Happy Birthday 7-11!

Any store that gives out FREE SLURPEES is OK in my books. Yes, today marks 7-11's 79th year in business and to celebrate, they gave out 3 million FREE SLURPEES. I snagged 2 today. Why? because they are just that damn good. I pulled some useless facts about the Slurpee (my bevy of choice), from www.slurpee.com and I will present them as follows (I may have changed some words):

1. 7-Eleven began introducing Slurpee collector cups in 1972. These cups have featured rock-n-roll stars, endangered species, fake bottoms, free prizes and peel-off game pieces and coins. I have never had anything with a peel- off game piece or a fake bottom or a free prize. I did however, just pay $3.20 for a Slurpee in a Superman cup that was kinda trippy. Worth it? Eh...maybe.

2. In 1998, Slurpee-a-holics could also taste their favorite Slurpee flavor all day long with the the new Slurpee Lip Balm. As if eating it weren't good enough, you could now wear all the syrupy goodness. Mmm...slurpilicious.

3. 7-Eleven created an uber cool spoon-straw so slurpers wouldn't miss the last drop of their Slurpee drinks. I personally find that the straw is particularily useless for the last 1/4 of the drink, and I am not one of those people who eats the slurpee on the end of the straw..cause that's stupid. So I think a normal straw would work just as well. Although I do like the vast array of bright happy colors that the straws come in.

4. Enough Slurpee drinks are sold each year to fill up 12 Olympic swimming pools. Can you imagine how many slurpees that is? That's crazy. Sadly, that's probably just from my purchases alone. *Sigh*.

5. Slurpee drinkers in Winnipeg, Manitoba consume more Slurpee beverages than anywhere else on Earth. See? us Canadians are a hearty buncha bastards that like our winters cold..and our Slurpees even colder.

So I guess in a round about way I'm trying to say Happy Birthday 7-11! Thanks for giving us the best frozen drink on earth...and those delightful Chicken Taquitos. Keep up the good work...Top Drawer...Top Drawer indeed.