Okay, so I just went to 7-11 to treat the kiddos to a slurpee tonight. I fill all the little slurpee cups and, lo and behold, I encounter anodized aluminum straws!!! Totally … I’m not kidding. … in the colors of blue and green and purple. WHAT ON EARTH!!! 
I’m going to go back, buy another larger slurpee and get a couple of tubes … err … straws. Hehehe … yeah … I wonder if they’re long enough to make a sop D out of … Hmmmmmmmmmmm …
LJ