Craaaaaaaaaazy Straw
May 11, 2009
What is more fun than drinking through a crazy straw? Nothing, that’s what. Every single drink that has been consumed over the past weekend has used the crazy straw. Miles’ crazy straw had to be dug out of the garbage can when it was accidentally thrown away.
They are the BEST. THING. EVER. If you are under the age of ten, that is. But I am thinking this is a shame.
The kids love them so much that I might just buy one for myself. How fun would it be to just go about your day carrying your Starbuck’s coffee with a crazy straw sticking out of the top. Maybe it would make being a grown-up more fun.
Or at the very least signal to other people that I am crazy and they should interact at their own risk. Whatever.
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The Crazy Straw has gotten much less crazy. Ours used to have a loop-de-loop in it.
May 11th, 2009 at 1:31 pmAt 42 I still LOVE crazy straws.
May 11th, 2009 at 1:42 pmYou should totally do it! Get a crazy straw and put it in a Starbucks Frappaccino. How much fun would that be? A very simple and inexpensive way to give yourself a happiness boost! I don’t have a crazy straw, but I LOVE bendy straws and use those at home.
May 11th, 2009 at 1:44 pmI totally forgot about crazy straws! They ARE the most fun.
May 11th, 2009 at 1:49 pmmartinis with crazy straws….
daiquiri’s with crazy straws….
heck bottles of bud light with crazy straws….
imagine all the possibilities!
May 11th, 2009 at 1:59 pmIf any of your crazy straws ever get lost or mistakenly thrown out, please let me know. I have a whole giant cup full of crazy straws stuffed in one of my cabinets. I would be happy to send them along to you. Some of them even change color! Don’t you want a few or twenty?
May 11th, 2009 at 2:05 pmI’ll see your silly straw and raise you a water-filled bird whistle. My two youngest acquired theirs at a fair last year. We just re-discovered them and now tweeting birds are EVERYWHERE!! They do look like fun. Heck, they ARE fun–I’ve blown on them when my children weren’t looking. But they’re not as fun as my Oscar Meyer Wiener whistle which I carry in my purse. You never know when you’ll need to blow a Weenie Whistle at someone… Yeah, I get your crazy. I’ve got my own circle of crazy that I dare people to cross. Heh.
May 11th, 2009 at 2:05 pmOh how I hate crazy straws. Drinks get knocked over way more often when these huge straws are being used. Plus they have to be washed by hand because do you know what happens when they’re put in a dishwasher? They bend and then the whole world has ended when your straw is bent and crooked and your brother’s isn’t.
May 11th, 2009 at 2:32 pmWhat’s so wrong with using a nice sized bendy straw?
lol
just make sure to wash them really well… they get nasty moldy.
May 11th, 2009 at 2:36 pmI absolutely love this idea! And if it means I’m crazy, so be it. I might just have to go make a crazy straw purchase on the way home
You are on to something!
May 11th, 2009 at 3:01 pmI’d hang with you, crazy straw or not. My daughter has one with Dora on it…maybe I could borrow hers….
May 11th, 2009 at 3:01 pmI think it would signal that you are one level-headed woman with a good sense of humour!
May 11th, 2009 at 3:06 pmKnow what else is crazy and fun (and crazy fun!) to drink out of a crazy straw? Jello. I kid you not. It takes EONS to eat the entire thing, but it is possible. It also makes a sound like a slide whistle. But beware: cleaning the crazy straw is not so crazy fun.
May 11th, 2009 at 3:11 pmLovin’ that idea. 2 Cute pics!! Thanks 4 Sharing!!
May 11th, 2009 at 3:36 pmYeah, I tried that once at the request of my daughter. She passed out crazy straws at dinnertime, and I just about passed out from sucking related stress. Seriously, the hollowed out part couldn’t be any tinier, and you’ll bust a vein before you’ll get enough liquid to quench your thirst.
But surely the promise of starbucks on the other end would make the neccessary sucking worthwhile. That, and the added benefit of having awesome toned cheek muscles.
May 11th, 2009 at 3:37 pmMy boys love them too. However, I still haven’t figured out how to get them clean after the chocolate milk crazy straw drinking.
May 11th, 2009 at 3:38 pmI think it is a great idea…I’ll try it and let you know if I get any response.
May 11th, 2009 at 3:40 pmHe makes me smile every time.
May 11th, 2009 at 3:47 pmAwhile back I bought my son one. He loved it. So did I and I used it all night long. It was like reliving my childhood. Another time I took a Twizzler, like I did as a kid, bit the ends off each and put it in a glass of soda. Awesome.
I’m totally getting a crazy straw for my morning tea at work. Everyone at my office knows I’m crazy so it wouldn’t matter. Love this post.
May 11th, 2009 at 3:54 pmMy kids insist on crazy straws. In EVERYTHING. Which is perfectly okay until they are in the dishwasher. Then all HELL breaks loose.
May 11th, 2009 at 4:06 pmWhen I was younger my brothers and I would dip them in boiling water (or get the right after they went thru the dishwasher) and make our own cool shapes. If you’re not careful you just tear them up though.
May 11th, 2009 at 4:30 pmI need a crazy straw. I will fit in just fine with my crazy life. And it might get me to drink more water. Mixing Mountain Dew with frozen pieces of water would work as well. ;o)
May 11th, 2009 at 4:45 pmWe have a handful of Mickey Mouse-shaped crazy straws…they really are the best! I love to use them too…ssshhhhh…
And Lisa, I’ve used a twizzler as a straw too…yum!
Whatever it takes to feel like a kid! Nothing wrong with that…
May 11th, 2009 at 5:08 pmhttp://www.krazystraws.com/ will make straws in the shape of a name. Up to 5 letters. $3 each. Bought them for everyone I know last Christmas.
Chris says: I am so getting these for the stockings this Christmas!
May 11th, 2009 at 5:22 pmI still love those things. Especially the ones with animals clinging to them and the like.
May 11th, 2009 at 6:12 pmPLEASE tell me you are buying yourself a personalized craaaaaazy straw, too!
May 11th, 2009 at 6:24 pmMy kids love crazy straws too. I’ve been eyeing the ones at ThinkGeek.com that you can assemble yourself. Not so twirly, but they still look fun and maybe a bit easier to clean?
May 11th, 2009 at 6:41 pmHmmm, I wonder if an iced caramel macchiato is too thick to suck through a crazy straw? Maybe I’ll try it. I like living on the edge.
May 11th, 2009 at 6:59 pmMy kids think picking up a bag of crazy straws at the dollar store is the BEST THING EVER. We get them when we go on vacation and it just makes the trip that much better.
When we were stuck without power for 2 weeks last summer from Ike, we drank tons of water through crazy straws to make it more “fun” to drink water with every meal since milk and juice were hard to find and hard to keep cool in the cooler.
May 11th, 2009 at 7:55 pmI love your pics,and my kids love crazy straws
that site looks cool and great for my kids with names that are not common but I couldn’t fit the entire name…bummer
May 11th, 2009 at 8:40 pmI’ve only lurked until today…YES! Life would be so much better if we all drank from crazy straws. Crazy looks be darned.
May 11th, 2009 at 8:46 pmAnd don’t forget how eco-friendly these re-usable straws are. Is there nothing these straws can’t do or save? But I do worry about the rancid funk that you just can’t wash out of their little coils. Am I paranoid here or do they just stay dirty?
May 11th, 2009 at 9:15 pmHow about one of those yard glasses with a crazy straw…thats what I’m talking bout. That would be all I need to get thru the t-ball games.
Or maybe that and one of those kool laser tag guns. I bet the crazy baseball mom would stay away then.
May 11th, 2009 at 10:08 pmCrazy straws rock, especially drinking some colourful beverage…
May 11th, 2009 at 11:05 pmI am loving the Starbucks/Crazy Straw idea. I will be doing that very soon!
May 12th, 2009 at 10:37 amDoes anyone remember Flavor Straws? There was cardboard (or something) impregnated with chocolate or strawberry flavor inside the straw. It flavored the milk as you sucked. I used to hound my mom to buy them, along with Fizzies.
May 12th, 2009 at 10:45 amYou should pick a day and call it crazy straw day and everyone that reads your blogs will use a crazy straw
on that day. We will know why and the rest of the world will Think we are CRAZY.
and the pic of Miles is to die for.
May 12th, 2009 at 11:36 amI STILL love to use the crazy straw when presented with the opportunity. . . and I am 43. Mojitos? Best when sipped with the crazy straw.
You seem like such an awesome Mom.
That’s all.
May 12th, 2009 at 11:57 amI had one that is pink and purple and a couple of loops. Very cool. Then the dishwasher ate it. I stole that one from a goody bag the kids brought home. Then I went and bought a few when we were in Disney, with a Mickey head of course and it is all good. We all have our own color coordinated mickey heads and it is pretty lame but the straws, they rock! So, suck on your crazy straw and be happy!
May 12th, 2009 at 12:29 pmWe bought crazy straws for a party - the adults used them more than the kids. The kids liked the blinky ice cube things though lol
May 12th, 2009 at 2:42 pmThanks to Debbie for the link for the crazy name straws. I just ordered some for my whole family. I can’t wait for them to get here!
May 12th, 2009 at 3:44 pmWho needs a crazy straw? As long as we all have your blog to read, we can go around with smiles on our faces!
You do an awesome job at truly portraying every day life from a mom’s point of view… .thanks for the time you put in. Oh, and since you have crazy straws in abundance-any advice on the cleaning of them??? 
May 12th, 2009 at 7:20 pmYou know what makes crazy straws more fun, drinking a fun colorful adult beverage with one.
May 12th, 2009 at 10:33 pmThe only problem with a crazy straw is if you use it with milk — hard to clean and yucky too. Ewww.
May 13th, 2009 at 3:38 pmit’s not what;
May 13th, 2009 at 5:03 pmthe juice takes a different route!!
you didn’t know that??
Ever since I saw this post a couple days ago, I have had this intense urge to buy some crazy straws and use them every time I get Starbucks! (Okay, so that would be like once a month.) Just to get the crazy looks from people!
May 13th, 2009 at 5:10 pm