ryoder 1,590 #1 February 22, 2011 http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20110222/ap_on_fe_st/us_odd_billboard_flap_jonestown That was one of my favorite restaurants when I lived there."There are only three things of value: younger women, faster airplanes, and bigger crocodiles" - Arthur Jones. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
virgin-burner 1 #2 February 22, 2011 Quote http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20110222/ap_on_fe_st/us_odd_billboard_flap_jonestown That was one of my favorite restaurants when I lived there. good advertising anyway, i bet now people are more aware of "hacienda's".. “Some may never live, but the crazy never die.” -Hunter S. Thompson "No. Try not. Do... or do not. There is no try." -Yoda Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
NWFlyer 2 #3 February 23, 2011 People need to stop looking for things to offend them. "There is only one basic human right, the right to do as you damn well please. And with it comes the only basic human duty, the duty to take the consequences." -P.J. O'Rourke Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
PiLFy 3 #4 February 23, 2011 Quote Quote http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20110222/ap_on_fe_st/us_odd_billboard_flap_jonestown That was one of my favorite restaurants when I lived there. good advertising anyway, i bet now people are more aware of "hacienda's".. Innocent children were forced to drink Cyanide-laced Kool-Aid. That's not to mention the rest of that mess. One doesn't have to be a marketing genius to see the repugnance in this. This business should, & probably will, suffer because of this. What's their next Ad campaign gonna be, Kiddie Porn? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ryoder 1,590 #5 February 23, 2011 OK, show of hands: How many people here not only remember Captain Kool-Aid, but also jumped it? [raises hand]"There are only three things of value: younger women, faster airplanes, and bigger crocodiles" - Arthur Jones. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
virgin-burner 1 #6 February 23, 2011 Quote Quote Quote http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20110222/ap_on_fe_st/us_odd_billboard_flap_jonestown That was one of my favorite restaurants when I lived there. good advertising anyway, i bet now people are more aware of "hacienda's".. Innocent children were forced to drink Cyanide-laced Kool-Aid. That's not to mention the rest of that mess. One doesn't have to be a marketing genius to see the repugnance in this. This business should, & probably will, suffer because of this. What's their next Ad campaign gonna be, Kiddie Porn? it's been said on here, when a dropzone had a (media-hyped) fatality, student-numbers would go up. to get back on your comment, probably it would boost sales. BTW, any mentioning of pedophilia or the like will get you BANNED from this site; none, absolutely NONE is tolerated! “Some may never live, but the crazy never die.” -Hunter S. Thompson "No. Try not. Do... or do not. There is no try." -Yoda Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
PiLFy 3 #7 February 23, 2011 My comment was fine in context. People can do what they want. Some idiots might even go slap the guy on the back, & laugh about it. That doesn't change a thing. Those billboards were in extremely poor taste. I, for one, would never eat there again. If you'd like to show your support for this clown. I'm sure he could FedX you a bunch of food by overnight. He might even throw in some Kool-Aid. If he thinks killing kids is funny? Maybe he thinks messing w/people's food is funny, too? Especially when they pay him to do it. Enjoy your meal. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
PiLFy 3 #8 February 23, 2011 Sure, I remember Cptn.Kool-Aid. "...but also jumped it?" Huh? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
virgin-burner 1 #9 February 23, 2011 dude, i'm actually pretty much a down-to-earth guy, mostly, i like to enjoy meals i have cooked for myself, or meals that were cooked personally for me to enjoy. i dont care much about restaurants either way.. while i think the core of your message is right, the way you presented it is not. i do get my food if i dont cook it myself at the place that i think it tastes best. has nothing to do with marketing. say, for my rig i got great service from the guys i've ordered from. maybe i would of ordered differently in other circumstances. i did not, because i "liked the taste"! “Some may never live, but the crazy never die.” -Hunter S. Thompson "No. Try not. Do... or do not. There is no try." -Yoda Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ryoder 1,590 #10 February 23, 2011 QuoteSure, I remember Cptn.Kool-Aid. "...but also jumped it?" Huh? You don't remember Captain Kool-Aid. It was a DC-3 or C-47 with a Kool-Aid logo on the tail. In the logo, the mouth was upside down in a frown, and the eyes were X's. The plane was named for a job it was once hired to do."There are only three things of value: younger women, faster airplanes, and bigger crocodiles" - Arthur Jones. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
PiLFy 3 #11 February 23, 2011 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nBeUGqeYsQg&playnext=1&list=PL73C3AA30A01EB6AB Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
david3 0 #12 February 23, 2011 Quote People need to stop looking for things to offend them. Actually Krisanne, your sig seems to apply here. Quote Life does not cease to be funny when people die any more than it ceases to be serious when people laugh. - George Bernard Shaw It’s funny PiLFy. Just not to you. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
stevebabin 0 #13 February 23, 2011 Just a bit o' trivia... It wasn't koolaid that they drank at Jonestown, it was Flavoraid... So when people use phrases like "Those ignorant, bible thumping, knuckle dragging, mouth breathing koolaid drinkers", they are using an historically inaccurate epithet. I now return you to your regular programming... "Science, logic and reason will fly you to the moon. Religion will fly you into buildings." "Because figuring things out is always better than making shit up." Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ryoder 1,590 #14 February 23, 2011 I'll be darned. Wikipedia even has the recipe: - Flavor Aid - Valium - chloral hydrate - cyanide - Phenergan"There are only three things of value: younger women, faster airplanes, and bigger crocodiles" - Arthur Jones. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
thrillstalker 0 #15 February 23, 2011 fucking hilarious!!!too bad they pussed out and are taking the signs down. to pilfly: don't take life too seriously, you will never make it out alive "Never grow a wishbone, where your backbone ought to be." Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Amazon 7 #16 February 23, 2011 QuoteI'll be darned. Wikipedia even has the recipe: - Flavor Aid - Valium - chloral hydrate - cyanide - Phenergan So many cults.. so many flavors of Kool Aid... maybe more of them will follow suit. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ryoder 1,590 #17 February 23, 2011 So many cults; So few comets.http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AqSZhwu1Rwo "There are only three things of value: younger women, faster airplanes, and bigger crocodiles" - Arthur Jones. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Amazon 7 #18 February 23, 2011 Quote So many cults; So few comets.http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AqSZhwu1Rwo I would really love to post what I really need to on this subject... but until it moves to you know where I dare not... a certain newer greenie gets massively upset Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
popsjumper 2 #19 February 23, 2011 Jingles Kool-Aid, Kool-Aid Tastes Great. Kool-Aid, Kool-Aid, Can't Wait! Nothing wrong with the sign in my book. I didn't think it was funny but I see nothing wrong with it either. Now if had said, " I keeeel you!" That would have been funny (all respects to Ahmed the Terrorist)My reality and yours are quite different. I think we're all Bozos on this bus. Falcon5232, SCS8170, SCSA353, POPS9398, DS239 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
DiverMike 5 #20 February 23, 2011 QuoteJust a bit o' trivia... It wasn't koolaid that they drank at Jonestown, it was Flavoraid... I think you are drinking Kraft Food Products corporate Kool-Aid. According to wikipedia: "Film footage shot inside the compound prior to the events of November shows Jones opening a large chest in which boxes of both Flavor Aid and Kool-Aid are visible. Criminal investigators testifying at the Jonestown inquest spoke of finding packets of "cool aid"" If I were the Marketing Director at Kraft, I would certainly indicate it was Flavor Aid and not Kool Aid. For the same reason I jump off a perfectly good diving board. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ryoder 1,590 #21 February 23, 2011 NPR just now mentioned this story. They used the phrase "cyanide-laced grape punch". By they way the announcer said it, I got the distinct impression he had been instructed to use that phrase, and was annoyed. "There are only three things of value: younger women, faster airplanes, and bigger crocodiles" - Arthur Jones. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
PiLFy 3 #22 February 23, 2011 Quote Quote So many cults; So few comets.http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AqSZhwu1Rwo I would really love to post what I really need to on this subject... but until it moves to you know where I dare not... a certain newer greenie gets massively upset I'm not massively upset. You'd know it if I was. I've already said how I feel about this. You guys think it's funny? Fine. Knock yourselves out. I'm done w/it... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
stevebabin 0 #23 February 24, 2011 Quote Quote Just a bit o' trivia... It wasn't koolaid that they drank at Jonestown, it was Flavoraid... I think you are drinking Kraft Food Products corporate Kool-Aid. According to wikipedia: "Film footage shot inside the compound prior to the events of November shows Jones opening a large chest in which boxes of both Flavor Aid and Kool-Aid are visible. Criminal investigators testifying at the Jonestown inquest spoke of finding packets of "cool aid"" If I were the Marketing Director at Kraft, I would certainly indicate it was Flavor Aid and not Kool Aid. Interesting...I also got my information from a wikipedia article... http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Drinking_the_Kool-Aid Quote Evidence gathered at the Jonestown site after the incident indicated that rather than Kool-Aid, Flavor Aid, a similar powdered drink, was used in the massacre. It could be a cover up by the makers of Kool-Aid...Hey Rhys...have you looked into this one?"Science, logic and reason will fly you to the moon. Religion will fly you into buildings." "Because figuring things out is always better than making shit up." Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
DiverMike 5 #24 February 24, 2011 QuoteEvidence gathered at the Jonestown site after the incident indicated that rather than Kool-Aid, Flavor Aid, a similar powdered drink, was used in the massacre. This is indicative of one of the problems with Wikipedia. This statement is not supported by fact. It cites no source and gives no detail. I give more credence to film footage and testimony at an inquest. For the same reason I jump off a perfectly good diving board. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
