We've all gulped down a glass of Kool-Aid, and sported the red-stained lips that come along with, on a hot summer day, but have you ever dyed your hair with the stuff or snacked on a pickle that had been soaking in Kool-Aid for a week straight?

If you answered "huh?" then you might be surprised to learn that Kool-Aid can be used for a-whole-lot more than just making sickeningly sweet drinks. That's why we asked our followers on the It's a Southern Thing Facebook page what alternative uses for Kool-Aid they've tried, and we got more than 1,000 replies ranging from yarn dye to toilet cleaner and everything in-between.

You can see 20 of the replies below, and you can see all of them on our Facebook page.

"Hair dye for high school spirit week. Just don’t submerge your entire head in the the sink full of Kool-Aid in order to dye your hair. That red dye also works well dying skin. And, well, just don’t. It was a bad spirit week for me, okay?" -- Laura Eckard

"When we were kids, we would make Kool-Aid using half the water amount called for on the package. We would add it, a spoonful at a time, to a glass of Coke to make our own cherry Cokes." -- Beverly Blissitt

"You're going to see the desperation in this one. If you use the cherry flavor with extra sugar and just enough water to make a syrup, you can substitute that for grenadine when making a tequila sunrise." -- Russell Veach

"I have a friend who spins yarn, dyes it with Kool-Aid then knits or crochets the yarn." -- Elizabeth Lynn

"Mix cherry Kool-Aid with cubed chicken breast and let sit in the sun a couple of days for some good catfish bait." -- David LeMaster

"Use a store-bought pie crust and mix a packet of Kool-Aid with Cool Whip. Spoon that into the crust, and you're good to go. We did this a lot as children." -- Debra Helms

"If you put a package of lemonade Kool-Aid in the toilet bowl overnight, it helps get rid of the hard water stains." -- Anne Heavner

"Mix Kool-Aid with a couple tablespoons of water, then cover grapes with the mixture. Freeze and enjoy. Great alternative to candy." -- Lauren Salyer

​"Kool-Aid and Jell-O dry packets mixed together with water made killer popsicles when I was a kid." -- Rich Stephens

"I have used the dry mix packages to color Easter eggs. Just mix with vinegar and a small amount of water. It makes the best dye you will ever use." -- Randy Davis

"Grape Kool-Aid powder sprinkled on pork skins with hot sauce. When I was a kid, I went over to a friend's house, and he was eating that for a snack. I remember it kind of blowing my mind with how surprisingly good it was." -- Chris Thomas

"We’ve successfully used strawberry Kool-Aid powder mixed with deer corn to bait our hog traps. True story!" -- Wendy Barthe Peavy

"When I was in the military, I was a cook. I used Kool-Aid to clean the grill off after we finished each meal. It worked like a charm." -- Susan Smith Glisson

"When I was a cadet in the Virginia Tech Corps of Cadets, grape Kool-Aid powder was used, unofficially, to shine brass." -- David Firth

"Add a small amount to children’s medicine if they don’t like the taste." -- Laura Atkins Reinemann

"You can add sugarless Kool-Aid to home made playdough for smell and color." -- Cheryl Classick

"Sprinkle the dry powder on sliced apples to keep them from turning brown. It tastes good too." -- Delle Haney Black

"Mix dry white or yellow cake mix, two eggs, a stick of butter and a packet of unsweetened Kool-Aid then bake at 350 degrees for around 10 minutes for some really tasty cookies!" -- Mary Morris Schwartzbauer

"Add Kool-Aid to a jar of pickles and let it sit in the fridge for a week. Cherry is the best." -- Kathleen Wszolek Tallent

"Take several packets of unsweetened Cherry Kool-Aid, unscrew the shower head and pour as much as will fit in the head. Replace shower head. Wait for the next user's reaction." -- Brian Whisenhunt

When I was a kid, Mom called my brother and me home each night to eat our supper. But on weekends, we had Sunday dinner, which occurred in the afternoon, not long after church services.

Some people use either word to mean the evening meal, while some use them interchangeably to refer to the main meal of the day. I call both the evening and the main meal of the day "cake" because that's what I prefer to eat. But maybe that's just me.

If you've heard southerners use "supper" with more frequency, there's a reason for that. "Dinner" and "supper" have backstories, according to Reader's Digest, and now we have a choice to make. But why does it have to be so complicated? Let's just say breakfast is first, lunch is second, and cake is third ... and fourth.

Let them eat cake.AL.com file Pho

At some point, I unconsciously made a choice – I've dropped my childhood habits and now I say "dinner" for the nighttime meal.

Here's why: Through the middle of the 19th century, Americans ate their lightest meal at night and their heaviest meal in the middle of the day. That's because farmers needed plenty of calories to keep them going on those long days in the fields. Back then, the heavy noon meal was known as "dinner" and the light evening meal was called "supper." It makes sense that in the south, where a large percentage of the population farmed, we referred to the meal we ate at night as "supper." (That's also a reason Thanksgiving and Christmas meals are typically called "dinners" even if they are served in the afternoon.)

Library of Congress/Wikimedia Commons

With this change, "dinner" came to be used at night because it was now the "main" meal of the day. But where does that leave poor "supper?" It derives from the French word "souper," which means "evening meal." So now we have two words for the nighttime meal. Three, if you count "cake."

A church "supper."Library of Congress/Wikimedia Commons

Confused yet? Now you know why I made an alternate choice. I prefer to save my energy for actually eating dinner/supper/cake. Who cares what it's called?

There are few things Southerners love more than college football, which is why tailgating has become a Saturday ritual for so many of us.

It's not just the game taking place on the field that makes tailgating great though. It's the chance to spend time with family and friends while endlessly munching on a full spread of snacks for eight hours straight.

Of course, we can go a little overboard with our tailgating spreads and setups. We may or may not be known to take all the best parts of the inside of a house -- like the couch, television and everything in the fridge -- and move it outside, but hey. Anything in the name of football, right?

You might think spending a whole day hanging out sounds like a lot, but lucky for us, Southerners usually have plenty to say.

With that in mind, you can watch our video, "Things Southerners Say at a Tailgate" here.

Regardless of which Southern state you reside within,Southern towns and cities seem to revolve around Walmart. For many of us, it is the most convenient part of our daily lives. You can grab milk, eggs, car parts, bikes, toys, cooking supplies, hunting gear, and fashions all in one place. And, you can do it really early or really late, in most cases.

But, that convenience comes at a price. Weirdos tend to lurk within the aisles of Walmart, looking to take advantage of the sweet deals. And, even your run-of-the-mill citizen can have a bad day or an awkward moment. Somehow, our lowest moments tend to creep up on us when we're in the middle of bargain shopping.

So, we asked the readers of It's A Southern Thing, "What are some of the strangest things you've witnessed at your local Walmart?" Of course, you guys had a lot of strange stories. Here are some of the best from those of you who've been puzzled as customers and employees of the wonderful and perplexing Wally World.

Amy Heustis Mathews - "A guy walking around in his robe and slippers pulling his IV stand around with him. Got him some groceries and a meal from the McDonald's in there.

(Across the street from the hospital. Apparently, they weren't feeding him over there and whatever was in his IV bag wasn't doing it for him.)"

Christoff White relayed a story from his stepsister - "You know how the carts at Walmart are always stuck together? I was using all my force to free a cart,and just as the cart let go,my left boob popped out of my strapless maxi dress. I yanked my dress up,and turned to see the Walmart greeter watching my struggle.All I could say was, 'I bet you don't see that every day.' He replied, 'You'd be surprised at what I see.'"

Denise Barrett - "A Walmart emptied out mid day because a raccoon ran in to get cool and eat out of the 100 degree heat. The news team there and wildlife control chasing the little guy up and down the isles. They chased him then he'd chase them. I guess they finally caught him as the store was reopen a few hours later. Covington, Tn. Last month"

Laura Davies - "Wouldn't say weirdest, but certainly the most memorable. Twenty or so years ago, I worked at Walmart as a cashier to pay for college textbooks. Dude came through my line... pastel striped cowboy shirt opened to his navel that was tucked into white polyester pants with matching shoes. He was wearing several heavy gold chains that were probably fake. He was balding with his hair greased into a long braid, had a huge potbelly, missing teeth, and, I kid you not, braided chest hair. And then he hit on me...."

Ashley Brandon - A lady wearing butt-less chaps and bikini top and the time people had a baby (around 7-8 months old) wearing a plain white shirt and no diaper- with his boy parts out and about with no buggy cover and they weren't even buying diapers nor were they carrying a diaper bag

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Lisa Tomlin - "This morning I saw like 3 or 4 women in motorized wheelchairs one right after another. They were following each other up and down the aisles. No joke. Reminded me of Nascar."

Tracy Agee-Thomas - After church one Sunday afternoon, I decided to stop at Walmart (about one and a half miles away from my house) for a couple things. As I was walking down one of the main isles facing an entrance, the double doors slid open and what seemed like slow motion at the time...a big, goofy, uncoordinated, yellow lab came bounding through the open doors running right at me. I stood in shock as I slowly realized that it was my big, goofy, uncoordinated, tongue hanging out, slobber slopping all over the place, yellow lab that I had left home in our backyard about 3hrs prior.

Tali Morse Wells - "12/23/16 - getting all the last minute prep items for Christmas dinner and I turn down the frozen food aisle where I am thrown up on by a very sweaty, pale lady. Her projectile vomit right down my front...trying not to lose my spit, I just backed up, shook off my shirt and hands, left my cart and walked as fast as I could to the car. I tore off my shirt, threw it on the floor board and hauled A home. Parked in the garage where I got out and sprayed down with Lysol before I showered. It was horrible!!!"

Tiffany Erb - "A mom pushing a cart with her child and a potty training toilet in it. Didn't think anything of it until I walked by her and noticed there was something inside it. Ran into them again and heard her and her friend talking about how it's more convenient to have the daughter use the training toilet while she shops, so that she doesn't have to keep running to the bathroom"

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