So I am at the new Sonic on Lake Mead Parkway for my usual happy hour diet coke with lime and turd ice, (also 2 small root beers and a small sprite for those small people that follow me everywhere..) when I realize that the weight of my drink in my left hand feels slightly different. "Must be an extra lime?" I think to myself. "Maybe the cup is from a different manufacturer since the Sonic is new?" Surely nothing about my drink can be different enough to pull over and check. Oh but I do. Sure enough.... the turd ice, yes, the turd ice is HUGE! It's like turd ice on steroids!! Okay, I know what you are thinking. It's STILL turd ice. However the size of this paticular turd ice would make Matthew McConaughey grasp his well-chiseled chest in horror and choke on the very turd ice in question! (If you don't already know this random bit of knowledge, Matthew McC has a turd ice maker in his home. Smart man.) So I immediately put the lid and straw in the cupholder, and put a turd of the ice in my mouth. Not only does it not slide easily from side to side without opening my mouth due to it's rougher texture, but it brings back the near death experience of choking on a jolly rancher when I was 12 and swearing off anything that size from ever entering my mouth again. Now don't get me wrong. It still crunches nicely, still makes my Diet Coke taste better, and still fits the bill when you just want something low cal and yummy to chew on. But why, oh why, do the sure things in my life have to change? First, my dream of staying a nice perky C cup throughout my middle-ages, then actually knowing what the acronym IBS stands for, and it's treatments, and now THIS. What's next? They find a cure for Tourette's so my life is completely unfulfilling? Well, I suppose I can take comfort in the fact that the 2 other sonic locations near me have not yet set out to single handidly destroy my life. At least for now.
7 years ago
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Oh my gosh!!! I am dying!!!!!!!!! You, my friend, are freaking funny. Turd ice!!! Man, I love you. Come play with us, mkay?
Oh Brooke! I never knew we have so much in common. I am obsessed with ice at a dangerous level (I actually talk about it at length in one of my early blogs). I'm surprised I've never seen you during happy hour. It may be because I have to go to the Sonic on Pecos and Patrick Lane because they have rabbit pellet ice and I buy it by the bag (most Sonics do that now). I do like the bigger sonic ice chunks because the consistency is what matters the most. I ramble. But let me just say that when I go I get the route 44 diet coke with diet cherry flavoring (occasionally I get fresh lime) and then a kids strawberry slush for Haven and a kids apple juice for Ryder. Perhaps our happy hour visits will coincide one day!
You said turd 9 times. Impressive. It's true, you and Jenn are ice buddies. How do you feel about the fact that there is an ice machine at my office that makes the perfect ice, much like Sonic's. That's right...I have it at my fingertips all day everyday. Eat that! Oh wait you can't, but I can.
I can't believe that I am further commenting about this (oh wait--yes I can). I just want to say that I hope to have one of those ice machines one day. I have actually priced them online. They are expensive. But really it will pay for itself. And Eliza--have you ever considered filling up a couple of (large) cups and dropping them off to Brooke and me every day after work? Think about it.
Jenn,
I have gone to Pecos for years, but when the colored man with the 1 1/2 inch long pinky nail started working the drive through window, I had to stop. He almost cut my carotid artery last time I got my Diet Coke. Oh, and they have diet cherry stuff??? Warm springs is a no go for me cause they always give me the wrong order. It really is a sickness. Did you know that there used to be $.99 stickers for your window that were for the Route44's?? Ya, I accidentally left mine on my van when I traded it in. Biggest mistake of my life. They don't give them out anymore. Rude. So how much were the machines??? Maybe we could split the cost.
Dear Eliza,
You are never getting any action after a movie ever ever again. I hope you are happy with your turd ice.
Brooke.
You are too stinkin' funny. I had forgotten....it's been a while. When are you coming back to the East Coast so we can go shopping???
Yup, love the turd ice, rabbit pellets, dinky balls, whatever you want to call it. But the only Sonic we have is in BFE and not at all close to us. And if they were, they still wouldn't have Dr Pepper because nobody does but McDonalds. Oh well!
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