How much do convenience stores rule?

[BigFatMeanie]

Originally Posted by YOhio

Strangely I've never been a Slurpee fan. My horribly oppresive parents wouldn't let me drink caffeinated beverages until I was twelve (how they came up with that age I don't know).

Since then I've resented all non-caffeinated beverages. I won't touch Sprite, Root Beer, Squirt, Fresca, all varieties of Fanta, or most Slurpee's. I'll only drink a slurpee if it's Mt. Dew or Coke flavored. Plus, Slurpees give me a headache, they melt too fast, and you always have to move the straw around.

Dude, you just don't have proper Slurpee technique. My high school was right across the street from a "Sev" (as we used to call it). I spent my entire senior year perfecting the proper Slurpee eating technique. The key is to not suck it through the straw. Instead you should use the spoon end of the straw-spoon combo (we always called it a "stroon") to eat the slurpee. This way the bottom of the Slurpee stays liquidy and only requires occasional stirring to keep the ideal Slurpee consistency throughout the cup.

If you suck the Slurpee through the stroon instead of eating with the spoon part of the stroon then you end up with dry slurpee ice that has lost its flavor and is kind of dull-colored with white around the edges.

There is also an art to making your own nachos at Sev but we got so good at squeezing three orders worth of nachos into a single nacho holder that they finally started pre-packing the chips in the nacho holder. Bummer.

The plastic-wrapped sandwiches, the chocolate-cake donuts that are almost red on the inside, and OGrady's Au Gratin potato chips were also a daily part of my 7-11 diet. Man, those were the days.

[RockyBalboa]

I love 7-11. I'm there every day getting my Dr. Pepper. Bad habit I need to kick.

[il Padrino Ute]

Originally Posted by YOhio

You probably wouldn't have had time to enjoy it in between baptizing entire villages.

On the contrary - he could have baptized villages in a font filled with slurpee.

[cougjunkie]

When i was growing up my family was really inactive and to be honest from about 15-18 the only reason i went to church was due to some hot chicks in my sunday school class. Every sunday after church (or during didnt matter), me and my friend and these two girls would drive from Spanish Fork to the Springville 7-11, I would get a slurpee and a Big Eds Super Saucer (cookie ice cream sandwich), everyone else would get the same thign every week, we would head up hobble creek canyon eat and make out.

Those were the good old days.

[Jeff Lebowski]

Originally Posted by BigFatMeanie

Taiwan is 7-11 Heaven. There are 2 or 3 per city block and many office buildings and semiconductor factories have a 7-11 inside. Nothing like getting a Snickers, Guava Juice, and a stinky egg for lunch -all at the same store.

<HomerSimpson>Mmm, stinky eggs, aauggghh</HomerSimpon> (NOTE: I don't know what the stinky eggs are called in Chinese)

"Stinky eggs"??? Yikes.

[YOhio]

Originally Posted by Jeff Lebowski

"Stinky eggs"??? Yikes.

I think he's referring to this.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Century_egg

[il Padrino Ute]

Originally Posted by cougjunkie

When i was growing up my family was really inactive and to be honest from about 15-18 the only reason i went to church was due to some hot chicks in my sunday school class. Every sunday after church (or during didnt matter), me and my friend and these two girls would drive from Spanish Fork to the Springville 7-11, I would get a slurpee and a Big Eds Super Saucer (cookie ice cream sandwich), everyone else would get the same thign every week, we would head up hobble creek canyon eat and make out.

Those were the good old days.

LOL! I'd be interested to see if the Sunday morning conversatoin went like this at your house while growing up:

cougjunkie: "Mom! Dad! Get up! We're going to be late for church!"

cj's Mom: "junkie, it's only 6:00 in the morning. Church doesn't start until 11:00."

cj: "Yeah, but I don't want to be late. The lesson in Sunday School is going to be something that I need to hear, just like it is every week! I need this!"

Was that close?

[cougjunkie]

Originally Posted by il Padrino Ute

LOL! I'd be interested to see if the Sunday morning conversatoin went like this at your house while growing up:

cougjunkie: "Mom! Dad! Get up! We're going to be late for church!"

cj's Mom: "junkie, it's only 6:00 in the morning. Church doesn't start until 11:00."

cj: "Yeah, but I don't want to be late. The lesson in Sunday School is going to be something that I need to hear, just like it is every week! I need this!"

Was that close?

More like this:

Where the hell are you going so early?

Church!

Church? Well tell them we are sick for me will you?

Sure, but you have been sick for two years.

And?

Ok I need the car

Church is a block away walk your ass over there.

I have to pickup fast offerings.

Fine.


Worked everytime.

[il Padrino Ute]

Originally Posted by cougjunkie

More like this:

Where the hell are you going so early?

Church!

Church? Well tell them we are sick for me will you?

Sure, but you have been sick for two years.

And?

Ok I need the car

Church is a block away walk your ass over there.

I have to pickup fast offerings.

Fine.


Worked everytime.

Excellent.

[myboynoah]

7-11 is owned by the Japanese.

You do the math.