Would you drink the koolaid?

[monkycndo 0]

There is a special on the History Channel tonight about Jonestown. I was young and living in Southern California when the Jonestown event happened. Little did I know that I would have a personal experience with it many years later.

The first job I got when I moved to the bay area was installing office cubicals. My general supervisor was named Steve Jones. Nice guy, a little strange, but easy to get along with once you proved he could give you a set of directions and get the work done. We were very busy and weren't having the regular weekly meetings, so I didn't get the usual initiation for the "new guy". During the start of these meetings, he would ask the newbie if you wanted something to drink. What he offered was koolaid. Yeah, strange to say the least, until you found out Steve was Jim Jones' son.

That was one weird place to work. I fit in just fine.

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[ryoder 1,590]

There used to be a DC-3 used for skydiving known as "Captain Koolaid". It had the familiar Kool-Aid logo on the tail except the mouth was inverted into a frown, and the eyes were "X"'s. I jumped it a couple times at the Nationals. Determining how this a/c was related to the Jonestown incident is left as an exercise for the reader.

"There are only three things of value: younger women, faster airplanes, and bigger crocodiles" - Arthur Jones.

[peanut4040 0]

yes, but kool aid in skydiving,,,, MIGHT mean something else.

Just maybe,, I don't know for my self.

Its a good day to LIVE, why puck up a good thing.

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[Unstable 9]

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until you found out Steve was Jim Jones' son.

I watched part of that special tonight - It seemed kinda weird and unsettling - On one hand, Jim Jones exercised total sexual/mental/physical authority over his followers and banned even the slightest forms of personal expression - hell, he banned sex between husbands and wives for Heaven's sake! While I was amazed at the authority he exercised over his people, frankly I'm amazed that his followers let him get away with it. On the documentary it talked about a few people who tried to make a run for it and were tortured by Jim Jones - it made me think about the 'cult' mentality and the poor bastards he led.

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[lawrocket 3]

I thought about getting a dark wig and sunglasses and passing out Kool Aid for Halloween, but thought that other parents would view it as just plain tasteless and dangerous.

It reminded me of an old Rugby Song

JONESTOWN (to the tune of "Downtown" by Petula Clark)
When you are broke
And your religion's a joke
There's only one man to see
Jim Jones

When life's incomplete
There's only one man to meet
Oh won't you come and see
Jim Jones

Just watch him as he stirs a vat of Kool Aid that's so lethal
Listen to the anguished cries of all the dying people
No one survived

Their deaths were both painful and slow
But if to live is to die it's a great way to go

We're at Jonestown
Drinking with Reverend Jim
Jonestown
Chances are mighty slim
Jonestown
People are dropping like flies

Congressman Ryan
On a mission of spying
Would not drink with
Jim Jones
For such a disgrace
They had to blow off his face
We all know who's to blame
Jim Jones

They forced the Reverend Jim to put his final plan in action
They drank the brew when they were through he watched with satisfaction
Everyone died

The Reverend Jim's a most gracious host
So let's lift up our glasses in the ultimate toast

We're at Jonestown
Drinking with Reverend Jim
Jonestown
Chances are mighty slim
Jonestown
People are dropping like flies

And when the crowd had petered out Jim Jones he was a reeling
But felt no pain because his brain was stuck up on the celing
No one survived
Their deaths were all painful and slow
But to live was to die, it was a great way to going

We're at Jonestown
The screams were a little loud
Jonestown
Manson would sure be proud
Jonestown
Kool Aid is waiting for you...

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[wildblue 7]

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yes, but kool aid in skydiving,,,, MIGHT mean something else.

Just maybe,, I don't know for my self.

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it's like incest - you're substituting convenience for quality

[peanut4040 0]

Is tandemterry back?


Ya know blue, by your profile, you appear to be hiding out or something. Dat don't matter.

Tantrum terry, was kind of a contrevsial guy. He had his problems, but don't everyone with over 1000 skydives. I "believe" today, that Tantrum, has found his peace. AND, why kick a dog when he is laying down and being "good".

You know what I miss about Tantrum? I miss his connections to the brownies that he brought to the "Peanuts drunkfest" Up in Indiana. You know how your grandmaw can cook chicken pot pie,,, and your mamma has the roast. Tantrum had the "BROWNIES",, gawd I loved those things.

IF anyone up north, knows the woman who made those brownies... I'LL COME BACK for another Peanuts drunk fest.

Kool aid? I don't know nothing about no kool aid. Just brownies.

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[peanut4040 0]

oh wait a second, its been a couple of years,,, I think they were choclate chip cookies.

Damn, I hate getting old.

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[NWFlyer 2]

Depends. What flavor is it?

"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

[peanut4040 0]

Depends. What flavor is it?

Pay no attention to the meer woman. She knows nothing about choclate chip cookies,, HOWEVER, she does know Cubans.......

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