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November 27, 2007
Gatorade Inventor Dies: Dr. Robert Cade, Who Created Sports Drink At University Of Florida, Dies At 80
posted by commander cody to culture at 09:41 PM - 12 comments
In college I part-time coached a women's softball team (not the college one) and they wouldn't touch the stuff. They insisted that it tasted like.....ahem....urine. I never thought so.
posted by commander cody at 09:47 PM on November 27, 2007
Then again maybe they were more familiar with that particular taste then I was? I never asked.
posted by commander cody at 09:48 PM on November 27, 2007
"Do I have to drink my own urine?...No, but it's sterile and I like the taste." Patches O'Houlihan
posted by budman13 at 11:20 PM on November 27, 2007
I, for one, will miss rcade.
posted by smithers at 06:20 AM on November 28, 2007
Well, I guess 30+ years of drinking that crap finally destroyed his kidneys. Dr. Cade is still a legend in Gainesville, and his concoction has secured his family's financial status for a generation or more. God bless, Doc. And the orange flavor is frickin' awesome! Don't know why they even bothered making other flavors after that and lemon-lime.
posted by The_Black_Hand at 11:04 AM on November 28, 2007
I, for one, will miss rcade. Hey, now. Anyone remember Gatorgum? It was chemical-tastic.
posted by rcade at 11:17 AM on November 28, 2007
Great flashback rcade. That was absolutely my favorite gum growing up. I had completely forgotten about it. Why, you could rot your teeth and quench your thirst at the same time!
posted by hawkguy at 12:07 PM on November 28, 2007
Gatorgum was great in situations where you've got dry mouth but don't dare drink anything for fear of having to pee. Gatorade made me a hero once. I was on a backcountry trip and nearly everybody got food poisoning. All we had for water was iodized (filtration not an option), and my stash of gatorade powder was the only thing that kept us hydrated. I fell in love with the fruit punch flavor then, but TBH is right, orange was pretty damn good too. Lemon-lime tasted fine, I just couldn't look at it. RIP Dr. Cade, you got us through.
posted by lil_brown_bat at 01:38 PM on November 28, 2007
damn. someone beat me to the rcade joke. oh, well. .
posted by scully at 02:50 PM on November 28, 2007
How many of you can remember the glass Gatorade bottles with the Professional Football Team helmets on the caps? I collected the whole set. It was the first thing I collected as I was about 5 or 6 at the time. That was back when I think the only flavor they had was the citrus one (lemon-lime?). Damn, that was a lot of Gatorade for a little kid to drink. The gum didn't quench my thirst, it just made my mouth water too much. I always thought that just wasn't the same.
posted by THX-1138 at 03:11 PM on November 29, 2007
So who is going to be the first to dump a cooler of Gatorade over his coffin at the funeral?
posted by indigoskye at 01:27 PM on December 01, 2007
I hate that. Gatorade forever.