I <3 Straws! Straws, not to be confused with straw; the yellow, dry, dust mite infested, dead plant material. Straws... They are a grand , multi-colored, smile inducing, pleasing invention!
I actually watched a program, yes admittance of wasting an entire hour of my life that will never be regained, on how they are made. Simply because they are so very loved by me! They come in so many colors and they bend, they are a way to over come many bad situations... Oh, and need I tell you, they are a great chewing toy for an adult?
I willing acknowledge I chew mine to smithereens..For 2 reasons. Reason 1 is when people see the gnawed plastic carcass hanging in a glass- they know without a question that is MY drink, not theirs. Reason 2 because it keeps me from uttering things I know I should not.
Folk close to me know that I can not drink without a straw. If a glass is involved I need one. Period. If I don't have one, I will seek one out and if not offered one, I will take the first unused one I can, even if it means swiping someone else's before they had a chance to put their lips on it :) I do keep a stash in the SUV though, for dire moments.
It is basically a known fact that if it has a straw in a glass, it is mine and it has a 98% chance of being alcohol laced. I have so much confidence in the people I surround myself with, I freely leave my beverage unsupervised because everyone knows to A) watch their own kid cuz I ain't and B) if it is not in my hand & left it unsupervised there is a greater issue in need of my attention & this glass is most certainly filled with tequila, vodka, or spiced rum to calm me when I return for it. The adult consumables are listed in no particular order here, I might add.
Back to straws..They are a perfect way to make sure your beverage is drinkable with out fear of brain freeze or molten lava temperature destroying your taste buds. The straw is like a little beacon that alerts you when the liquid hits the lip area to STOP drinking if the temp is not a glorious tepid warm or the slightly chilled sort.
Straws also make drinking a beverage you think has the flavor similar to what you can only imagine cats hind end would taste like a do-able deed! Serious here, I have had to choke down a drink or 2 that tasted like this..Unfortunately, I made a very unkind remark very similar to this, to a beaming and proud inventor of the “drink special” once. Yes, I am now fully aware you are not to tell another human that the “special” tastes like; another not so nice word for DONKEY.
Here is a Hint to save face in relationships-use a STRAW. For there was no straw in the @$$ flavored drink, if there had been I might, and I only think this because of my deep love of straws think this, might have been able to drink it & not embarrassed my then-boyfriend with my observation!
On that note, I shall drink my slightly too strong, but wonderful drink through a straw. It is very strong indeed, but the beautiful, bright straw somehow manages to calm it down. There is just some kind of magic that flexed plastic creates..They never did explain the smile educing magic part in the How a Straw is made clip, but it does not matter, the magic is there and saves me DAILY!!!!
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