At Equitana in Sydney, 61 people took part in the ‘Lucky Straw Draw’ – \u00a0experiencing how it feels to hold a plastic drink straw in their mouth like a bit, for as long as possible. Some barely managed 2 minutes, others did it for 20 minutes!<\/p>\n
Here’s what they felt…..<\/p>\n
17 found it ‘Uncomfortable’ \u2013 several ‘Really Uncomfortable’<\/p>\n
11 found it ‘Annoying’<\/p>\n
11 found they needed to ‘chew on it’ or ‘play with it continually’<\/p>\n
10 said they were ‘Preoccupied’, ‘Couldn’t Concentrate’, ‘Distracted’, ‘Couldn’t focus’<\/p>\n
7 said they felt ‘Restricted’ or ‘Blocked’<\/p>\n
7 said they produced ‘Lots of Saliva’<\/p>\n
7 found it ‘Hard to swallow’ or Couldn’t Swallow’<\/p>\n
4 felt ‘Tension in their neck\/head\/face\/jaw’<\/p>\n
4 said they ‘Don’t like it’<\/p>\n
3 said the ‘Corners of their mouth got sore’<\/p>\n
3 ‘Wanted to get rid of it’<\/p>\n
3 said they ‘felt numb\/tingly’<\/p>\n
2 said their ‘Tongue was restricted’<\/p>\n
2 said it ‘Irritated their mouth’<\/p>\n
2 said it was ‘Not Pleasant’<\/p>\n
Other comments included:<\/p>\n
Hard, Pain, Strange, Un-Natural, Couldn’t get used to it, Sore tongue muscles, Irritating, Sore jaw, Awkward, Stressed, Sick to my stomach, Felt stupid\/ un-dignified\/ embarrassed, Pulls lips, Can’t lick lips, Dry mouth, Tired mouth, Hitting teeth, Can’t breathe properly, Would make me cranky, Horrible\/yucky, plastic better than a steel bit, Painful gums (where there was no teeth \u2013 just like in a horse!), Would kill if someone reefed on it!<\/p>\n
A small group of high school students (non-horsey) also took part in this experience and made the following comments:<\/p>\n
\u201cHard to swallow, annoying, more dribble, bad, can not chew, can not talk properly, hurts teeth, want to chew on it, want to spit it out.\u201c
\nTime in = 5mins 44 sec.<\/p>\n
\u201cDifficult speech, more saliva, uncomfortable, annoying\u201d
\nTime in = 3mins 42sec.<\/p>\n
\u201cAnnoying, boring, don\u2019t like it\u201d
\nTime in = 1min 27sec.<\/p>\n
\u201cMy throat feels kind of sore and painful and uncomfortable. I am making more saliva. My head keeps being pulled down and I can\u2019t lift it up. My gums and teeth are painful I want to chew on it. My neck feels hard.\u201d
\nTime in = 2min 2sec and 1min 5sec<\/p>\n
Many thanks to all those who took part. If you haven’t yet tried this, next time you see a plastic straw give it a go.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
At Equitana in Sydney, 61 people took part in the ‘Lucky Straw Draw’ – \u00a0experiencing how it feels to hold a plastic drink straw in their mouth like a bit, for as long as possible. Some barely managed 2 minutes, others did it for 20 minutes! Here’s what they felt….. 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