You ever expect Glenn Beck's story to end...

sfwriter

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Sat Jul-31-10 06:25 PM
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You ever expect Glenn Beck's story to end...

with the bodies of his followers piled around a washtub of Koolaid.

I read what he says and hear people in Missouri quoting him and just think this all ends horribly.

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Curmudgeoness

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Sat Jul-31-10 06:40 PM
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1. That wouldn't surprise me. Nor would it surprise me to have it end

with some lunatics going on a killing spree, and in his name. Some perverted holy jihad.

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Fuzz

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Sat Jul-31-10 06:42 PM
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2. Buy Nike stock now.

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Vickers

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Sat Jul-31-10 06:44 PM
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3. IT WAS FLAVOR AID!!!!!!!!

Love,

Kraft Foods Company

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Touchdown

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Sat Jul-31-10 06:56 PM
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7. Flavor Aid's manufacturer is Gel Sert, not Kraft.

Kraft owns Kool Aid.

Around 900 followers of Jim Jones committed suicide or were murdered by drinking or allegedly being forced to drink cyanide-laced grape Flavor Aid in 1978.<2> Erroneous references to the mass suicide, in combination with existing references to The Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test of the Merry Pranksters, gave rise to the expression "Drinking the Kool-Aid," a reference to blindly following an authority even if it leads to serious harm or death. A camera from inside the compound shows a large chest being opened showing boxes of both drinks.<3> There is also testimony from criminal investigators at the Jonestown inquest stating that there were "cool aid" packets there.<4> It is unknown whether these are a reference to the Kool-aid brand packets from the trunk, or simply a reference to the genericized trademark.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flavor_Aid

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Vickers

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Sat Jul-31-10 09:46 PM
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11. Er, yeah...that's the joke.

Like, Kraft is upset that people think it is *their* product that was used in one of the largest mass suicides in history, so I was pretending like they wrote a cease-and-desist letter and....

Godammit, if I have to explain it, it ain't funny!

:P

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NutmegYankee

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Sat Jul-31-10 09:50 PM
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12. I got the joke.

It wasn't completely lost...

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Vickers

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Sat Jul-31-10 09:58 PM
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13. As long as one person thinks it's funny, it's a success...

:headbang:

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sfwriter

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Sat Jul-31-10 10:28 PM
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15. I got it...

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Vickers

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Sat Jul-31-10 11:35 PM
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16. Well, I *knew* you would...

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Initech

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Sat Jul-31-10 06:47 PM
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4. Kool-Aid? I'd expect him to use Vitaminwater instead.

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rbrnmw

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Sat Jul-31-10 06:48 PM
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5. Or a public suicide

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Doctor_J

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Sat Jul-31-10 06:54 PM
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6. IF we ever fight back,

he would be a most excellent example to set, along with Limpballs, everyone at Fox "News", and every hate radio host. But we won't, and I don't expect a Becktown massacre in my lifetime. though were it to happen, all of my celebratory posts would be deleted.

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notadmblnd

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Sat Jul-31-10 06:59 PM
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8. Yes, after his trial

one of these days he's going to go off the deep end. Then, just like Dr. Tiller's murderer he'll finally get his punishment.

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Edweird

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Sat Jul-31-10 08:04 PM
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9. I expect it to end with a gunshot wound - self inflicted or 'unknown assailant'.

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LunaSea

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Sat Jul-31-10 08:32 PM
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10. Rec'ed for happy ending

Has he gotten to armbands yet?

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alfredo

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Sat Jul-31-10 10:06 PM
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14. I see a heart attack or suicide. If he starts believing what

he is telling others, his paranoia might hit a tipping point.

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