Red Bull

[OCanadaOurHomeAndNativeLand]

http://www.gyao.jp/sports/redbull/img/what_img002.jpg
Now available on The Rock :w00t:

They snuck it in under my radar...just noticed today. Good news for our vegan, Jewish, and Muslim friends. According to the ever-reliable Wikipedia,

Red Bull is suitable for vegetarians and vegans; it does not contain any animal products or substances derived from animals, and is gluten, wheat and dairy free. Red Bull is kosher (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kosher), according to KF Federation of Synagogues, Rabbi M.D. Elzas, London. Red Bull is also halal, according to the Muslim Judicial Council. Imaam Y. Harris, Cape Town.

[Fire4Effect]

Has your radar been broken? ONe of the guys I work with says he's been getting it at the Commisary for 3 years.

[socalheart]

RED BULL is like legal crak. :grin1:

[DoctorP]

Has your radar been broken? ONe of the guys I work with says he's been getting it at the Commisary for 3 years.

Newsflash...eelecurb can't shop at the commissary...pretty sure he's talking about it being availble locally.

[OCanadaOurHomeAndNativeLand]

Yup, dropped by Lawson's conbini for a quick pick-me-up before some coaching at school, and instead of the ol' Lipobitan D, there were some cold silver cans just a waitin' for me :)

edit: Robert E. Lee quote for the day..."
Did it ever occur to you that when you reach middle life, you may need a stimulant, and if you have accustomed yourself to taking stimulants in your early life it will require so much more to have the desired effect at a time when you may need it? How much better it would be if the young man would leave intoxicants in his student days."

[dk]

Newsflash...eelecurb can't shop at the commissary...pretty sure he's talking about it being availble locally.
Wait, some people can't shop on base??? :scratchchin:

[okisteve]

What's a "base"?

[Oki alumni]

Irregaw shopping like Froida vote...do early, do often! Only 187 more shopping daze till Christmas!!! (sarcastic comment made in jest)

-Oki Alumni:old:

[Sex Wax]

I wash cars on Base, and I drink Red Bull. But I prefer Rockstar. We have had Red Bull from AlTek for awhile now for Fujiyama and the Gate 2 Garage.

[Oki alumni]

Th' Bull's been available on military mainland for at LEAST a year. AAFES shoppette is even charging outrageous prices for bullslushies. AAFES...we go where you go, because we want..your dough! We save you money every day...and the check's in the mail, and I'm from the government, and I'm here to HELP you! Guess who isn't enthralled with AAFES? LOL, but that's just ME.

-Oki Alumni:old:

[OCanadaOurHomeAndNativeLand]

Oh, it's been available locally on the mainland for probably two years. I'm sure it came to Okinawa a while back, but seems like the local conbini just started carrying it.

[OCanadaOurHomeAndNativeLand]

Since they're 275 yen for a single in conbini, it'd be 1100 yen for a 4-pack locally. $7 doesn't sound so bad...

[Oki alumni]

Okay...probably at LEAST a 100% markup, and let's say that's "low end". That's (overall) a helluva lot of dontation to MWR...worldwide 'cause the whole thang don't go to the base where it was generated.

-Oki Alumni

(considering the alternative, I guess it's still a good price, no matter HOW much ya get soaked for.)

[OCanadaOurHomeAndNativeLand]

http://ni.chol.as/wp-content/uploads/2007/05/img-8896flickrl.jpg
When do the king cans come out here?!

[okisteve]

What's the big deal about Red Bull etc? Aren't they all basically super caffeine sodas?

[OCanadaOurHomeAndNativeLand]

They claim the taurine and a few other things do the trick...

http://www.wired.com/science/discoveries/magazine/15-07/st_redbull

Inositol, glucuronolactone, and the usual suspects.

[okisteve]

But couldn't you get the same effect just by drinking bull bile?

[OCanadaOurHomeAndNativeLand]

You gonna hold the bull? I think cow's urine also contains taurine.

http://healthpsych.psy.vanderbilt.edu/Taurine.htm

[Oki alumni]

Oh no...Red Bull...why ya want that when you've got Calpis (pron: kao-pis) easily available...AND it's fermented to help keep the little ones sedated!!!

-Oki Alumni:old:

[Oki alumni]

Probably a LOT worse than drinking the sweat from someone named Pokari. ;)

-Oki Alumni:old:

[Sex Wax]

Oh no...Red Bull...why ya want that when you've got Calpis (pron: kao-pis) easily available...AND it's fermented to help keep the little ones sedated!!!

-Oki Alumni:old:

No...its more fun to pronounce it as "Cow Piss", and ask as many Locals as possible.

"Sumimasen....Cow Piss aru?"