So what’s the deal with straws?

The last one?

dv said:

So what’s the deal with straws?

in what way?

I don’t understand the question.

I don’t like them. Too much vinegar is put on them.

About 1 AUD fo a pack of 100.

I don’t like paper straws. They get soggy too fast.

at certain fast food restaurants you can probably only have one

I use them as inlet flow straighteners in one of my cars. Without them, the turbulent airflow creates unstable readings on the airflow sensor and makes the engine run poorly. I have yet to put a proper mesh airflow straightener in the inlet system.

Without straws to fashion men out of, how on earth could we have internet arguments?

I don’t understand the question.
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It is not a question, it is an argument.

dv said:

So what’s the deal with straws?

I guess you mean Strawbs.

They were an English progressive rock band with folky influences, in mid to late 60’s.

Strangely, I was never really into them.

So DV what are these threads about?

Witty Rejoinder said:

So DV what are these threads about?

straws

What I mean is, what is the point of them?

Sipping all too difficult for some people?

dv said:

What I mean is, what is the point of them?

Sipping all too difficult for some people?

Perhaps it is a lipstick issue?

dv said:

What I mean is, what is the point of them?

Sipping all too difficult for some people?

Well, they are handy if you’re trying to drink on the move – say in a car or while walking/jogging or something like that.

i don’t use straws myself, but I usually have a water bottle in the car if I’m doing a trip of more than half an hour. I have some bottles with the top-up teat rather than using screw-top lids. I guess straws are just an old-fashioned solution before they invented top-up teats.

you can drink through a straw without tilting your head back…

dv said:

What I mean is, what is the point of them?

Sipping all too difficult for some people?

I use them to drink milkshakes, otherwise my moustache would be all milkified.

The benefit is you can respectably blow bubbles into a liquid you’re drinking, rather than through your lips like when a baby. It’s also an early introduction to how to get a siphon started for later in life transfering fuel from someone elses vehicle for your own, or a friends, which is always a handy skill.

The Queensland Straw Factory is located in Burpengary.

Arts said:

at certain fast food restaurants you can probably only have one

at the tower restaurant in Canberra, you can have only one

most times its half of one

CrazyNeutrino said:

Arts said:

at certain fast food restaurants you can probably only have one

at the tower restaurant in Canberra, you can have only one

most times its half of one

Atthe Highlanderrestaurant…

There can be only one…

stumpy_seahorse said:

CrazyNeutrino said:

Arts said:

at certain fast food restaurants you can probably only have one

at the tower restaurant in Canberra, you can have only one

most times its half of one

Atthe Highlanderrestaurant…

There can be only one…

And only one of a kind

They’re useful for people with head, mouth or neck injuries.

dv said:

What I mean is, what is the point of them?

Sipping all too difficult for some people?

Some people don’t like to put their mouth on the edge of a can, straws
Some times females wear lipstick and don’t want to get it messed up, straws
Sometimes drinking cider from a bottle is more ladylike with a straw
There is a theory that drinking alcohol through straws helps with inebriation, straws
Some people are too ill or infirm to sit up properly to drink, straws (bendy)
Some children find it easier to drink from adult containers, straws
If you are sharing a drink and you all have your own straws it’s considered more hygienic
Not getting the liquid on your upper lip, straws
Being able to continue to watch/drive/keep eye contact, straws
Explaining certain laws of physics, straws
Hiding from pursuing lawmen in a creek, straws

By using a bendy straw, the snorkel manoeuvre works well in stubby drinking competitions to give you an unfair advantage

a straw makes an excellent pea shooter

Arts said:

some people don’t like to put their mouth on the edge of a can, straws
Some times females wear lipstick and don’t want to get it messed up, straws
Sometimes drinking cider from a bottle is more ladylike with a straw
There is a theory that drinking alcohol through straws helps with inebriation, straws
Some people are too ill or infirm to sit up properly to drink, straws (bendy)
Some children find it easier to drink from adult containers, straws
If you are sharing a drink and you all have your own straws it’s considered more hygienic
Not getting the liquid on your upper lip, straws
Being able to continue to watch/drive/keep eye contact, straws
Explaining certain laws of physics, straws
Hiding from pursuing lawmen in a creek, straws

putting holes in potatoes, straws.

;-)

Arts said:

Sometimes drinking cider from a bottle is more ladylike with a straw

Also shared drinking of cider with a straw is said to lead to marriage.

The Rev Dodgson said:

Arts said:

Sometimes drinking cider from a bottle is more ladylike with a straw

Also shared drinking of cider with a straw is said to lead to marriage.

Documentary evidence:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EwVL_UNsAug#t=27

Straws are useful for teaching the principles of triangulated truss structures:

http://www.technologystudent.com/struct1/model1.htm

getting to the good stuff in those novelty cocktails chock full of fruit and paper umbrellas, straw

breaking a camel’s back. straw.

making men forming the basis of weak arguments, straw

stuffing scarecrows, straw

Fix a leaky bucket, straw.

the last straw. straw.

a nice berry, straw

the patron saint of nudity. straw.

there are entrances and there are exits and in between are the straws…

Straw Bale

Straw Hat

Making a mudbrick house using straw walls

Feeding straw to livestock

Making Compost with straw

well, now you are just getting silly :p

Well when I were wee lad, Lionel, the none too bright rich kid used to bring straws to school to drink his milk with, they weren’t ordinary straws they were magical flavoured straws, chocolate, strawberry etc.
We were all nice to Lionel because he would sometimes give us the used straw to drink our milk with, and the other reason we were nice to Lionel was because he had been held back in that grade for some time and he was quite big.

Arts said:

well, now you are just getting silly :p

well it is a silly straw thread

how about a Straw Poll in WA?

Construction of allegorical houses, to be blown over by a wolf, straw.

For throwing to the wind, to see which way it is blowing, straw

The Final Straw
By Steve Turner

I hit my sister
My dad got mad.
Dad said . “Get right in your bed. Now.”

So I did. I got right in.
I slit open the mattress
With a sharpened blade
and I slid right in.

It was a tight fit between those springs.

So Dad said, “That’s destuctive.
Stay in your room. And don’t you dare come out.
So I did.

Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday.
I stayed in my room.

I got lonely . And hungry.
So Dad said, “ Come down here and eat some food.
Now you eat everything. You hear?
So I did.

I ate the egg, the chips and the beans.
The plate, the knife, the fork.
The table.
so Dad said.” You’ve gone too far. You make me sick to death.

So I picked up the phone.
I called an ambulance.
Come quickly. My Dad’s sick….
How sick? Sick to death.

The sound of sirens soon filled the street.
They carried Dad off on a stretcher.
They had to strap him down to stop him struggling.
So Dad said. That’s the final straw!!
(But it wasn’t. There was a spare one stuck onto a carton of fruit juice in the fridge.)

To make berries with.

If, by chance, your straw is of a different length to everyone else’s then you will be the first to face the peril…

“The first known straws were made by the Sumerians, and were used for drinking beer” – wikipedia

Shandy drinkers too I bet.

After abdominal surgery, you can drink whilst lying down.

Divine Angel said:

After abdominal surgery, you can drink whilst lying down.

fixed

party_pants said:

you can drink through a straw without tilting your head back…

I can drink from a cup without tilting my head back.

Arts said:

dv said:

What I mean is, what is the point of them?

Sipping all too difficult for some people?

Some people don’t like to put their mouth on the edge of a can, straws
Some times females wear lipstick and don’t want to get it messed up, straws
Sometimes drinking cider from a bottle is more ladylike with a straw
There is a theory that drinking alcohol through straws helps with inebriation, straws
Some people are too ill or infirm to sit up properly to drink, straws (bendy)
Some children find it easier to drink from adult containers, straws
If you are sharing a drink and you all have your own straws it’s considered more hygienic
Not getting the liquid on your upper lip, straws
Being able to continue to watch/drive/keep eye contact, straws
Explaining certain laws of physics, straws
Hiding from pursuing lawmen in a creek, straws

Need something to clutch at, straws

dv said:

Arts said:

dv said:

What I mean is, what is the point of them?

Sipping all too difficult for some people?

Some people don’t like to put their mouth on the edge of a can, straws
Some times females wear lipstick and don’t want to get it messed up, straws
Sometimes drinking cider from a bottle is more ladylike with a straw
There is a theory that drinking alcohol through straws helps with inebriation, straws
Some people are too ill or infirm to sit up properly to drink, straws (bendy)
Some children find it easier to drink from adult containers, straws
If you are sharing a drink and you all have your own straws it’s considered more hygienic
Not getting the liquid on your upper lip, straws
Being able to continue to watch/drive/keep eye contact, straws
Explaining certain laws of physics, straws
Hiding from pursuing lawmen in a creek, straws

Need something to clutch at, straws

Need to finish this thread. Final straw

German composer called Richard, straws.

Clutching at, straws.

sibeen said:

Clutching at, straws.

I already did that one

Housing project for homeless pigs.

Being a 70s trendoid

Explorer called Lecki, straws

Basil: They can get your DNA any way they can. Through touching, kissing, the rim of a glass. Why do you think I drink out of this crazy straw? Not so crazy now!