seriously, who's the genius who invented tea/coffee plastic stirrers? and i do not mean that facetiously (btw, i've been told that facetious is the only word in English that has all vowels in order!). i am dead serious. must be a genius to take something very thin and very round (least amount of friction) to stir (that is, to move liquid around)!!!!

a spoon?
a flat surface?
a mini paddle?
nahhhhh, let's go for the smallest straw possible.
and, while we're at it, let's tempt the uninitiated to suck really hot coffee/tea thru that micro straw. then we can really inflict some damage, by directing a jet of quasi-boiling water/liquid directly onto someone's tongue or soft palate. great idea!!!!


"this will never sell" would be the common sense thing to say. but marketing is marketing (and Windows Vista is here to prove it!), and all use the micro straw coffee/tea stirrers!!!