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Old 07-23-06, 07:56 PM
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I think I'll stick with the black sparks...
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Originally Posted by HereNT
I think I'll stick with the black sparks...
BLACK Sparks? Haven't seen that around here -- what does it taste like?
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Sparks Plus - tastes more "chemicaly" than the orange Sparks. (but is 7% instead of 6%)

I'm actually drinking one right now.
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that extra percent is totally not worth it
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wow - who ever knew that you could put liquid schitt in a can, dye it orange, add alcohol, and sell it under the name SPARKS? Whoever took charge and started Sparks is smarter than the guy who invented the pet rock.
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I'm on my third can of the night and I'll be going strong until i see the sunrise (man, pulling an all-nighter for work is never fun)
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here in muskegon the drink for the summer is a Panty Dropper, man i dont know but ive seen some crazy sh*t go down since everyone started drinking them. oh and sparks is always there. i know a guy who drinks all day and when he needs to eat he drinks a sparks, he's hardcore punk as sh*t...well thats what he thinks.
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can someone please explain to me why sparks is so much better than caff. beverage + vodka/rum/whiskey?

Also, it's not summer without haffenreffer, mint juleps, and old fashioneds.
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Originally Posted by Landgolier
can someone please explain to me why sparks is so much better than caff. beverage + vodka/rum/whiskey?
You don't have to mix it, it has a consistent, predictable taste, and the can is shiny.
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sparks is like drinking a pixie stick
thats my $0.02
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sparks is like drinking some horrible concoction that costs two bucks a can.

drink beer, *******.
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Originally Posted by 666pack
drink beer, *******.
Beer makes me fall asleep though, and I'm not tough enough to smoke.
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then it looks like you need to find other substances to abuse.
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Originally Posted by 666pack
drink beer, *******.
That gets done too, but why lock yourself into any one thing at such an early age?
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Originally Posted by 666pack
sparks is like drinking some horrible concoction that costs two bucks a can.

drink beer, *******.
this made my day.

thank you
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Originally Posted by Landgolier
can someone please explain to me why sparks is so much better than caff. beverage + vodka/rum/whiskey?
My GF is a Sparks fan because Sparks seems to have more waking power than Red Bull/Rockstar, and Sparks costs $1.50, whereas the other bevs cost $2-2.50.

Plus Sparks gets you hyphy.

It does keep me up really well in a way that Red Bull doesn't. Probably because of the hyphy quotient.
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no, hyphy juice gets you hyphy.



fwiw colt 45 + sparks isnt quite as bad as it sounds, though pretty close. i always thought sparks tasted like shock tarts.
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oh, and everyone should boycott sparks anyway, they just backed out on us for sponsoring the MnG due to "corporate restructuring."

****ers.
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Originally Posted by onetwentyeight
i always thought sparks tasted like shock tarts.
thank god i'm not the only one.

that's lame that sparks backed out, i don't think they realize that they're pissing in their only reliable customer pool.

from now on i'll be drinking vodka and wheat grass. it's called a lawnmower, and i got the idea where i get all my great ideas. the simpsons.
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i like vodka and orangina, mostly because I realized that it could only have one possible name, and that was "vagina."
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Originally Posted by Aeroplane
You don't have to mix it, it has a consistent, predictable taste, and the can is shiny.
Who said anything about mixing? And if you can't predict what any major booze group is going to taste like with any major sugar drink group, you just need to drink more. If you're drinking stuff from cans that aren't shiny, you definitely need to drink less.

(All in fun, kids, I don't care what anybody drinks. Except for southpaw, that **** sucks, don't get fooled by a sale on that one. But that's like a PSA, not snobbery. Oh, and blue moon is made by coors, and friends don't let friends drink republican beer.)

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Originally Posted by Landgolier
And if you can't predict what any major booze group is going to taste like with any major sugar drink group, you just need to drink more. If you're drinking stuff from cans that aren't shiny, you definitely need to drink less.
Awesome. I can get behind this emotion. Plus the whole "Sparks dropped the MNG" thing.
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