Aw :( apparently we're getting some later this week
which had better not strand me in Lille on Friday...

I'm good thank you good sir, just polishing off a bit of Häagen-Dazs left over from the weekend and wondering how you stop straws rising up out of carbonated drinks.
( Maladicta, Wed 16 Dec 2009, 19:59, 1 reply, 17 years ago)

that old chestnut, aye?
the problem's the condensation nucleii, or some shit, aye!
i have often pondered this very issue.
perhaps smearing the outside of the straw with something water based yet not water soluble? some kinda fancy, new fangled kindova gel?
we need to ask a real scientist, not just a pretend one like me!
perhaps batshitangelgabriel can supply us with fish slime and we can all be squillionairs!!!
( blaireau69 , the Cumbrian Travis Bickle., Wed 16 Dec 2009, 20:10, Reply)

Sounds good, because it infuriates me to high hell
and I'm sick of forcing the straw back into the glass. I've tried sucking it, stirring it to get some of the fizz out of the coke in general, blowing bubbles, and just pushing it back in constantly...
( Maladicta, Wed 16 Dec 2009, 20:13, Reply)

try this!
hold the straw just off the bottom of the recepticle, gentle like, then tap the bugger with yer fingy to release the bubbles. i reckon if you repeat that a few times at intervals of a few minutes then the problem may vanish before yer very eyes!
( blaireau69 , the Cumbrian Travis Bickle., Wed 16 Dec 2009, 20:27, Reply)

It works, it works!
*dances*

The irony of this being my biggest problem at the moment is not lost on me. No.
( Maladicta, Wed 16 Dec 2009, 20:33, Reply)