>
>>>Oh Yeahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!
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>>Man, I'm programmed by my childhood. I saw that and instantly
>>imagined myself as a member of a multi-ethnic group of happy but
>>thirsty ten-year-olds turning to the exploding brick wall and shouting
>>delightedly, "Kool-Aid Man!"
>>
>Um. What? It was a general comment of approval.

Maybe you're too young to remember... back when I was a kid, there were ads for Kool-Aid (if you're from a foreign country, Kool-Aid is a popular brand of powdered drink mix, available in a variety of fruit flavors, some of them quite weird - I'm very fond of their Blue Raspberry Lemonade variety) on Saturday-morning TV which featured a mascot character called Kool-Aid Man. Kool-Aid Man was a man in a gigantic plastic pitcher costume, like a sports mascot, if you ever found a sports team called, say, the Oskaloosa Pitchers Full of Fruit Punch. Thirsty kids would cry out for relief, and with a jaunty cry of "OH YEEEEEEEEEAAAAAAH!", Kool-Aid Man would crash through the nearest wall, leaving a Kool-Aid-Man-shaped hole in his wake, and deliver unto the kids refreshment.

I saw so many of those ads during my formative years that your statement instantly triggered the recollection. :)

>In case you haven't
>picked this up, I sorta liked Hunted Rose. It was very well written
>had plot and the characters worked. Admittedly this is usually the
>case with what you write, but the quality was truly exceptional this
>time.

Well... gee, thanks. :)

>SHE'S the 'Pirate Killer,' 'Klingon Spooker,' 'Big Trouble in a Little
>Package,' 'She Who Must be Avoided,' and 'Go Around the Other Side of
>the Nebula.' I'm the dumb blonde comic relief.

"Look, pal, I only have one job on this stupid ship! It's dumb, but I'm gonna do it!"

--G.
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