smilbandit t1_jadl0p2 wrote on February 28, 2023 at 5:51 PM

Reply to comment by benefit_of_mrkite in TIL that the Slurpee was invented by accident when a Dairy Queen owner would provide frozen soda, from a cooler, to customers when his soda fountain would break down. The owner, Omar Knedlik, improvised the Icee machine out of car parts, which was eventually licensed by 7-11, to become the Slurpee. by jdward01

yes, and walking around looking at stuff as you drink most of it only to refill before paying and leaving. so many brain freezes that could have been avoided had I not been greedy.

benefit_of_mrkite t1_jadnzqc wrote on February 28, 2023 at 6:10 PM

Or getting yelled at because you were reading comics without buying