Suck on This!

So, I have been doing really good avoiding eating out.  I specifically try to avoid Fast Food.  It isn't the best food and it isn't the best for you (me).  So, I've been avoiding it.  But, every once in a while I'll go.  Lately, since I've been driving back and forth (often late at night) from treatment, I'll stop in at a drive through to get a Diet Dr. Pepper or Diet Coke.

One thing I've noticed is that McDonald's still has that big ole straw that they've used for years.  We used to always laugh because you could suck out a persons' heart and lungs with that thing.  It is huge.  But, it is very nice and it is sturdy.  Straw for straw, it is the best.

Lately, though, I've noticed that a lot of the "other" places are going to something less sturdy and desirable.  It is a wimpy straw.  Yeah, you heard me ... not hefty, hefty, hefty ... but wimpy, wimpy, wimpy.  I imagine it is a way to save money.  But, the straws are often flawed from the beginning.  They bend and split and split at the bottom or top.  They are small and wimpy.  A soda - maybe.  A milkshake - don't even think about it.

So, as much as I like to bag on McDonald's, they actually need not take any heat for their straws.  Those little (big) white, red & yellow striped plastic tubes are the tops in my book.

* Okay.  I know that I was far too cheesy on a topic that really (really) doesn't matter.  In fact, it is small compared to world hunger, world peace, homelessness, etc.  But, I never said I would completely stay above the fray.

* And I apologize for the corny phrases.  Well, not really.

* I've noticed, now that I'm writing about it and reading a bit, that there are quite a few posts / blogs about this.  I guess I'm not the only one.

* The picture I added is from a Facebook page ... Yes!  A facebook page dedicated to McDonald's straws (http://www.facebook.com/pages/McDonalds-Straws/120153114720132)

* I didn't even get started in their new straws for their smoothies.  Same large, durable size, but they change color in the cold smoothie.  Ahhh ... This is marketing.