The drink was Kool-aide, hence the expression. I wonder how many under 50 realize that was the origination of the expression?
It was actually Flavor Aid, though it wasn’t as well known as Kool-Aid.
A contemporary joke I remember.
Why don’t you ever hear any jokes about Jonestown? Punch line is too long.
It was actually Flavor Aid.
"Electric Kool-Aid Acid test" - as best I can recall, it involved an event at a (Unitarian?) Church, where the instructions weren't clear as to the beverage being laced with LSD. So it probably dates back to Kesey and the Merry Pranksters.
“The drink was Kool-aide, hence the expression. I wonder how many under 50 realize that was the origination of the expression?”
They don’t, hence they use it in the totally wrong way.
Most under the age of 50 realize the origin of the Kool aid expression.
Heck, on another thread, few knew that years ago elevators had human operators who called out the numbers and departments of what was on the various floors.
Nope. Flavor-Aid made by the Jel Sert Company not Kool-aide which is made by Kraft.
At the time you could not get Kool-aide in South America.