Comments on: Straws totally suck (Day 127)…

By: new reader

new reader — Sat, 04 Jul 2009 01:59:17 +0000

a friend of mine recently point me to an article about your new book. Then got hooked reading this wonderfully insightful blog. so this is going to be a bit late but you could have replaced your chopsticks with 2 reusable straws. When i was young my mother would give me a light slap upside the head for stealing my sister’s straw at a restaurant to pair with my own as chopsticks.

By: Activist Mommy

Activist Mommy — Sat, 07 Jul 2007 08:21:29 +0000

[...] but realyl it is the little things that add up. Like Vanessa at Green as a Thistle saying bye-bye to straws, or the Closet Environmentalist buying reusable vacuum bags. The more little things your do [...]

By: vigilant20

vigilant20 — Fri, 06 Jul 2007 21:23:00 +0000

A reusable straw would be great. I find I absolutely need one when I use my juicer. Fruit and veggie juice stains your lips something horrible!

By: gettinggreen

gettinggreen — Thu, 05 Jul 2007 22:36:05 +0000

Haha — I forgot about those twisty straws… I loved those as a kid. But yeah, I’m sure they’d be impossible to clean. I like the idea of a stainless steel one, though. That would be slick!

By: pat farquharson

pat farquharson — Thu, 05 Jul 2007 20:15:33 +0000

what about those plastic straws with the zany shapes that loop de loop? You could carry one of those with your chopsticks. Might be hard to clean.

By: Carreen

Carreen — Thu, 05 Jul 2007 19:41:58 +0000

Actually, you shouldn’t use a straw after you’ve had all your teeth pulled either or you’ll get dry socket! And that’s no laughing matter…

By: Sarah

Sarah — Thu, 05 Jul 2007 18:29:45 +0000

I found stainless steel straws at a market in town. Since I am a straw addict, I find that they’re a good alternative.

By: Crunchy Chicken

Crunchy Chicken — Thu, 05 Jul 2007 17:52:18 +0000

I suppose you could switch to these, but given their highly nutritious nature, I wouldn't recommend it. Although they might give that piña colada an interesting flavor.

By: Greenpa

Greenpa — Thu, 05 Jul 2007 15:10:31 +0000

I remember vividly traveling in Czechosolvakia in 1968. For many reasons, if you look in your history books. But one of them was being served Czech sodas – with a “straw”. Guess what it was made of?? Yeah. Straw. Gosh, I wonder how that word came into use? Sounds like a chance for a new renewable industry to me- the selection and preparation of good clean oat or wheat straws, for use in drinks. Worked just fine, of course; then out to the compost heap.

Nah. Too sensible, I’m sure.

By: Evan

Evan — Thu, 05 Jul 2007 14:36:01 +0000

Good for you. I hate it when they automatically bring one to you in a restaurant. We’ve cut out 98% of our restaurant visits, but once in a while we find ourselves in one.