Is drinking beer...

Jstas
Jstas Posts: 14,842
edited May 2014 in The Clubhouse
...through a "silly straw" indicative of a problem or just being a messed up individual?


What about if it's scotch?
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  • pitdogg2
    pitdogg2 Posts: 25,691
    edited May 2014
    DSkip wrote: »
    unstable connection with said beverage.

    Used too much and you will have an "unstable connection" I like the locking silly straws make for a good connection:mrgreen:
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  • Msabot1
    Msabot1 Posts: 2,098
    edited May 2014
    In other words...they are a forward biased device??
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  • ViperZ
    ViperZ Posts: 2,046
    edited May 2014
    Cryo'd straw of a larger diameter will improve your beer drinking experience.

    On a serious note, many beers, especially the ones that have been around for 100s of years, come with instructions on how to pour them, from which type of glass you should drink them (i.e. chalice or tulip, etc.), and at what temperature the liquid should be. It makes a huge difference if you're drinking say St.Bernardus Abt.12 from a chalice glass or from a regular beer glass, and if it's the right (6-7C?) temperature or if it's deep frozen. So drinking such beers from a straw would be a waste of that beer. On the other hand, if someone is drinking Bud through a straw, let them do it.
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  • tonyb
    tonyb Posts: 33,011
    edited May 2014
    Jstas wrote: »
    ...through a "silly straw" indicative of a problem or just being a messed up individual?


    What about if it's scotch?


    Both.....and Scotch ? Your man card is in jeopardy there pal.
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  • mhardy6647
    mhardy6647 Posts: 33,991
    edited May 2014
    perfectly normal.

    but

    beware the man (or woman) quaffing a beer float.
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  • NJPOLKER
    NJPOLKER Posts: 3,474
    edited May 2014
    I won't/don't drink anything out of straw at least not yet.

    However, If it was the last beer on this planet and I had to drink it through a straw, I would not hesitate.

    John, are you serving drinks at Polkfest through silly straws???
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  • voltz
    voltz Posts: 5,384
    edited May 2014
    they are probably swizzle sticks :)
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  • cnh
    cnh Posts: 13,284
    edited May 2014
    tonyb wrote: »
    Both.....and Scotch ? Your man card is in jeopardy there pal.

    You think? What if he has a scotch and soda at an upscale place? Or he just wants to nurse that drink because there's a hole in his pocket?

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  • Jimbo18
    Jimbo18 Posts: 2,337
    edited May 2014
    I don't want to start a straw war, but I just use a straight, generic straw. Tastes the same to me. I even did a triple blind taste test to prove it out.
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  • gudnoyez
    gudnoyez Posts: 8,132
    edited May 2014
    Heck yeah messed up or not we had a beer connection in high school unlimited Sclitz Malt Liquor Bulls (look out for the bull look out for the Schlitz malt liquor bull was how the commercial went) we would get 3 or 4 cases of the 16 oz cans keep them in a snow bank and our weekend was set and yes straws were used it got you drunk faster and I do remember a time or two using a silly straw, some of my old buddies are messed up individuals, I still hang out with some of them no more straws though.
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  • halo71
    halo71 Posts: 4,606
    edited May 2014
    Quality inter connects matter! Silver braided silly straws with gold terminations sound better....I mean drink better.
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  • jeremymarcinko
    jeremymarcinko Posts: 3,785
    edited May 2014
    I do not think my budget beer is good enough to realize the the effects straws can have.
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  • halo71
    halo71 Posts: 4,606
    edited May 2014
    What is your budget beer?
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  • amb426amb1
    amb426amb1 Posts: 148
    edited May 2014
    In high school we just hooked 1 inch diameter clear straw to a big **** funnel.... don't remember being able to taste the beer or anything else after a half dozen of those
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  • jeremymarcinko
    jeremymarcinko Posts: 3,785
    edited May 2014
    halo71 wrote: »
    What is your budget beer?

    Natural Light, but I think that it performs several times above its price point, a real bargain. I have on occasion performed a half blind test with other leading (more expensive) brands. I didn't always notice always notice a difference.
    Oh, Listen here mister. We got no way of understandin' this world. But we got as much sense of this bird flyin in the sky. Now there is a lot that bird don't know, but it don't change the fact that the world is happening to him all the same. What I am tryin to say is, is that the course of your life, well its changing, and you don't even see it- Forest Bondurant
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  • gudnoyez
    gudnoyez Posts: 8,132
    edited May 2014
    Regular Natural Light or Natural Light ICE? It would take a Mans Man, to put a sixer of those down with a straw.
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  • mrbiron
    mrbiron Posts: 5,711
    edited May 2014
    Do you blow bubbles into your beer like chocolate milk?

    I'd fear after too many that I'd stab myself in the cornia .
    Where’s the KABOOM?!?! There’s supposed to be an Earth shattering KABOOM!!!
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  • BlueFox
    BlueFox Posts: 15,251
    edited May 2014
    I don't know, but I am leaving work in the next 30 minutes, so when I get home I will drink some beer from the bottle since I do not have any straws.
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  • halo71
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    edited May 2014
    jeremymarcinko wrote: »
    Natural Light, but I think that it performs several times above its price point, a real bargain. I have on occasion performed a half blind test with other leading (more expensive) brands. I didn't always notice always notice a difference.

    Natty Light Ice baby is the budget beer! lol
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  • BlueFox
    BlueFox Posts: 15,251
    edited May 2014
    Bear Republic - Racer 5 - India Pale Ale 7% ALC

    No straw, but hits the spot from the bottle. Now back to digital cables.
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  • gudnoyez
    gudnoyez Posts: 8,132
    edited May 2014
    Right next to the Wifes Nutri Bullet, I will need a spinach, Brussel Sprout, Carrot, Broccoli, Tomato, smoothie in the AM after quite a few of these to recoup. To bad I did not have a Crazy Straw


    I took the straw out after I took the picture or did I!
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  • Big Dawg
    Big Dawg Posts: 2,005
    edited May 2014
    Jstas wrote: »
    ...through a "silly straw" indicative of a problem or just being a messed up individual?

    Why can't it be both?
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  • bobsauto49
    bobsauto49 Posts: 973
    edited May 2014
    BlueFox wrote: »
    I don't know, but I am leaving work in the next 30 minutes, so when I get home I will drink some beer from the bottle since I do not have any straws.
    Doesn't shunyata sell them?
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  • BlueFox
    BlueFox Posts: 15,251
    edited May 2014
    bobsauto49 wrote: »
    Doesn't shunyata sell them?

    Straws? I don't think so. More like fire hoses for electrons.
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  • halo71
    halo71 Posts: 4,606
    edited May 2014
    We'd better be careful here. Gonna attract the 'better straws don't matter' trolls. hehe
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  • mrbiron
    mrbiron Posts: 5,711
    edited May 2014
    For higher flow....you can always order an enima straw.
    Where’s the KABOOM?!?! There’s supposed to be an Earth shattering KABOOM!!!
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  • decal
    decal Posts: 3,205
    edited May 2014
    I don't always drink beer through a straw. But when I do, I prefer it to be a Silly Straw. Stay thirsty my friends.
    If you can't hear a difference, don't waste your money.
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  • Jstas
    Jstas Posts: 14,842
    edited May 2014
    Screw you guys! I do what I want!

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  • voltz
    voltz Posts: 5,384
    edited May 2014
    ^^^^
    Jstas you RULE!!
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  • gudnoyez
    gudnoyez Posts: 8,132
    edited May 2014
    Go for it Jstas a crazy straw and a red solo cup, it's all good as long as your not listening to that corny a$$ red solo cup song while your putting down a few with the crazy straw!
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