[personal] Re: [Husker] Randy Lee Et Al

[Steve Cornelius]

On 7/6/07, Tommy Thompson <huskertt at charter.net> wrote:
>
>
> >     Just as an aside I need something explained to me and I am
> serious.  I
> > hear the term every now and then from different directions "so and so
> > drinks the Kool-Aid".  I don't get it.  I mean I understand saying that
> > means you unquestioningly follow someone or some cause but what is it
> > about Kool-Aid that make one a follower?  Why does Kool-Aid make me a
> > follower any more than if I drink Bud Light, Roberts milk, Aviant water,
> > or whatever?  I just don't get the Kool-Aid connection.
> >
> >
> > Bob Beach
>
>
>
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Wikipedia dates the term from the '60s:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Drink_the_kool-aid#.22Drinking_the_Kool-Aid.22.

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