On Monday, October 16, 2017 at 9:49:31 AM UTC-10, Cindy Hamilton wrote:
> On Monday, October 16, 2017 at 3:27:11 PM UTC-4, dsi1 wrote:
> > On Monday, October 16, 2017 at 9:02:14 AM UTC-10, Casa de Masa wrote:
> > >
> > >
> > > Do you like Hawaiian Punch? Because I loved it as a kid. It sort of
> > > helped me forget about all the abuse I suffered at the hands of my
> > > alcoholic uncle.
> >
> > Yes I do. Now more than ever. We call it "fruit punch." That's another thing that's wrong about the mainland. When I go to a McDonald's or any restaurant and order a fruit punch, they look at me with a dumb expression on their face. What's wrong with you people!? It's red, it's sweet. What's not to like?
>
> It's too sweet, that's what's not to like.
>
> Of course, this comes from someone who always used only 50% of the sugar
> called for on the Kool-ade package.
>
> Cindy Hamilton

It can be a bit sweet for some folks. That's why we like to water it down a bit - with Sprite.

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