Stories from the Junk Drawer #1

11:19 am - Mon, Mar 11, 2013: 29 notes

Stories from the Junk Drawer #1

*FORMERLY “HOMELESS POSTS”!!

“Homeless” because they sound like they’ve come from the mind of a crazy person? Or “homeless” because they couldn’t find a place to live on any other website that I write for? YOU decide.

a new feature by CNU Editor Danielle

Things that the “Other” Tab On A Soda Lid Could Stand For (Originally submitted for consideration 05/2012. Rejected 06/2012 and 08/2012.)

The “Other” tab. The little plastic tab that has eluded soda cup users for generations. Soda lid manufacturer’s lazy excuse for avoiding having to list the rest of the beverages that a soda cup could possibly contain or international conspiracy that has been covered up by the government for years? More likely than not, it’s just because there is only so much space on a soft drink cup lid, but let’s just keep going with the conspiracy theory idea for the sake of this article, m’kay?

The addition of the Other tab to the soda cup lid affords the opportunity for restaurants and soda drinkers alike to get creative with their definitions of what exactly “Other” means. It could represent a soda that’s not Cola or Root Beer, or it could stand for something besides soft drinks altogether. Whatever contents you choose to fill the soda cup with is up to you. The possibilities really are endless. Here is a list of a few possible contents that could be hidden under soda lids with the “Other” tab pressed:

Lemonade

Iced Tea

Vodka disguised in a soda cup for consumption in a public place

Water

Pee from that one time that you got stuck in traffic and really had to go

Sprite

Dr. Pepper

Your dead cat’s ashes

Rare air samples from the Himalayas (or so you were told by the guy in the dreadlocks that sold it to you outside of the Hot Topic)

Fruit Punch

Coke, but you get a kick out of breaking the rules, don’t you?

Danielle Romeo is a writer, comedian, and occasional graphic designer stuck commuting between New York and New Jersey while trying to make her dreams come true. You may have seen her work on the UCB stage (either mopping it up or in a grad show, most likely), HelloGiggles.com, CollegeHumor.com, or maybe she just thinks that she’s a bigger deal than she really is.