Next Door Neighbors by Pat Sandy for January 03, 2022

Only real men will drink beer thru a straw. Yea right.

That edition of “Cheers” featuring Norm drinking his beer through a straw during a seance was brilliant. In fact, there were many wonderful moments on that TV show that were not only funny, but rang true.

I need a straw for my wine!!

It’s also national fruitcake toss day.

I want the straw that broke the camel’s back.

Drinking Straw

January 3, 1888

Marvin Chester Stone of Washington D.C. patents his invention. Stone created his straw as a substitute for natural drinking straws which were typically made from rye grass. However, rye straws quickly deteriorated in liquid and added a “grassy” flavor to the drink.His invention consisted of “…a straw formed by winding a paper strip into tubular form and securing the final or outer edge by an adhesive material, the whole being coated with paraffine or other waterproof material, and, preferably, colored in imitation of the natural straw.”

https://www.ThisDayTrivia.com/trivia/january-3?f=Drinking-Straw#Drinking-Straw

I, for one, appreciate that Norm is not falling into the clutches of “Dry January”.

Makes sense to me.

I learned something new today. There’s such a thing as National Drinking Straw Day.

Straws were invented for drinking beer, so you didn’t sip at the debris floating on top