To put red bull in the base of the school's punch bowl at the summer fair?

[Papercutter]

I am NEVER getting roped into anything again! It's the summer fair shortly and I got collared by the PTA queen bee and I found myself agreeing to staff the beer tent. It's an all day job, and last year the tent was sweltering and full of wasps.

This year she's decided that on top of the very specific requests for various spirits ("oh be a darling and ask Clare to bring a couple of bottles of gin") we need a fruit punch for the kids rather than fruit shoots etc, because punch is more healthy and less waste. She's got a point about the waste admittedly.

This thankless task has fallen to me. WIBU to throw in gallons of redbull and just see what happens?

[TheWitTank]

You do know she's not really serious about the red bull right?

[Collaborate]

OP - I think not everyone got it that you're not really serious about this. Or are you thinking of using live hand grenades for the coconut shy?

[YouTheCat]

Just make your hands up to look like a very nasty case of impetigo. That'll get you out of it without the need for red bull in the punch (which is potentially very dangerous).

[ShadowFire]

Couldn't putting Red Bull in the children's punch be dangerous? Especially if some of them are sensitive to caffeine?

Caffeine can have some nasty side effects and there's no way you can know whether the children at the school fair are sensitive to caffeine or not.

[Morloth]

Yep that much caffeine could be dangerous. Might be best to balance out with some vodka? Or mix in some of those alcopop things, we call those 'kiddy booze'

[NoArmaniNoPunani]

I thought red bull was banned for sale to children. If it isn't it bloody should be.

[SweetPeaSoup]

It sounds like a giggle, but I think that that amount of caffeine can be dangerous for children, can't it?

[differentnameforthis]

SDTGisAnEvilWolefGenius yeah, you have a point there!

[WombatStewForTea]

We had a bar at our school fair once. It was a really nice day and everyone enjoyed sitting out in the sun. Problem was that we couldn't get people to go home! It went on hours longer than it should have and we all wanted to go home! Not had a bar since

[Sallystyle]

A beer tent at a kids fair?

All we got today was cakes, tea, coffee and squash.

And they didn't even sell the muffins I bloody made!

[Changeasgoodasis]

Please don't
www.livescience.com/48765-energy-drinks-side-effects.html

[Jackie0]

This all sounds so posh, I bet whatever you do it will be fab

[Ubik1]

Surely if your kid has allergies you don't risk drinking the school fair 'punch' ???

[Ubik1]

I am so jealous you are allowed a bar

The punch sounds fab. You could give little packs of haribo along with the punch.

Even better, I once scandalised some alpha mummies by turning up to a picnic with cheapo ice poles from lidl. The blue ones are ace. Just have them in a cool box, 50p a shot.

[gruber]

I was about to say what Dawn said. My son has highly specific allergies and if I gave him fruit punch thinking it was ok but it actually had Red Bull in, he would be vomiting and in agony for the next 24 hours. I would be furious. Please, please don't do something so irresponsible and short sighted. You may think it's a laugh. It could hospitalise my son.

[Dawndonnaagain]

erm, some children are allergic to some of the ingredients and certainly the caffiene could be dangerous for some.

[SocksRock]

We always have a bar, easy enough with a Temporary Event Notice. Costs about £25 I think. Easily the most profitable bit of the fair :-)

[NerrSnerr]

Beast- it is vegetarian energydrink-uk.redbull.com/suitable-for-vegetarians

[Papercutter]

Going to do it. I bloody am.

Will report back!

[Butteredparsnips]

I'd do it. it will make decorate a biscuit so much better.

[70isaLimitNotaTarget]

Best their website says it's vegan suitable, gluten free.

Is this the bulls sperm/bulls testicle thing?
(I've never drunk it myself)

[70isaLimitNotaTarget]

Bake a few chocolate brownies and millionaire shortbread using a hefty % of Ex-Lax then retire at a safe distance
I have NEVER done this though considered it frequently.

[Icimoi]

Goodness, ASettler, I've never known a school fair NOT have a bar. As said upthread, it's easily the most profitable stall and frankly, if I have to flog round school fairs on hot summer Saturdays failing to win raffles and tombolas, I need a long, icy lager to survive.

My bitter experience on the other side of the stall counter is of bitches people failing to turn up to take their slot on the rota, leaving the mug in the earlier slot, generally me, with no choice but to carry on.

[Frizzcat]

Like others have said use squash but the full sugar one. Add some lucozade, will deliver similar buzz but it's shorter lived. Therefore the kids will only wreck the school fayre and not their parents homes. HTH

[wafflyversatile]

I think your best plan is to loudly, and with a straight face, make plans to put red bull in the punch in front of the organiser so that she relieves you of your duties.