Bill proposes no straw hole for drive-through daiquiris

[The Straight Story]

Bill proposes no straw hole for drive-through daiquiris


Louisiana lawmakers will consider restrictions on drive-through daiquiri sales when they convene next month.

Senator Dan Claitor proposes legislation to make it illegal for drive-through daiquiri shops to copntinue to use lids that can be punctured by a straw.

"This bill simply says it can't be pre-perforated," he explained.

The Baton Rouge lawmaker wants to remove the straw hole to make it harder for drive-through daiquiri customers to put a straw in their drink while they drive to their destination.

Claitor says he filed this exact bill two years ago and it didn't get out of committee.

http://www.wwl.com/Bill-proposes-no-straw-hole/12410853

[cbayer]

1. This is hilarious.

At first, they would serve you the daquiri with the straw in it.

Then they changed the law so that the straw would be given to you, but it would still be in it's wrapper.

No, no hole for the straw?

[elleng]

3. More 'hilarious,' imo,

that Drive-Thru Daiquiri places EXIST!

[cbayer]

5. They are a longstanding tradition in New Orleans and the surrounding area.

People get them on their way home or run out to pick some up for a group gathering.

They also sell them by the gallon.

They are delicious and particularly refreshing in the summer. You can't make them at home unless you have one of those special machines.

I miss them.

[zipplewrath]

8. You mean a blender?

Those "special machines"? There were frozen daiquiris before there were any "special machines". Heck, an immersion blender will make a large pitcher of 'em.

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[cbayer]

16. No, not a blender.

A blender will make an "frozen" drink, but it is not the same as a New Orleans daiquiri.



It's hard to describe the difference if you have never had one, but there is a big difference.

[zipplewrath]

21. That's a slurpee

Finely ground ice, frozen after the fact. You take a good blender, blend the hell out of the ice, stick it back in the freezer for 20 minutes or so.

[cbayer]

23. Yeah, but you can't get 20 different flavors or combinations of flavors AND

get some for the grown-ups and the kids (virgin daiquiris) at the same time AND

avoid all that mess and bother AND

they are still just not the same.

The daiquiri machine, because it is constantly stirring, doesn't end up with icy edges and liquidy parts.

It is a slurpee, just better.

[zipplewrath]

24. So it ain't da machine

It's the convienence.

[cbayer]

25. Nah, it's still the machine. You just can't make them the same at home, imo.

Signed,

a long time lover of the N'awlins drive through daiquiri who tried unsuccessfully to replicate the process at home many times.

[zipplewrath]

30. sounds like my momma's pancakes

I got the recipe, but they just taste different when momma makes 'em.

[obxhead]

9. A blender?

That's a "special" machine in the kitchen these days?

[cbayer]

17. See above.

[elleng]

10. Thanks for the info, cbayer.

Wouldn't want to disrupt any local cultural icons!

[pinboy3niner]

6. Obviously it'll work because nobody in Louisiana has a pocket knife

[cbayer]

7. Or just a pencil sitting in the cup holder.

[maddezmom]

13. or just take the damn lid off

and slurp.

[cbayer]

18. Then you might spill it on you!

Definitely needs a straw.

[liberal N proud]

2. The rednecks of the swamp are more likely to shotgun beer than drink daiquiris.

[Snake Alchemist]

4. One of the greatest things about LA.

The drive-thru daiquiri shop.

[Liberal_in_LA]

26. in california there are laws against having open liquor in the car.

[Snake Alchemist]

31. A shame.

Nothing like being in the back of a car sipping on a daiquiri as you make your way to your destination.

[joeybee12]

35. Same in Connecticut...the only place it can be is in the trunk..nt

[Liberal_in_LA]

39. I think you can have alcohol in the car in CA, just can't be open.

[pnwest]

11. Jeezum Crow. why dont they just outlaw the

damn daquiris and be done with it! I love me some cocktails, don't get me wrong, and even I think drive thru cocktails is a stupid fucking idea. Christ!

[Enrique]

27. ya think?

<--- drive through bars

[AtomicKitten]

12. Drive-through daiquiris? Heaven.

sigh ...

http://current.com/groups/on-current-tv/77107602_drive-thru-daiquiris.htm

[cbayer]

20. Very funny video!

[AtomicKitten]

32. cheers

[slackmaster]

14. Great. That will result in people using knives while drinking and driving.

[cbayer]

19. Or they might just shoot it with their guns!

[Robb]

33. LOL

"The first officer on-scene explained the variety and frequency of the wounds...."

[Lone_Star_Dem]

15. That's sure to fix the problem.

It's not like people would just remove the lid. It could spill and stain your cars interior when you drunkenly swerving all over the road!

[ScreamingMeemie]

22. Let me tell you how we do it in Texas...You drive thru, order your daquiri

Today is 2 for 1 shot day!

They make it, lid it, and then put it in a plastic bag which they then heat seal. And that TOTALLY keeps people from drinking and driving.

http://www.eskimohut.com/home/

[cbayer]

28. There's a place called Eskimo Hut in Texas? Really?

[ScreamingMeemie]

40. More than one even...and they have t-shirts!

[Bruce Wayne]

29. Perfect storm: this same legislator supports allowing guns in cars.

Yet another attack on common sense by Big Sobriety. With this intrusive legislation, Lousiana is practically insuring that thousands of drunk drivers will die when they use their handguns to quickly put a new straw hole in the tops of their daquiri cups, wounding themselves in their own laps and possibly igniting the fuel lines.

My God, think of the thighs!

[cbayer]

34. I can see it now! Emergency rooms full of self-inflicted GSW's to the thigh.

[w8liftinglady]

37. Actually, a big shooting range is just down the road from "Daquiris-to-Go"

And y'all think us texans ain't resourceful(hwy 303)

[HopeHoops]

36. The great challenges of our times.

[RebelOne]

38. Seems more like an Onion article. Too unbelievable. n/t