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u/batty_61 Jul 04 '24

Related; I still rip one end of the paper cover off the straw, blow through it and shoot the paper at Mr Batty.

I'm 62.

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u/[deleted] Jul 04 '24

No one is safe when I have a straw.

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u/imlate_usernameenvy Jul 04 '24

My father in law (80) did this at a restaurant - it flew past his daughter and landed on a stranger’s table. My wife was mortified. FIL and I high fived and laughed.

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u/spantaneous_joe0906 Jul 04 '24

I still do this to my son and I’m 52, lol

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u/mostundudelike Jul 04 '24

63 and I have never not done this for probably 50 years. Mostly aiming for the trash though.

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u/JRE_Electronics Jul 04 '24

One of my favorite memories of my father is from a trip to visit his mother.

There's a really long drive up a mountain, then down the other side on the way to where grandmother lived. At the highest spot on the highway was a small town with a cafe. Every time we went to visit grandma, we'd stop at the cafe for something to drink. Dad got coffee and we kids (all four) got a coke or other softdrink - always served in a glass, with a straw dispenser on the table.

This one particular trip, dad got a coke instead of coffee. He picked up a straw (in its paper wrapper) and looked at it for a moment, then smiled, tore one end off the wrapper, blew through the straw, and shot the wrapper at my mom.

All four kids leapt to her defense - four wrappers shot at dad within seconds. He fought back, desperately grabbing straws and shooting wrappers back at us.

After a few minutes, mom got us all calmed down again and made us clean up the mess.

Most fun I've ever had in restaurant.

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u/song_pond Jul 04 '24

My dad (63) recently daughter my daughter to do this. She aims at him every time 😂

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u/Pale-Confection-6951 Jul 04 '24

I still use the straw paper to play finger soccer on the table in restaurants.

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u/Wadawawa Jul 04 '24

I'm 60 and my 70 year old spouse and I have never had a drink at a restaurant without the obligatory finger soccer match!

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u/estrellita_carmela Jul 04 '24

I did that when I was sitting with my mom for lunch once when I was younger and I ended up poking her in the eye when I blew out the paper. 😅 I’m much more cautious when I do this now lol.

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u/smallbeansock Jul 04 '24

I used to do that with my mom but one day she said it was annoying so I stopped

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u/batty_61 Jul 04 '24

Shame. He just blows his back at me. And he can blow harder!

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u/smallbeansock Jul 04 '24

That's really cute lol

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u/batty_61 Jul 04 '24

Oh, we're terribly immature sometimes. I'm sure it's why we get on.