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[johnstonmr]

technocowboy reminded me of something my father used to do, which I didn't realise until I was much older was a sick joke.

This was in the late 70s/early 80s... whenever he made green kool-aid, he'd say as he handed it to us "Drink up! Jim Jones says it's good for you!"

If you don't get the joke, you're too young. ;)

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[tobin.livejournal.com]

Your pops was pretty twisted.

[johnstonmr]

Yeah. I'm told by those who knew both that his sense of humor was very much like my real father's. Which is good for me, since I share that twisted, dry thing.

Dry, black humor is the god of comedy. Carlin-esque humor is the Archbishop.

[tobin.livejournal.com]

Don't forget Bill Hicks. ;)

[johnstonmr]

Who the frell is Bill Hicks?

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[tobin.livejournal.com]

He's an amazingly funny man that died in the early 90s, I think. He was doing social commentary comedy (much like Carlin, who I bet influenced him) before Dennis Miller and Dennis Leary.

Actually, some of Leary's stuff sounds eerily similar to Bill Hicks. I'l loan you the CD sometime.

[technocowboy.livejournal.com]

Okay... Less than a year younger than you... don't get the joke...

[johnstonmr]

Cult Leader "reverend" Jim Jones led a bunch of his followers to Jamestown, where he orchestrated their deaths. Most drank poisoned lime kool-aid.

At least, dad said it was lime. I don't know that for sure.

[gregory-geiger.livejournal.com]

I heared grape.

Wasn't it also called the Jonestown something?

[johnstonmr]

Yes, the Jonestown Massacre.

Pretty sick, he was. Those who refused the kool-aid were chased through the jungle and shot. Very few made it out.