#20, RE: Hunted Rose
Posted by Star Ranger4 on Nov-10-01 at 12:29 PM
In response to message #15
>> >>>>Oh Yeahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh! >>> >>>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. :) >You know, Gryph, this was sort of the Image I got as well... except that it was YOU cracking down the wall; and were greated as "FAN-FIC MAN!!!!!!" ___________________
Vaughn doesn't know I exist. I guess this explains why the rest of reality keeps ignoring me as well. >_<
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