

kidneyboy:
You mean where did I get the wacky Latin American style Kool-Aid packets? Well, I got mine at a local grocery store, but I've heard rumors that it's the biggest grocery store in the country (Woodman's in Madison,WI). They've regularly got upwards of 15-20 different flavors on the shelves. So they are at regular grocery stores. Actually, I think I got everything in my current collection from two grocery stores (after checking like half a dozen other ones with little luck).

Chestnuts roasted by Gozer @ 08/01/2005 09:20 AM EST

Gozer...
Yup, exactly what I needed to know. I'm going down there in two weeks for a doctor's appt. and I wanted to find some of that krazy Kool-Aid! Woodman's eh? I'll have to ask my friend where that is. Is the really old Kohl's on East Wash still there?

Chestnuts roasted by kidneyboy @ 08/01/2005 10:40 AM EST

Nothing like Kool-Aid with a Kool-Aid chaser.

Chestnuts roasted by kingklash @ 08/01/2005 10:41 AM EST

kidneyboy:
I think the Kohl's is still there, although I don't visit the eastside of town very often. By the way, I got my Kool-Aid at the westside Woodman's, although I imagine the one on the eastside is similarly stocked. Westsiiiiide!!!

Chestnuts roasted by Gozer @ 08/01/2005 10:51 AM EST

I think the very fact that I associate blue with cleaning products is why I don't enjoy anything blue. Blue is one of my favorite colors and I SO want to enjoy blue foods, but when I drink blue drinks or try those blue ice pops, I can almost swear there's an industrial aftertaste. It must be psychological because everyone else in the world tends to think they're the official beverages of God himself (with the exception of Pepsi Blue, which just may have been Windex.)

Chestnuts roasted by Lori (26 as of July 15th) @ 08/01/2005 11:18 AM EST

lets hear it for '79.
has anyone tried the chikcen fingers at BK? great commerical, really makes me want to try it even though I haven't eaten at a BK in months. for anyone interested the cookie dough blast wasn't that great, wasn't even topped with cookie dough bits.

Chestnuts roasted by RAS (26 on 7/20) @ 08/01/2005 11:40 AM EST

Trevor-
For awhile I lived in a town in eastern Washington state that grew apples, and therefore had many migrant hispanic workers, and many hispanic foods. I remember the tamarind candy having chili powder in it. Is the tamarind Kool-Aid flavored with it as well?

Chestnuts roasted by kb @ 08/01/2005 11:50 AM EST

I just think it is interesting that of all the long winded things I posted on this thread, the one that gets noticed is the fact that some of us were born in 1979.

Chestnuts roasted by The Manimal @ 08/01/2005 12:13 PM EST

Matt, do you have a wishlist for kool-aid flavors that you haven't found so that your loyal readers can aid in the search?

BTW, I consider the last picture of the review with the glass pitcher of kool-aid the money shot. I think a photo montage of all of the pictures of pitchers would be awesome!

Chestnuts roasted by Queej @ 08/01/2005 12:56 PM EST

I'd say I feel like the young one in the room, but it's only by 3 years. Sure I haven't slipped out of a demographic, but I have been immortalized in song by artists as diverse as Yellowcard, DMB. The Ataris, and of course Blink. This is the year I'm supposed to be as big a jack@$$ as I'll ever be. And, unfortunately, I have been.

I'd like to personally atone for every stupid act I've committed in the past 3 months

Chestnuts roasted by Knegative @ 08/01/2005 01:03 PM EST

atone for it by buying kool-aid?

Chestnuts roasted by RAS @ 08/01/2005 02:36 PM EST

From the article: " That's not to infer that Great Bluedini rode through the skies on Hollywood's magic carpet and ended up cleaning vomit for a living at TJ Maxx"
Don't you mean 'imply'? You fucking dropout.

Unless you did that on purpose, in which case I feel stupid.

Chestnuts roasted by Wyatt @ 08/01/2005 02:46 PM EST

Oddly enough I have been drinking Kool-Aid this year (after about a 15 year or so absence). It hasn't helped

Tastes great, but no powers of absolution.

Chestnuts roasted by Knegative @ 08/01/2005 02:59 PM EST

I loved me my Great Bluedini. Heck, we might even have a packet or two left somewhere.

Shame that all of the Kool-Aid flavors that were truly special are dead now, though. I don't want the plain, boring fruit flavors - give me my Incrediberry, my Sharkleberry!

Chestnuts roasted by The ORIGINAL Paul @ 08/01/2005 03:40 PM EST

Wyatt:
"Infer" has pretty much the same meaning as "imply". Technically there are subtle differences I suppose, but infer works in this case.
/Grammar police

Chestnuts roasted by Gozer @ 08/01/2005 03:57 PM EST

I remember that kids in elementry school would just eat kool-aid right from the packet. You could always tell which kids did it as their hands would be stained, red, purple...etc back in class

Chestnuts roasted by T-Dot @ 08/01/2005 04:40 PM EST

When I was in high school, there was a girl a grade ahead of me who ate Kool-Aid straight out of the packet. Red finger 24/7. I ran into her recently, and asked if she still did that. Not lately.

Chestnuts roasted by kingklash @ 08/01/2005 05:36 PM EST

RAS, I just tried those chicken sticks yesterday, and I'd place them squarely in the "Eh" region of tastiness. Really, they pretty much were just chicken nuggets in stick form, although BK swears they are made up of only the finest all-white breast meat. They also neglected to include any sauce, a shame, since the box actually has a nifty built-in sauc holder. Anyway, i give them 3 outta 5 stars, something I'd gladly eat if given, but won't go out of my way to have again.

Chestnuts roasted by Red Menace (24) @ 08/01/2005 05:51 PM EST

Gozer:
Yeah, subtle difference such as one is transitive and the other is intransitive. They made a joke about this on the Simpson's recently. "I imply, you infer."
/Real Grammar Police

Chestnuts roasted by Wyatt @ 08/01/2005 06:15 PM EST

Hey Gozer, saw in the Saturday night blog thread that you work for Epic....don't they use MUMPS as a programming language? If so, welcome to the fold...been programming in it for 9 years now.

Chestnuts roasted by Overkill @ 08/01/2005 06:23 PM EST

Overkill:
Well, apparently it was "MUMPS", but then it turned into simply "M", and now it's "Cache". I start that part of the training next week so I don't really know the difference yet, but I think they're either very similar or pretty much exactly the same. For one thing, on the first day they gave me a book on "M" to help me learn the material. I could be wrong but I think I was told that "Cache" is a propriatary language. Either way, it'll be my first real programming languge that I'll have ever learned (not counting BASIC for my Apple 2g or Matlab stuff).

Chestnuts roasted by Gozer @ 08/01/2005 06:40 PM EST

Wyatt:
Wow, I think you just served me. I'll be careful not to serve you back so it won't be "on". I guess I thought you didn't really know the difference between the two words. Roast my toast!

Chestnuts roasted by Gozer @ 08/01/2005 06:43 PM EST

79 whut whut!

Seriously, thanks for the info Gozer. I usually have like hours between appt's, so I go "drive around" and I will prob. see if I can find my way to the Westside Woodmans. New and unusual Kool-aid flavors have the potential to excite almost anyone!

Chestnuts roasted by kidneyboy @ 08/01/2005 07:46 PM EST

78. . .anyone? I'm the old one. (yet still 26)

Chestnuts roasted by kb @ 08/01/2005 07:57 PM EST

77 - missed 78 by four days.

Chestnuts roasted by Carri @ 08/01/2005 09:22 PM EST

Someone told me Tatanka was on Raw tonight? Anyone can confirm??

Chestnuts roasted by emanon @ 08/01/2005 11:45 PM EST

I'm so sad that I missed my chance to join the Grammar Police. Next time I'm gonna grammar-taze somebody.

Chestnuts roasted by Gabbylicious @ 08/01/2005 11:47 PM EST

And don't bug me about grammar-taze not being a word. I made it up. Besides, if you understand my meaning then it's technically a word anyway.

Chestnuts roasted by Gabbylicious @ 08/01/2005 11:48 PM EST

The Manimal:

Knegative: Born in 82, were you? So was I.

I may be younger than you, though. My birthday's coming up this month.

Chestnuts roasted by Night_Trekker @ 08/02/2005 12:38 AM EST

Dammit Matt! Why must you always make me wish I had my favorite Kool-Aid flavors from when I was a child. There are times when I can't even read your articles because it's too damn depressing that I don't have any of the flavor being reviewed. It's not fair!

Chestnuts roasted by Matt @ 08/02/2005 01:09 AM EST

Oooooooooooooooooops!!!!!! I was so depressed about not having Great Bluedini and all those other flavors that I catually put down the wrong name.

For the record, the last post was mine. Seriously, I'm not a poser. There's only one Matt. (Dammit, that's the second time I've done that).

Chestnuts roasted by Nate @ 08/02/2005 01:12 AM EST

Night_Trekker

82 indeed. I'm a Hayden fan--yes we exist (see Life As a House and Shattered Glass)--and even I will admit that Ep. III dialogue is drivel.

Gretchen

Did the kid also proclaim "Hey that's Hitler!" when Noah Taylor showed up? I doubt it. I'm pretty sure diehard Cusack fans are the only people who've ever seen Max

Chestnuts roasted by Knegative @ 08/02/2005 02:03 AM EST

Mmm. Great Bluedini. I recently had Berry Blue or Blue something... So I guess kids aren't drinking toxins anymore? Well, if they're not drinking toxins anymore, what a perfect time to bring back Great Bluedini. They could SO totally cash in on the retro craze.
Latin flavors of Kool-Aid. That's awesome. I'm gonna drive to Green Bay to go to Woodman's there and see if they have it.
Ahh, that article totally reminded me of me and my best friend being locked out of her house with a pitcher of Kool-Aid during the summer while her mom exercised. She used to lock us out because we'd make fun of her. We were awesomely witty 7 year olds, by the way.
Anyways, on a side note, DO NOT buy State Fair brand maple syrup. It's vile. Not only is it the choice of carnies, you can actually taste a slight hint of an actual carnie.

Chestnuts roasted by rebecca @ 08/02/2005 02:36 AM EST

rebecca: I don't think I've tried State Fair syrup but I laughed my ass off anyway

Chestnuts roasted by Night_Trekker @ 08/02/2005 09:05 AM EST

Oooh, Great Bluedini--that was a good flavor. I'm not sure if mom bought that one much, but I sure as heck remember it. Anything blue is usually interesting in itself.

Chestnuts roasted by Allison @ 08/02/2005 09:57 AM EST

I got a good story. My boyfriend and I went to a candy store in Smithville, New Jersey, where we bought Wonka bars, chocolate covered peanuts, and candy fruit slices. Yum.

We went into the "vintage" candy section (where he found the Wonka bars), and spotted Lik-a-A-Maid, Pop Rocks, and Razzles, among other faves. Anyone ever get a sugar high from eating Lik-a-Maid AND the stick? I'm guilty on both counts--I bought 3 packets of Lik-A-Maid when I was 10 and ate them all in one sitting, and THEN I ate the stick!

Chestnuts roasted by Allison @ 08/02/2005 10:09 AM EST

rebecca damn, how many cheeseheads we got on this here blog?
Hopefully they have the flavors there too! But Wisconsin does have a lot of Mexicans, so they prob. will! How far out of Green Bay are you?

As far as Lik-M-Aid, the stick was the best part! The powder was too much, but the stick tasted awesome. And that's the only context in which I will use that phrase!!

Yeap,

Chestnuts roasted by kidneyboy @ 08/02/2005 10:55 AM EST

Anyone hear of the kool-aid museum?

Chestnuts roasted by Carri @ 08/02/2005 10:56 AM EST

Oh hells yeah, I dyed my hair Kool-Aid purple. . . Unfortunately the purple kinda looked like a very messed-up brown. I also didn't do the whole boiling step, so when I played a softball game later that night, my uniform ended up being kinda purplish-brown.

Blue worked better on blonde.

Chestnuts roasted by Miss @ 08/02/2005 11:12 AM EST

That video rocked. It was kind of long, but I still couldn't stop watching all the cool stuff. It'd be hard to justify a trip to Nebraska just to go to the Kool-Aid Museum, but I SO want to. Too bad it's not like the Coke museum where they have the big tasting room at the end with all their most exotic, international flavors. I think I'd book my ticket right now.

Oh, and RAS, I tried that Cookie Dough Blast. Blech! I love Cookie Dough-flavored anything, but that funky mapley/brown sugary syrup they put in with the vanilla ice cream completely ruined the whole thing. I thought it was going to make me sick. I had to throw most of it out.

Chestnuts roasted by Lori @ 08/02/2005 11:19 AM EST

now that the canrival in in town this week, (welcome back my friends, to the show that never ends...) I might have to go lick a carny. Hey, Rube!

Chestnuts roasted by kingklash @ 08/02/2005 11:33 AM EST

Night_Trekker,

Nope, I too am a '79. May edition.

Chestnuts roasted by The Manimal @ 08/02/2005 12:13 PM EST

Wisconsinites unite!
I'm about an hour south of Green Bay in Sheboygan, but I go to Upper Michigan a lot, so I pass through there.
Green Bay DOES have a lot of mexicans. When I lived there, I had the misfortune of somehow getting stuck in an unofficial Cinco de Mayo parade. I've never seen so many rusty Toyota trucks with shirtless mexicans sitting in the back in my life. Oi. I've vowed never to leave my house on Cinco de Mayo day.

Chestnuts roasted by rebecca @ 08/02/2005 12:40 PM EST

Mexicans in Wisconsin? Inconceivable!

Semper Fi,
Erik Majorwitz

Chestnuts roasted by EMajorwitz @ 08/02/2005 01:03 PM EST

Rebecca--I think you may appreciate this story.

I live near a Yacht and boat dealer/builder/storage facility. The police direct traffic there at 4:30 every afternoon, Monday thru Thursday (they work 10 hour days, so Friday is an optional day). Point is, the cops direct the traffic out--Mexicans head southbound toward the parkway, and everyone else northbound into my town. Like you, I've seen MANY shirtless Mexicans in rusty pick-up trucks (and mini-vans). They freakin' pile in their vehicles--I think I've seen as many as 8 in one Ford Aerostar van! Ole!

Chestnuts roasted by Allison @ 08/02/2005 01:25 PM EST

I haven't noticed any significant hispanic populations in my hometown (outside of Milwuakee) or Madison except for one specific are in Waukesha. According to this census bureau map I found (note: slow loading pdf), it looks like there's a slightly higher population in the state than most states, especially along the Lake Michigan coast.
/The more you know

Chestnuts roasted by Gozer @ 08/02/2005 02:35 PM EST

Sorry - I can't believe I misspelled "Milwaukee". I feel so ashamed. Better drink some Pabst and watch the Brewers game tonight to atone.

Chestnuts roasted by Gozer @ 08/02/2005 02:37 PM EST

Hey Everybody,

Hope nobody was offended, but I truly was amazed to hear that there are that many Hispanics up North in WI, I figured it was too cold.

Figure it is a shot in the dark, but do any of you Wisconsinites know a Scott Gajeski? He was just getting in the Marines when I was done with my service obligation, he was one cool kat. Matter a fact, another Badger guy, Adam Nate, clued me in on some song you guys sing about a town having four corners but only three taverns...that the town needs another bar!

Man, gotta love that. Wish I remembered the lyrics.

Semper Fi,
Erik Majorwitz

Chestnuts roasted by EMajorwitz @ 08/02/2005 02:59 PM EST

I keep looking at the port-o-john in the far corner of our lot and resisting the urge to put a sign on it that says "Suicide Booth." As for Mexicanos, meh. At least they're not building railroads across your lands.

Chestnuts roasted by kingklash @ 08/02/2005 04:24 PM EST

Seanbaby is co-hosting Attack of the Show this week. He was a judge on Video Vixens.

Chestnuts roasted by ME @ 08/02/2005 05:02 PM EST

for anyone looking for a very strange and disturbing movie to the point where you wished you had not seen it check out. http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0312843/

Chestnuts roasted by RAS @ 08/02/2005 05:14 PM EST

I think I have a good shot of youngest X-Eer, I was born in March of '87, making me 18, and much of this stuff I relate too, especially Great Bluedini, the only Kool-Aid flavor I actually drank.

If I remember right, It's still out there, but only in their plastic Kool-Aid Bursts bottles.

Chestnuts roasted by Invader Norbert @ 08/02/2005 06:05 PM EST

This is off subject, but I have been reading Matt's articles for a couple of years now.. and when a notable blast from the past hits the shelves I usually hear about it here first.

So imagine my surprise when I'm strolling through the local Wal Mart this weekend and I find this!

http://www.entertainmentearth.com/prodinfo.asp?number=HT80926&variation=&lg=1&

Wow.. it's the most amazing Starscream I have ever seen, he stands eye to eye with Unicron, and he comes with the crown from the movie! Overall, great review material

Anyway, I just thought I would share.. My apologies in advance if this has already been mentioned, but I didn't see it if it was..

Chestnuts roasted by Corvax @ 08/02/2005 07:11 PM EST

I think my last post didn't make it. Or something. It's not showing up.

Anyways, I think I said something to the effect of "I don't know why there are so many hispanics in Wisconsin. But I think it's because we have so many factory jobs where you don't need a high school education and can get away with speaking the bare minimum of basic english. I'm not racist, but if you're going to move somewhere, learn the flippin' language! Don't just set up little Mexicos in every poor area of town. And also, please stop working for like, three pebbles a day. I can't find any decent paying jobs.
Also, Allison, funny story! The way those people can pile into cars makes you wonder why more of them aren't circus clowns."

Chestnuts roasted by rebecca @ 08/03/2005 01:17 AM EST

Oh yea, I have this story about Garbage Pail Kids I forgot to tell. Okay, when I was little I had these like really poor cousins who lived in a trailer. I hated playing with them, because I was into like Barbies and girl stuff and they liked gross stuff like GPK's.

Well, at some point the trailer they lived in flooded and I remember my Dad went over there to help fix stuff and their whole bedroom was flooded with like a foot of water and there were GPK trading cards floating ALL over. I was absolutely repulsed at the time (because even at five I had a germ phobia), but looking back it's just hilarious.

Chestnuts roasted by rebecca @ 08/03/2005 01:25 AM EST

Lori: I've been to that Coke museum and let me tell you, some of those international flavors are NASTY.

Chestnuts roasted by Night_Trekker @ 08/03/2005 03:44 AM EST

Mexican clowns? Wow.

Chestnuts roasted by Allison @ 08/03/2005 09:44 AM EST

Rebecca--Kind of a shame to see property destroyed, but I guess in retrospect it can be kinda funny.

Chestnuts roasted by Allison @ 08/03/2005 10:11 AM EST

Night_Trekker:
You are correct sir! Some of those flavors are downright puke-o-rific! Some of them are okay.

When I went to Japan, I drank a lot of Pocari Sweat, it tastes a lot better than the name!

Chestnuts roasted by kidneyboy @ 08/03/2005 10:21 AM EST

"No.... Starscream, I still function!"
"Wanna bet?"
"Noooooooo!"

Chestnuts roasted by kingklash @ 08/03/2005 11:34 AM EST

Yeah, I'm well aware of how nasty some of them are. I felt compelled to try everything, even the ones that people were practically dry heaving after drinking. I'm not exactly a world traveler, so it was pretty much a once in a lifetime thing. Plus you get to go back home and talk about the amazingly bad stuff you drank. But, I must say, the interesting (in a good way) and tasty flavors outnumbered the gross ones.

Chestnuts roasted by Lori @ 08/03/2005 11:41 AM EST

I don't know if anybody is still reading this, but has anyone actually tried any of those Latin Kool-Aid flavors? I tried a couple of them (they weren't actually Kool Aid, but some knockoff).

The jamaica (sp?) was sort of like fruit punch, maybe a little watered down--not quite as sharp or tart. Not great, but I wouldn't refuse it if I were thirsty.

I also tried watermelon. It was ok at first, but it started to taste gross after a while, and I swear I felt kinda sick after I drank it.

I also got tamarind, but I'm kinda to drink it. Has anyone been brave enough to try it?

Chestnuts roasted by A Man Called Aerodynamics @ 08/08/2005 04:40 PM EST

Ahh... Great Bluedini. How I loathe thee. I remember having to have it, getting all excited because it was blue, and then taking a sip of this crap and being extremely let down by the nice people at Kool-aid who have settled many sugar cravings of mine. You guys may be interested in this site (http://members.tripod.com/~NightGarden/packa.html) I also want to say this site has let me prove to my friends that I am not insane and Pop Qwiz really did exist (I amazingly remember eating it even though I was only 3 or 4 when it was out) Many fond memories at my gramma's where she popped that yummy stuff (she NEVER burned it!), eating it, then rubbing the colored grease on my clothes. I bet half my clothes were stained with that stuff. Mmm...

Chestnuts roasted by Katie @ 08/19/2005 03:04 PM EST