# Half moon ice cubes or straws are for pussies

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**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [October 16, 2000, 12:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/half-moon-ice-cubes-or-straws-are-for-pussies/37060 "2000-10-16T00:25:18Z")\
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**Author:** ![aha](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/eada6e/32.png) [@aha](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aha)\
**Post date:** [October 16, 2000, 7:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/half-moon-ice-cubes-or-straws-are-for-pussies/37060/21 "2000-10-16T19:27:46Z")

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In England, when you order tea, and specify ICE tea they are shocked. At the more accomodating places they pour the hot tea right over the ice cubes melting them making the whole thing a watered down yucky mess.

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**Author:** ![BunnyGirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/22d042/32.png) [@BunnyGirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BunnyGirl)\
**Post date:** [October 16, 2000, 7:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/half-moon-ice-cubes-or-straws-are-for-pussies/37060/22 "2000-10-16T19:39:45Z")

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> No, no…I’m not saying everyone in Europe is wrong, just that it’s different from here

::start patriotic music:: Fourscore and many years ago, our forefathers left the land of their birth. They left family, friends and the comfort of their motherland to come to America. America, where they could freely pursue the religion of their choice, vote as a man or woman of conscience, and have ice in their tea without getting strange looks. Yes, they were bold men and women. Bold enough to pursue a dream…::fade out patriotic music::

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**Author:** ![Kamino\_Neko](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kamino_neko/32/34_2.png) [@Kamino\_Neko](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kamino_Neko)\
**Post date:** [October 16, 2000, 8:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/half-moon-ice-cubes-or-straws-are-for-pussies/37060/23 "2000-10-16T20:39:08Z")

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> \*Originally posted by Jack Batty \*  
> **Are you saying everybody in Europe is wrong? Are you??**

Yes.

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> **It’s all conditioning. Do yourself a favor - hear me out, just give it a shot - go to the grocery store and buy a nice 2-liter Coke, off the shelf. Put in your kitchen window for 5 to 6 hours, during a nice sunny day. Pop the top off that bad boy and pour yourself a nice steaming glass of soda (or pop if you prefer).**

I’ve done that sort of thing enough as it is.

Going without a fridge for a year is not a good thing.

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**Author:** ![Sister\_Vigilante](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9de0a6/32.png) [@Sister\_Vigilante](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sister_Vigilante)\
**Post date:** [October 17, 2000, 6:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/half-moon-ice-cubes-or-straws-are-for-pussies/37060/24 "2000-10-17T18:05:59Z")

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Since the thread has gone out the window, let me pull it back by saying that IIRC, you can’t get automatic icemakers any more that make cubes of ice - it’s all the curved stuff.

Personally, I prefer no ice at all. If I just got the drink out of the fridge, it’s cold enough for me. If not, I use ice cubes (since we don’t have an automatic).

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