Sometimes you're just sitting there reading random Wikipedia articles and then you think "Who in the heck took all this time to write this long page about the history of drinking straws?", amirite?

+373 Sometimes you're just sitting there reading random Wikipedia articles and then you think "Who in the heck took all this time to write this long page about the history of drinking straws?", amirite?

by Anonymous 13 years ago

you all just wiki'd "drinking straws," didn't you? :)

by Anonymous 13 years ago

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Drinking_Straws - couldn't help it! :)

by Anonymous 13 years ago

exactly :D

by Anonymous 13 years ago

Well, if they didn't write it, then you wouldn't have read it and thought about it.

by Anonymous 13 years ago

My favourite part of that article is the picture showing different straw sizes. I just imagine someone getting a drink with a straw and saying "yup, this looks like a six-er!"

by Anonymous 13 years ago

Case in point: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toilet_paper_orientation There is a whole article on which way to hang a toilet paper roll. And it's a long article.

by Anonymous 13 years ago