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The Ultimate Cool....The Suicide Soda

So I'm waiting in line to fill up with a drink at the McDonald's on Holliday, and three young boys are milling about....taking their time.

I'm eternally patient with kids, so this was no big deal. But it was funny to watch what happened.

One after another...the trio put a little of every one of the drinks on the tap in their cups. A mixture known as:

The Suicide.

From left to right, they filled their cups with:

Coke, Diet Coke, Sprite, Hi-C Orange, Blue Mountain PowerAde, Dr. Pepper, Diet Dr. Pepper and Lemonade.

These kids were the coolest kids in the entire land.

I remember this odd drink combo growing up. I have no idea why anybody would actually do it, but it was cool if you did. So of course, I did. I didn't want to be the sissy boy who couldn't handle 7 beverages mixed together at once.

The youngest of the three (maybe 2-3 years younger) followed suit without questioning the rationality of the moment. All he knew was that it was cool to drink everything. I just stood their smiling. I didn't know this was still a cool thing for kids to do.

What's odd is...I don't remember at what age this becomes not cool anymore. I know it did eventually. But when? Ten...12 years old?

What makes me smile more is this isn't just some fad. I don't remember it being cool to wear skin-tight spandex shirts. How long was it wide-spread cool to wear black Converse All-Stars. But I remember Suicide Sodas.

Not that I'd ever try one again....that's gross now.

Posted by Jason Palmer at 12:31 PM | Permalink | Comments (0)