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Originally Posted by K9-Lovers
I've always heard the phrase "there must be something in the water" in cases where lots of people are drawn to or are in the same situation. For example, if several women in an office are pregnant at the same time, or if lots of people act silly . . . people tend to say, "well, there must be something in the water".
It's true that the saying "Don't drink the Kool-Aid" originated from the Jonestown tragedy. So, why don't we all agree to substitute the word "water" for kool aid when talking about TV? Let's dump this hurtful phrase when referring to TV. Then we don't have to discuss it any longer; we don't have to see it in print; there no longer will be a negative impression about TV to newbies on this forum, who naturally will associate the Kool-Aid phrase with Jonestown and wonder why it's being said about TV; and there will not longer be a reminder to those who suffered personally from the actions at Jonestown.
Let's all agree to stop using that phrase and instead say:
There must be something in the water here in The Villages, because everyone who visits wants to stay. I drank lots of that Villages water during my first visit, now here I am a FROG, drinking the water every day and loving it! So, don't drink the WATER or you, too, will want to buy a home in TV!
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You are kidding...right? If not, this is absolutely absurd
...how on earth could this mandate be communicated to all TV folks and newbies still to come...are we to walk the streets carrying banners, publish it in the Daily Sun, hire planes to letter the skies with our newest proclamations of acceptable phraseology...heaven help me...I've got to go whack some golf balls now!