Soldiers thank state museum for Kool Valentine present

[Lou_C]

Published Saturday
May 29, 2004

Soldiers thank state museum for Kool Valentine present

HASTINGS, Neb. (AP) - A number of soldiers serving in Iraq have written to the Hastings Museum of Natural and Cultural History to thank the people who made possible the shipment of fixings for more than 3,000 gallons of Kool-Aid to U.S. troops in Iraq.

The powder that makes the drink was sent in February as a Valentine's Day gift. The museum organized the Kool-Aid drive with help from civic organizations and schools across the state.

Many of the thank-you notes said the Kool-Aid was shared with Iraqi children.

"To get such a positive reaction from the servicemen and women who received it. . . . We accomplished our goal to lighten their day a little," said Sue Uerling, the museum's marketing director.

Edwin Perkins of Hastings invented Kool-Aid 76 years ago.

http://www.omaha.com/index.php?u_np=0&u_pg=1638&u_sid=1108717

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Leave it up to Cheney & Bush and it would be grape kool aid.

[Catch22Dem]

1. I lived on Kool-Aid when I was in the Middle East

Everyone drank shit loads of bottled water. I don't care for water. I mean, I like it just fine, but I'm one of these people who has to have flavor. So, I drank a few bottles of Kool-Aid every day for months at a time.

[Lou_C]

2. I hate bottled water

When you drink it for several years straight you get sick of it. I can't remember the last time that I drank a glass of water without crystal light in it.

I opened up a can of mandarin oranges and drank the juice out of the can one time after I got so desperate when I didn't have anything to drink in the house except bottled water.

Did you add the cool aid to your bottled water?

[Catch22Dem]

3. Yeah

My wife sent me the kind that was already sweetened, so all you had to do was mix it with water. I just poured it right in the bottle.