Koryn wrote:
Do they even make Fanta anymore?

I don't know, because I haven't drank soda since I was like 15.

Ain't that Purple Drank? Or just as bad only worse?

I guess they put sugar in Windex too, or maybe it's water from those little blue cakes they put in terlets

Shadow Dancer wrote:
Ain't that Purple Drank? Or just as bad only worse?

Nah Purple Drank is soda plus codeine cough syrup (an opioid) plus grape Jolly Ranchers.

CamelliaFlower wrote:

Nah Purple Drank is soda plus codeine cough syrup (an opioid) plus grape Jolly Ranchers.

Ahhh... one of those "raiding Mommy and Daddy's medicine cabinet" buzz thingies.

Don't remember the kids I hung out with doing that one, they were more into drinking mouthwash and NyQuil or sniffing gas.

My little gang was more sophisticated, we would pool our monies and one of us would walk into a busy 7-11, walk up to the counter with beer, throw the money down and walk out. The lone cashier was stuck with a line of customers and we had not stolen anything. Got away with it every time. Was always cheap beer in cans, very chic.

Shadow Dancer wrote:
Ahhh... one of those "raiding Mommy and Daddy's medicine cabinet" buzz thingies.

Don't remember the kids I hung out with doing that one, they were more into drinking mouthwash and NyQuil or sniffing gas.

My little gang was more sophisticated, we would pool our monies and one of us would walk into a busy 7-11, walk up to the counter with beer, throw the money down and walk out. The lone cashier was stuck with a line of customers and we had not stolen anything. Got away with it every time. Was always cheap beer in cans, very chic.

I totally missed out on a wild, crazy rebellious childhood! I was a good kid, always behaved, never in trouble, never used illegal or controlled substances.

Most rebellious thing I ever did was dye my bangs Manic Panic "Infra Red".

CamelliaFlower wrote:

I totally missed out on a wild, crazy rebellious childhood! I was a good kid, always behaved, never in trouble, never used illegal or controlled substances.

Most rebellious thing I ever did was dye my bangs Manic Panic "Infra Red".

That is pretty wild!!! Just your bangs?

Boys are more overtly evil than girls. Girls are way smarter and don't get into the same sort of stupid shit, plus they are sneakier so do not arouse suspicion.

Shadow Dancer wrote:
That is pretty wild!!! Just your bangs?

Boys are more overtly evil than girls. Girls are way smarter and don't get into the same sort of stupid shit, plus they are sneakier so do not arouse suspicion.

Yes, it looks almost exactly like this except my natural hair was black not brown:



I have very conservative Asian parents, I was so nervous when I did it (in my bathroom with a hair bleaching kit I borrowed from a friend) because I was sure I'd get in trouble...but they NEVER SAID ANYTHING...to this day I am not sure if they genuinely did not give a fuck or they were trolling me by pretending like they didn't mind their Respectable Asian Daughter turned into a ratty Emo kid.

It sort of never occurred to me to be truly "bad" in terms of rule-breaking, the worst thing I did was sneak on the internet by putting my laptop on my bed and hiding the light under my blanket.

CamelliaFlower wrote:

Yes, it looks almost exactly like this except my natural hair was black not brown:



I have very conservative Asian parents, I was so nervous when I did it (in my bathroom with a hair bleaching kit I borrowed from a friend) because I was sure I'd get in trouble...but they NEVER SAID ANYTHING...to this day I am not sure if they genuinely did not give a fuck or they were trolling me by pretending like they didn't mind their Respectable Asian Daughter turned into a ratty Emo kid.

It sort of never occurred to me to be truly "bad" in terms of rule-breaking, the worst thing I did was sneak on the internet by putting my laptop on my bed and hiding the light under my blanket.

Cute picture!! My parents would have been thrilled to have that as the worst thing their children did. 1 older brother, 2 younger sisters and all of us were insane.

Oh yeah, GRAPE FANTA FTW!!!

Shadow Dancer wrote:
Cute picture!! My parents would have been thrilled to have that as the worst thing their children did. 1 older brother, 2 younger sisters and all of us were insane.

Oh yeah, GRAPE FANTA FTW!!!

It's not my photo haha some random girl, that's just what it looked like.

Both my brother and I were pretty quiet kids.

Oops this got off tangent. YEAH GRAPE FANTA WOOOO.

I've never tried the blueberry one, but I love blueberries so now I want to hunt it down...is it available in the US? I feel like all the foreign countries get the interesting special flavours.

CamelliaFlower wrote:

It's not my photo haha some random girl, that's just what it looked like.

Both my brother and I were pretty quiet kids.

Oops this got off tangent. YEAH GRAPE FANTA WOOOO.

I've never tried the blueberry one, but I love blueberries so now I want to hunt it down...is it available in the US? I feel like all the foreign countries get the interesting special flavours.

It's SF2, a topically fluid forum. I love blueberries but do not drink soda. Plus blueberries are sort of purpledy looking, not Windex colored, shit looks scary yo!!!

Ferndale WA is 15 minutes north of here, they grow more blueberries than anywhere else. When they are in season you can get piles of fresh ones for nearly nothing. Blackberries are a weed, they grow EVERYWHERE and will destroy your home and your automobile if you don't keep an eye on them. I can pick buckets full of them within a quarter mile of home.

Shadow Dancer wrote:
Ain't that Purple Drank? Or just as bad only worse?

CamelliaFlower wrote:
Nah Purple Drank is soda plus codeine cough syrup (an opioid) plus grape Jolly Ranchers.

My granny referred to soda as, "orange drank," "purple drank," etc. Mountain Dew was known as "yaller drank."

CamelliaFlower wrote:
Nah Purple Drank is soda plus codeine cough syrup (an opioid) plus grape Jolly Ranchers.

Shadow Dancer wrote:
Ahhh... one of those "raiding Mommy and Daddy's medicine cabinet" buzz thingies.

Actually that shit is what killed Pimp C. I'm not sure, but heard it put Lil Wayne in the hospital a few times too.
http://www.latimes.com/local/la-me-pimp … story.html

Codeine will shut down your respiratory system in large quantities, from my understanding.

Koryn wrote:

Shadow Dancer wrote:
Ain't that Purple Drank? Or just as bad only worse?

My granny referred to soda as, "orange drank," "purple drank," etc. Mountain Dew was known as "yaller drank."

So a locally variable colloquialism, nice.

I bet she called all "brown drank" "a Coke", true?

Cuz "brown drank" just sounds like effluvium.

Koryn wrote:
Nah Purple Drank is soda plus codeine cough syrup (an opioid) plus grape Jolly Ranchers.

Actually that shit is what killed Pimp C. I'm not sure, but heard it put Lil Wayne in the hospital a few times too.
http://www.latimes.com/local/la-me-pimp … story.html

Codeine will shut down your respiratory system in large quantities, from my understanding.

Yes and alcohol is a multiplier.

Enough codeine to get a buzz plus enough alcohol to get a buzz = WAY Fuckered-up!!!!

Koryn wrote:
Codeine will shut down your respiratory system in large quantities, from my understanding.

Yes, that is why it's now a controlled substance--you can only get it with an Rx.

Back in the day as I understand it was available over-the-counter, anyone could waltz in and buy a bottle of codeine cough syrup.

Shadow Dancer wrote:

So a locally variable colloquialism, nice.

I bet she called all "brown drank" "a Coke", true?

Cuz "brown drank" just sounds like effluvium.

She called it "co-coler" actually.

CamelliaFlower wrote:

Yes, that is why it's now a controlled substance--you can only get it with an Rx.

Back in the day as I understand it was available over-the-counter, anyone could waltz in and buy a bottle of codeine cough syrup.

I drank me a mess of codeine cough syrup one time when I was a kid. Probably climbed up on the counter and got it.

It was sugary, so I glugged down enough that they took me to the doctor. He told my parents to put me to bed and not expect me to get up for a while. I don't remember much about it now.

Koryn wrote:

She called it "co-coler" actually.

Co-coler still sounds better than "brown drank"!

Robb Mann wrote:
I'll never understand Texas, where the question "what kind of Coke do you want" can be answered with 'Pepsi' or 'orange'.

That is straightforward and efficient.

I always say "Nothing" or "Water" or "Beer".

Robb Mann wrote:
I'll never understand Texas, where the question "what kind of Coke do you want" can be answered with 'Pepsi' or 'orange'.

That is straightforward and efficient.

I always say "Nothing" or "Water" or "Beer".

My FIRST double post, I swear it's true!!!!

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Robb Mann wrote:
I'll never understand Texas, where the question "what kind of Coke do you want" can be answered with 'Pepsi' or 'orange'.

Shadow Dancer wrote:
.. is straightforward and efficient.

I always say "Nothing" or "Water" or "Beer".

Or, if you're from western North Carolina or eastern Tennessee, it's not even " orange."

It's "arr'nge."

I don't even know how to spell that.

Koryn wrote:
Or, if you're from western North Carolina or eastern Tennessee, it's not even " orange."

It's "arr'nge."

I don't even know how to spell that.

"Ahhrr'nge"?

CamelliaFlower wrote:

"Ahhrr'nge"?

Actually, yeah, that's a little closer.

I'm not very good at phonetic spelling.

Koryn wrote:
Actually, yeah, that's a little closer.

I'm not very good at phonetic spelling.

I get some practice from explaining to Americans how to pronounce words in Chinese.

CamelliaFlower wrote:
I get some practice from explaining to Americans how to pronounce words in Chinese.

Chinese is kind of a bad-ass language. I think you have to basically be a genius just to learn all the cool alphabet-words.

Koryn wrote:
Chinese is kind of a bad-ass language. I think you have to basically be a genius just to learn all the cool alphabet-words.

Honestly most people don't learn literally all of them. Once you learn the most commonly used ones you can read most things.

What cracks me up about the language though is how they create new words for new things with existing characters that already have their own individual meanings, because then the literal meaning of things becomes extremely convoluted and humorous.