# Ask the guy with a Gas Powered Blender :) **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [May 27, 2004, 4:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-guy-with-a-gas-powered-blender/247355 "2004-05-27T16:03:23Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 15\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Phlosphr](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/c68b51/32.png) [@Phlosphr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Phlosphr)\ **Post date:** [May 27, 2004, 4:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-guy-with-a-gas-powered-blender/247355/1 "2004-05-27T16:03:23Z")
[This](http://www.gasblender.com/) is the **Daiquiri Whacker**. Bought last year it has given my wife and I hours of bliss at the beach, on the boat in our back yard…It draws great conversations and can create a general loopy sensation which is the nice extra added bonus. Yes, it is completely over the edge of practical, but hey Summer’s here and I don’t know about you, but _‘Ya only live once’_! Now that classes are over, commencement is over and my wife and I have a month off, it’s time to throw the boat in the water and have some fun! Are we going to have a New England dope fest or what?! 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![jellytoes](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/eb9ed0/32.png) [@jellytoes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jellytoes)\ **Post date:** [May 27, 2004, 7:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-guy-with-a-gas-powered-blender/247355/2 "2004-05-27T19:17:33Z")
Ok. [ol] [li]Have you ever gotten gas in your drinks (accidentally)?[/li][li]Do you know how to make Bahama Mama’s?[/li][li]If the answer to #2 is yes, where do you live?[/li][/ol] 😃 ---
**Author:** ![BrotherCadfael](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/977dab/32.png) [@BrotherCadfael](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrotherCadfael)\ **Post date:** [May 27, 2004, 7:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-guy-with-a-gas-powered-blender/247355/3 "2004-05-27T19:57:08Z")
Ya’ just gotta know that **lieu** is going to be along in a couple of minutes… ---
**Author:** ![Munch](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/munch/32/5281_2.png) [@Munch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Munch)\ **Post date:** [May 27, 2004, 8:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-guy-with-a-gas-powered-blender/247355/4 "2004-05-27T20:09:03Z")
Phlosphr, does your college need a development officer? Because if I can’t live your life, I want to live at least \*near \* your life! That thing is fantastic. Does it come with a larger-than-normal container? I’d want to whip up margaritas by the gallon, instead of the wimpy standard size. [hijack]Also, did you catch the article on Rupert I posted in CS last week?[/hijack] ---
**Author:** ![Finagle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/b19c9b/32.png) [@Finagle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Finagle)\ **Post date:** [May 27, 2004, 8:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-guy-with-a-gas-powered-blender/247355/5 "2004-05-27T20:25:20Z")
But that blender produces as much pollution in one hour as 40 idling cars! Looks like it would get the user pretty polluted too. Be useful to have on the boat, though. If the main engine ever failed, I bet you could MacGuyver up something to get you ashore using the blender. ---
**Author:** ![Casey1505](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/dc4da7/32.png) [@Casey1505](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Casey1505)\ **Post date:** [May 27, 2004, 8:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-guy-with-a-gas-powered-blender/247355/6 "2004-05-27T20:53:57Z")
What sort of DPG\* does that bad boy get? \*Daiquiris Per Gallon ---
**Author:** ![lieu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c2a13f/32.png) [@lieu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lieu)\ **Post date:** [May 27, 2004, 8:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-guy-with-a-gas-powered-blender/247355/7 "2004-05-27T20:59:28Z")
Finally… a way to make your bass smoothies all nice and frothy. ---
**Author:** ![Rico](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rico/32/3582_2.png) [@Rico](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rico)\ **Post date:** [May 28, 2004, 2:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-guy-with-a-gas-powered-blender/247355/8 "2004-05-28T02:34:37Z")
MMMMMMMM! That’s **GOOD** Bass! 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Standup\_Karmic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ac91a4/32.png) [@Standup\_Karmic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Standup_Karmic)\ **Post date:** [May 28, 2004, 7:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-guy-with-a-gas-powered-blender/247355/9 "2004-05-28T07:43:34Z")
If the Blender Jar is unbreakable, why do they have “replacement Blender Jars” available? ---
**Author:** ![Phlosphr](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/c68b51/32.png) [@Phlosphr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Phlosphr)\ **Post date:** [May 28, 2004, 1:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-guy-with-a-gas-powered-blender/247355/10 "2004-05-28T13:06:18Z")
> [@](#): > > **Originally posted by Jellytoes** > Have you ever gotten gas in your drinks (accidentally)? > Do you know how to make Bahama Mama’s? > If the answer to #2 is yes, where do you live? 1. The gas stays very far away from the blender parts… 2. Yes 3. Connecticut. > [@](#): > > **Originally posted by Munch** > Phlosphr, does your college need a development officer? Because if I can’t live your life, I want to live at least near your life! That thing is fantastic. Does it come with a larger-than-normal container? I’d want to whip up margaritas by the gallon, instead of the wimpy standard size. > > [hijack]Also, did you catch the article on Rupert I posted in CS last week?[/hijack] Yes, you can get larger containers. I bought a spare so we could keep’em flowing when in a large group of people. I should have purchased a third. We are always looking for development officers. 🙂 Yes, I just read the article, and it affirmed what I already felt about the guy. Glad to see he got the Mill. > [@](#): > > **Originally posted by Finagle** > Looks like it would get the user pretty polluted too. There is very little exhaust…I was happy with that. **Lieu** - Huh? I think I got wooshed. **Stand up Karmic** - I’m slightly curious about that too…They probably wear out after many uses. ---
**Author:** ![lieu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c2a13f/32.png) [@lieu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lieu)\ **Post date:** [May 28, 2004, 8:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-guy-with-a-gas-powered-blender/247355/11 "2004-05-28T20:44:49Z")
All of us that bought one knew the Bass-O-Matic was severely underpowered. ---
**Author:** ![stpauler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9d8465/32.png) [@stpauler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/stpauler)\ **Post date:** [May 28, 2004, 8:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-guy-with-a-gas-powered-blender/247355/12 "2004-05-28T20:53:08Z")
My WAG about the replacements would be that the blades would get dull and/or it’s nice to have extras, one for nada coladas and the other for the one with da booze? My question is, is it any better than a regular-plug-in-the-wall blender as for its intended purpose? ---
**Author:** ![lieu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c2a13f/32.png) [@lieu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lieu)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2004, 4:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-guy-with-a-gas-powered-blender/247355/13 "2004-05-29T04:13:29Z")
I’m going to go out on a limb here and venture that when someone buys a blender powered by a freakin’ Briggs & Stratton (or reasonable facsimilie thereof), it ain’t cuz they’re concerned about the homogeneity of their drinks. ---
**Author:** ![Mariemarie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/58f4c7/32.png) [@Mariemarie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mariemarie)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2004, 5:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-guy-with-a-gas-powered-blender/247355/14 "2004-05-29T05:17:22Z")
> [@](#): > > If the Blender Jar is unbreakable, why do they have “replacement Blender Jars” available? S you can mixup anew batch o dakaries while you por teh first ::hic:: ---
**Author:** ![Phlosphr](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/c68b51/32.png) [@Phlosphr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Phlosphr)\ **Post date:** [May 31, 2004, 3:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-guy-with-a-gas-powered-blender/247355/15 "2004-05-31T15:02:32Z")
> [@](#): > > I’m going to go out on a limb here and venture that when someone buys a blender powered by a freakin’ Briggs & Stratton (or reasonable facsimilie thereof), it ain’t cuz they’re concerned about the homogeneity of their drinks. True. > [@](#): > > If the Blender Jar is unbreakable, why do they have “replacement Blender Jars” available? > > S you can mixup anew batch o dakaries while you por teh first ::hic:: 🙂 For people who have nothing better to do with a lazy Sunday Afternoon on Long Island Sound.