The great straw debate!

[KindaFamiliar 3,867]

@@CHM

"Straws Are Good" Awareness?

Oh you mean SAGA...

How apt...

[LisaMergs 2,854]

If anyone needs me, I'll be in the padded, white, rubber room...

Let me know if you need some company. I've got nothing going on until Monday.

You must be bypass because sleevers don't have pouches.

My pouch makes me feel so damn special in the midst of all of you cool sleevers!

I hope I'm not stretching it by drinking this Jones Zilch vanilla Bean soda. From the bottle. With a straw.

My pouch will join yours in feeling " special ". I've always been told I was "special" so why not my pouch too???

[LisaMergs 2,854]

What's happening Monday?

The First Annual "Straws are Good" Awareness Benefit. Or the end of a 10 year long vacation. One of the two...

But probably the former!

I'm a charter member of SAGA. My life has been one long one.....

[jintycb 721]

Just woken up, sitting in my pit having my first cuppa and thought I'd dip into this thread. Being in the UK I kinda feel like the little pig in the middle of Aus and USA time wise but it works for me. I really was laughing out loud-very loud and there was a definite snort when the white, preferably padded room was mentioned. Ooooooh.........eeeeerrrrrrrrr........ You don't think all this laughter could damage my sleeve/pouch. I have been gulping in air during my laughing fits and I'm SURE that I must be swallowing most of it. Need to finish this post as I must search the web and failing getting any scary info there will contact my sister-in-law's third cousin twice removed half brother's niece as I heard that she knows what's she's talking about as she thought about having WLS. [emoji6]

[Dub 9,922]

Straw question for the straw members ?

Do you prefer a straw with the flexible accordion joint.......or the long thick pipe style straws that come with bucket sized drinks ?

Have you ever tried to work with a little coffee-stirrer sized straw. Did you find it a fun challenge or get frustrated by the effort required vs the tiny reward ?

Do you prefer the straw to fit your vessel or is oversized always better ?

Do you ever chew on your straws ?

These are the things I wonder over this morning's coffee.< /p>

[chrisredjeep 357]

Love it minty and Dub have spluttered coffee all over my desk reading this!

[Dub 9,922]

Love it minty and Dub have spluttered coffee all over my desk reading this!

Interdasting.......see.....now this brings forth other questions to mind.......for example: how do you approach these sputterings that have occurred........do you stop and wipe them up......or keep on being a trooper until the .....the coffee....is finished.

Personally, I think that spitters are quitters.

I admire and appreciate when the job gets done fully.....when the task at hand is.....well...is no longer at hand but has grown to greater scales and is tackled in other ways.

Okay.....I've gotta get my arse into the shower and get ready for work. Gonna be a long day. Looking forward to the weekend and hoping for some more time to discuss this matter more deeply.

[LipstickLady 25,682]

I like my straws with girth.

[MichiganChic 3,262]

I have also been into the substantial variety of straws. The are great for iced coffee, now that summer has arrived! I love the ones from Ikea! They are hefty enough, yet still fit in the opening of the hole on the lid of insulated clear plastic tumbler.

[Dub 9,922]

I like my straws with girth.

Check

[LipstickLady 25,682]

I like my straws with girth.

Check

A slight curve does hit "the spot", though.

[CHM 1,009]

@@LipstickLady

@@Dub

NOW who needs the padded white rubber room...

[LipstickLady 25,682]

@@LipstickLady

@@Dub

NOW who needs the padded white rubber room...

Nope. Still you and @@KindaFamiliar

I've been using the same straw for over 23 years. I've put a lot of work into training it and I am quite sure I don't have the energy or attention span to start over.

[Andrea72 510]

Hmmm. All very great questions, @@Dub

I have no use for coffee stirrers, and the bendy straws? While they can be fun to look at as well as conversation starters, as @@LipstickLady mentioned, I too prefer my straws with girth.

I mean what's not to like about them?

Strong, sturdy, and the reward at the end? Not to mention the larger they are, it saves us from getting tiny wrinkles around our mouths as we get older.

Yes, contrary to popular belief the size of the straw does matter, and if I'm going to use one I want to know it's going to stand up to the task at hand.

Geez I love waking up to great straw conversations.

[BestDayEver 418]

I like the skinny little straws when I drink my rum and coke, otherwise I don't use straws. Ahhh, cocktails, soda, now that's another hot topic all together . . . Let's not go there.