It wasn't Kool-Aid they drank at Jonestown, it was Flavor Aid.

[norml]

Jim Jones



Failed monkey salesman.

Despite his sociopathy, one must give Jim Jones mad props for loyalty and people management skills. First, he transforms his seemingly mainstream San Francisco congregation into a full-blown religious cult. Next he convinces the government of Guyana to give him 300 acres of South American jungle, and relocates 1,100 cult members to this distant hellhole. Finally, in 1978 after it all goes horribly wrong, Jones still manages to convince 900 of them to swallow poison in massively parallel suicide, the likes of which the world had never seen.

Arrested in a cruisy restroom in Los Angeles.

By the way, it wasn't Kool-Aid. It was Flavor Aid®. Different company altogether.


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http://www.rotten.com/library/bio/religion/cult/reverend-jim-jones/

[hickman1937]

1. I wonder why Flavor Aid never mounted a major ad campaign

to set the record straight?:think:

[CaliforniaPeggy]

2. Did they go out of business?

I've never heard of them......

:shrug:

[BelleCarolinaPeridot]

3. I think they still make Flavor Aid ...

which I always liked better than Kool Aid - oh dear I won't be able to drink it again now .

[kick-ass-bob]

6. They are around. They don't have the number of flavors of Kool Aid

But they sit right next to them in the grocery store.

They are cheaper than kool aid, and I like their lemonade better (not as sharp) - yes, I have kids. :crazy:

[Elidor]

4. Cheap bastard couldn't even afford real Kool-Aid

Just like a cult leader.

I've got a partial transcript of the last night on another computer. It's absolutely insane.

[norml]

5. For the sake of accuracy, and to help differentiate us from them

I'm going to call them "Flavor Aid Drinkers" from now on.

[Lilyhoney]

7. I drank Flav-A-Aid as a kid.

Bought from Aldi grocery store. This store was so discount that it did'nt even give you a bag for your groceries. You had to either bring something with you or use the boxes from the products that empty in the isles.

I thought about having some though for the next time someone comes and knocks on my door and wants to give me a message from jesus. I could say I am just about to make some kool-aid and would they like to have some. I wonder if they would get it?

[xmas74]

8. I still shop there sometimes.

Groceries are really cheap if you have a tight budget. I bring my own canvas bags.