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Carolynanna
>> Denizen of the Citizens Band <<
Canada
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 Posted - 04/13/2004 : 09:48:51
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Lately when I go to buy a squishee I've noticed that they've started to individually wrap each straw in either paper or plastic.
I had quite the discussion with some people and I'm curious about your opinions (or really just to prove me right ;)
So what's worse?
1) Plastic wrappers
because plastic doesn't biodegrade or
2) Paper wrappers
because of the whole tree situation
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3) There should be no wrappers, people are too freaked out
about germs.
4) Wrappers on straws is trivial because its the bigger guys
that cause real pollution.
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Cult_Of_Frank
= Black Noise Maker =
Canada
11687 Posts |
Posted - 04/13/2004 : 09:59:09
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3) Down with wrappers!
Seriously, people are psychotic about germs. Newsflash: Anywhere you go where you get a drink with the straw in, and that straw has been put in by a person's hand. You've survived up until now and will continue to survive without the little plastic fantastic wrappers.
Humanity is doomed if we continue to weaken our immune systems by not exercising it a little. Welcome to the allergy age.
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Cult_Of_Frank
= Black Noise Maker =
Canada
11687 Posts |
Posted - 04/13/2004 : 10:00:07
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Heh, that reply is hilariously dark and melodramatic. :)
There, all better.
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Crispy Water
= Cult of Ray =
Canada
819 Posts |
Posted - 04/13/2004 : 10:02:05
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I agree with that. In fact, whenever I'm getting one of these wrapped straws I make a point of pulling it out and getting the cashier to run it through their hair for me.
Nothing is ever something. |
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realmeanmotorscutor
* Dog in the Sand *
USA
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Posted - 04/13/2004 : 10:06:15
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what's all this? Oh I see, you're all Canadian. See, straws have always been individually wrapped here in the US. At least as long as I can remember. Well, that's not entirelt true. Sometimes there are those dispensers but rarely. And no one ever puts my straw in for me. Another thing, you guys actually have Squishees like at the Quick-E-Mart?
 "I joined the Cult of Popeye / The CoF required my good eye" |
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Carolynanna
>> Denizen of the Citizens Band <<
Canada
6556 Posts |
Posted - 04/13/2004 : 10:13:28
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| slurpees at 7-11 :) |
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Crispy Water
= Cult of Ray =
Canada
819 Posts |
Posted - 04/13/2004 : 10:15:48
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We've got a Kwik-E-Mart on 107th too, though...I've always wondered if they called them Squishees there.
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Carolynanna
>> Denizen of the Citizens Band <<
Canada
6556 Posts |
Posted - 04/13/2004 : 10:17:08
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but if you had to choose one or the other which is worse,
paper or plastic? (environmentally speaking) |
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Cult_Of_Frank
= Black Noise Maker =
Canada
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Posted - 04/13/2004 : 10:29:44
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Heh, that's funny Crispy. I'd guess plastic is worse.
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IceCream
= Quote Accumulator =
USA
1850 Posts |
Posted - 04/13/2004 : 10:34:49
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How about down with straws? Straws are one of the top ten blights to mankind. We're not two years old; we don't need the help; we need the speed. We drink faster, happier, and in a less stupid manner when we eliminate the straws.
Environmentally speaking, I would say paper. There are many things printed on paper, such as that are far less useful than wrappers.
Besides, plastic is way too dangerous. However, I am ignorant in the tree situation.
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IceCream
= Quote Accumulator =
USA
1850 Posts |
Posted - 04/13/2004 : 10:35:35
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How about down with straws? Straws are one of the top ten blights to mankind. We're not two years old; we don't need the help; we need the speed. We drink faster, happier, and in a less stupid manner when we eliminate the straws.
Environmentally speaking, I would say paper. There are many things printed on paper, such as that are far less useful than wrappers.
Besides, plastic is way too dangerous. However, I am ignorant in the tree situation.
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Cheeseman1000
>> Denizen of the Citizens Band <<
Iceland
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Posted - 04/13/2004 : 10:36:42
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You don't get Squishees here... are they the same as Slush Puppies? Can you get all-syrup ones, a la Simpsons, and go on a Squishee bender?
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Carolynanna
>> Denizen of the Citizens Band <<
Canada
6556 Posts |
Posted - 04/13/2004 : 10:37:26
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Interesting Sam, no straws at all...
Hard to drink a slurpee without a straw tho.
Maybe we should all just start using licorice ;) |
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Crispy Water
= Cult of Ray =
Canada
819 Posts |
Posted - 04/13/2004 : 10:37:37
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I'm far from an expert on the environmental impact of wrapping material, but plastic seems like it would be worse to me, too. Of course, though, I've got to weigh my own health against that of the environment, and in that case plastic would undoubtedly be better: if my straw were going to get dragged through mud, vinegar, and some nameless filth, I would much rather have good ol' plastic on my side than flimsy paper. So declare my fence officially sat upon, but at least you can see now where the idea of wrapping straws originated.
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realmeanmotorscutor
* Dog in the Sand *
USA
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Posted - 04/13/2004 : 10:42:04
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I'd go for paper too. And drinking faster and "more efficiently" would only make us Americans more fat. Super Super size that gulpy!
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Cheeseman1000
>> Denizen of the Citizens Band <<
Iceland
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Posted - 04/13/2004 : 10:48:24
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Wow, a whole community of Howard Hugheses
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BLT
> Teenager of the Year <
South Sandwich Islands
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Posted - 04/13/2004 : 11:23:45
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I prefer these:
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realmeanmotorscutor
* Dog in the Sand *
USA
1764 Posts |
Posted - 04/13/2004 : 14:15:00
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My mom always calls me Howard Hughes cause I'm so germ paranoid and wash my hands constantly.
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El Barto
= Song DB Master =
USA
4020 Posts |
Posted - 04/13/2004 : 14:22:56
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I'm pretty obsessed about washing my hands. I say paper is better...we can plant more trees. We can also recycle paper.
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BLT
> Teenager of the Year <
South Sandwich Islands
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Posted - 04/13/2004 : 14:34:36
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Carolynanna
>> Denizen of the Citizens Band <<
Canada
6556 Posts |
Posted - 04/13/2004 : 14:40:41
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See it was my opinion that there should be none but if there has to be wrappers they should be paper b/c at least its biodegradable.
Then all hell broke loose!
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slaveish
= Cult of Ray =
USA
269 Posts |
Posted - 04/13/2004 : 17:24:19
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| While we're on this, there are many items that used to be made of paper (or not at all) that are now made of plastic. I was horrified when, after ordering an ice cream cone last summer, I was presented with a cone in a little plastic holder. It even had a drip lip. Hold on....I'm going to break into an anti-Bush tirade. The oil industry has done such a good job of selling its product, largely through our good friend the internal combustion engine, that we are stuck with an overabundance of petrolium byproducts. So what to do with all the leftovers? Create lots and lots of plastic products and flood the marketplace with them. Even advertise the benefits of plastics in tv ads, emphasizing their use in the medical industry. Plastics save lives, don't you know! Yeah, okay. I'm just a little bit jealous of the people in Minneapolis tonight. |
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punji
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Posted - 04/13/2004 : 17:43:18
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i think it should be paper or nothing. i have to fear of germs because i NEVER get sick. the whole supergerms thingys are scary, Poliomyelitis and other simple infection are making a come back and killing people.
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bumblebeeboy2
> Teenager of the Year <
United Kingdom
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Posted - 04/14/2004 : 02:42:04
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GERMS! GERMS! EVERYWHERE!!!
<bumble throws keyboard out of window>
GERMS!
The Shrine of the Sea Monkey!
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GypsyDeath
Zapped Profile
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Posted - 04/14/2004 : 05:07:26
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Howd you type that last 'germs'without a key board?!?!?! Thats amazing!!!!!!!!
Butr yes, I say paper too, for the above mentioned reasons.
I also agree with Dave though, we are much too obsessed with germs, and our immune systemas are just getting weaker and weaker because they arent being exposed to anything.
Some day, terrorists will realise this, and theyll be 'GERM BOMBS'!!!!
or Have i just told all the terrorists....oh dear...
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Girls go to Mars, Become rock stars
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VoVat
>> Denizen of the Citizens Band <<
USA
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Posted - 04/14/2004 : 22:13:48
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Hard to drink a slurpee without a straw tho.
Yeah, and besides, those Slurpee spoon-straw-things are cool.
quote:
Howd you type that last 'germs'without a key board?!?!?!
Voice recognition software?
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Newo
~ Abstract Brain ~
Spain
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Posted - 04/15/2004 : 02:06:51
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To the best of my knowledge, the first recorded incident of a germbomb was in Crimea in the 14th century when a bunch of Genoese merchants were fleeing the Tartars and took refuge in a city, which the Tartars laid siege to. The city was holding up for a long time so the Tartars took to catapulting plagueridden corpses of their comrades over the walls.
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