Real Men don't drink from bar straws!
Alright, the title says it all, but let me explain this bold statement. I have an ongoing joke with several of my friends. I usually start the joke with, "It's very difficult to be masculine while drinking a mixed drink through a bar straw." Then I segue into a situation where the straw drinker gets challenged by a fellow bar patron to a fight outside. The mixed drink straw drinker then shouts out "F--- You Buddy! I'll meet you outside!" and takes a swig of his cocktail through the straw. Ok, maybe this didn't translate very well online, but in person, the straw drinker just doesn't appear to be a bad ass with his cutesy thin straw sticking out of his mixed drink. I would even bet the odds that male straw drinkers would not fair very well in a bar fight against cheap beer can guys. I have buddies that drink with straws and I constantly harass them about it. Whenever I get the rare occasional mixed drink, I use the straw to stir the contents and take the straw out of the drink. So guys, PLEASE, don't get caught in a confrontation with someone while sipping your vodka and cranberry (an obvious chick drink that would lead to more harassment) with a bar straw!
Jolene@foodiemom.com : RE: Real Men don't drink from bar straws! More..
If you're gonna get into a bar fight, what you want to be drinking is beer in a longneck -- not in a can.
StellarSwarm : RE: Real Men don't drink from bar straws! More..
I don't see how anyone even has the stamina to drink through a stir straw. It takes like 8 minutes to get one mouthful of liquid, and by then it's all warm and nasty in your mouth. I usually push the stirrer to the back of the glass and hold it there with my index finger. Mainly because it seems like that's what classy people do in movies.
In the immutable words of a certified stir straw drinker....
"I'll have an apple-tini...light on the -tini." - J.D. from Scrubs

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