CRAYON 11: Slurpees, Slushies, Icees and Brainfreezes.

A big metal machine that looks like it should be able to send me back in time stands in front of me. A soft hum lulls me in. Frozen mixtures churn like laundry tumble in circulant glass windows with their elixer of brain freeze science...

"I got a chance to meet one of the guys that designed this machine below.  They had a problem with it the first day and the owner put up the sign.  They decided it was perfect and left it up permanently. The design team made products for the every day convent store fun.  Giving you a reason to shop there.  Design leads the way." (See the products)

...My arms paused in the air while I rub my fingers together in anticipation.   I reach out to grab the cold black handle, I pause before contact, twitch my mouth, squint and eyes and look back and forth at PinaCola, Coca-Cola, and something Green.  I go back to Coca-Cola..then over to the green one with nothing to declare its name but a torn of label.  Someone has written "Green" over the white glued down paper with a sharpee.   I go back to the Coca-Coal and take the sure bet.

I pull the handle and a puff of air spits out some liquid, a gurgle, then the steady flow of sweet, smooth, icy, blended cola flows out.

I inhale the slush mix and I dont want to stop.  Wait whats that in the back of my brain...it feels like...ouch ouch ouch oh shoot geeze... time to do the gotta go wee wee dance ginlge ooooHHHhhhhhh ahhh brainfreeze...unnhhhhhh stop stop stop stop.  Ok so how do we get rid of the brainfreeze that comes from my inability to take down a slushy with patience?  Watch this terrible video below for some very useful information.




Getting Slurpee, Slushie, Icee, Wheezing the Juice, Squishee, or what ever you want to call it will always bring a smile to my face. If you get a chance go treat your self to one, at the movies, at the 7-11, Circle K, White Hen, or Quickie Mart.  Big Gulps Hunh?..........Well.........See yah Later and remember wheeze the Juice!

• Slurpee drinks are all served at 28 degrees.
• Early prototypes for the Slurpee machine made use of an automobile air conditioning unit.
• Slurpee was "invented" when some sodas were put in a freezer to cool them down — and they became all slushy.
• Bob Stanford, a 7-Eleven agency director, coined the term "Slurpee" in 1967.
• Winnipeg, Canada is generally thought to be the Slurpee capital of the world, due to their amazing Slurpee fanaticism.
• When Slurpee first hit the market, it wasn’t self-serve. The machine was behind the counter and the clerk served the product to you.
• At Slurpee, we call it a BrainFreeze. The scientific name for it is Sphenopalatine Ganglioneuralgia. Really.
• Slurpee drinks are carbonated.
• Slurpee Day is July 11th.
• Sugar is the anti-freezing agent in most Slurpee drinks.
• American Slurpee is injected with air. Canadian Slurpee is not.
• Half of all Slurpee drinks are purchased between the hours of 4 and 11 p.m.
• Every day more than 11.6 million Slurpee drinks are consumed around the world.
• Pressing your tongue against the roof of your mouth is a known cure for brainfreeze.
• In 2004, 7-Eleven created an edible Slurpee straw.
• In 1998, Slurpee Lip Balm hit the market.
• More than 40% of all Slurpee drinks are sold during the months of June, July and August.
• Every year enough Slurpee drinks are sold to fill up 12 Olympic-sized swimming pools.
• Only one private individual owns a bona fide Slurpee machine. The rest are in 7-Eleven.
• The average Slurpee drinker's age is 29.  (No wonder its on my mind!)  

History of the Slurpee...a quick video.


                                                                      Slurpee site.

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