>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. :)

I'm from a foreign country. I'd call it planet sanity, but honesty compells me to admit our tv ads are no better. Thus I watch very little tv.

>>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!"

Making the stars of the show look good in comparison? ;-)

drakensisthered

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.