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Jan. 8th, 2005 11:50 am
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If I say something along the lines of "drink your kool-aid, kids" and say that it's a scary line, do you know what I'm talking about?
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Date: 2005-01-08 08:58 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] yuki-onna.livejournal.com
Yup. Jimmy Jones and the All-Singin', All-Dancin' South American Suicide Revue.

Date: 2005-01-08 09:01 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] anotheralice.livejournal.com
Sure. Jim Jones and the mass suicide at Jonestown with the poisoned kool-aid, right?

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Date: 2005-01-08 09:04 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] apocalypsos.livejournal.com
Yup. I've even seen the bad TV movie with Powers Booth. :)

Date: 2005-01-08 09:09 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] evilsibe.livejournal.com
*murrrs atta jonestown juice*

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Date: 2005-01-08 09:15 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] yadfothgildloc.livejournal.com
Th suicide cult(s?) that drank cyanide in kool-aid, or some other poison. Jones or something.

Jim Jones.

Date: 2005-01-08 09:16 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] marveen.livejournal.com
I thought everyone knew about that.

Date: 2005-01-08 09:30 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] mortaine.livejournal.com
Yes, I know, but I can totally understand why someone would not know. If I hadn't attended a very specific liberal arts college, I would probably not have been exposed to that particular part of recent history.

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Date: 2005-01-08 09:37 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] griffen.livejournal.com
Yes, I do. Calling Mr. Jones?

Date: 2005-01-08 09:42 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] sophiaserpentia.livejournal.com
I know. I'm old enough to remember when that happened, too...

Date: 2005-01-08 10:47 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] literalgirl.livejournal.com
Me, too. I was in Grade 6, and we studied it in our social studies. We read things from the newspaper every day in that class. Progressive, private elementary school.

Date: 2005-01-08 10:16 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] aquamizuko.livejournal.com
I didn't know until I saw the comments on here. :P

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Date: 2005-01-08 10:53 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] mhari.livejournal.com
It takes me a minute. I've heard the "poison koolaid" spiel, but I don't (or didn't) know the provenance, and my first reaction is just as likely to be "yeah, that giant talking glass pitcher is pretty freaky".

Date: 2005-01-08 11:22 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] azuresunglasses.livejournal.com
Lol, I wasn't born in the 60s and I've known that phrase for--- years. "Don't drink the koolaid.'
I've never liked koolaid anyways, blech.

Date: 2005-01-08 12:06 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] joeymew.livejournal.com
I'd actually never heard of that one before. Then again, I tend not to hear about those types of things.

Someone a few comments up mentioned pudding though. And I do remember the story about the cult who believed that a comet (hailbop) was sent by god to take them to heaven so a whole bunch of them ate poisoned tapioca pudding. Or something like that, I'm fuzzy on the details. But I found a link! http://anw.com/halebopp/heaven.htm

Date: 2005-01-08 01:31 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] beetlebomb.livejournal.com
Yep. I think I've heard a few stories over the years relating to poisoned kool-aid, cults and mass-suicide including a cult who were told that a UFO would be taking them to a new place before they drank their death!

Date: 2005-01-08 01:34 pm (UTC)
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From: [personal profile] adiva_calandia
Took me a sec, but yeah. I didn't know the name of the cult or anything (now I do -- informative friends you've got!) but I'm aware of the event.

Date: 2005-01-08 02:23 pm (UTC)

Date: 2005-01-08 05:01 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] eofs.livejournal.com
I didn't catch the reference, but once I saw someone mention Jim Jones I got it. However, the only reason I know about Jim Jones and the Jonestown Massacre is that I had to research it for a drama workshop I did last year that was based around it. Otherwise I wouldn't have heard of it.

Date: 2005-01-08 07:04 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] rahaeli.livejournal.com
I've been pouring Kool-Aid (http://www.catb.org/~esr/jargon/html/K/Kool-Aid.html) a lot lately :)

Date: 2005-01-09 01:37 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] the-lady-aurora.livejournal.com
Yup - I'd heard that one before and knew who it referred to. There was a similar reference in something I was watching a few weeks ago.

Date: 2005-01-08 08:58 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] yuki-onna.livejournal.com
Yup. Jimmy Jones and the All-Singin', All-Dancin' South American Suicide Revue.

Date: 2005-01-08 09:01 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] anotheralice.livejournal.com
Sure. Jim Jones and the mass suicide at Jonestown with the poisoned kool-aid, right?

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Date: 2005-01-08 09:04 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] apocalypsos.livejournal.com
Yup. I've even seen the bad TV movie with Powers Booth. :)

Date: 2005-01-08 09:09 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] evilsibe.livejournal.com
*murrrs atta jonestown juice*

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Date: 2005-01-08 09:15 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] yadfothgildloc.livejournal.com
Th suicide cult(s?) that drank cyanide in kool-aid, or some other poison. Jones or something.
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