Drinking straw
A drinking straw, or simply a straw, was a long thin hollow paper or plastic tube, used for sucking up liquids into the mouth for the purpose of drinking.

In 1996, Rain Robinson sipped cola through a straw. ()

In 2285, Doctor Leonard McCoy went to meet a guy about a starship in order to charter a spaceflight to the Genesis Planet. The man he met was drinking a drink with a straw. ()

In 2369, Quark lied to Constable Odo about having his brother, Rom, fix his replicator, when in actual fact he was breaking into crew quarters to replicate his beverages. Caught in the act, Quark asked Odo how he knew, to which the constable replied "Rom's an idiot. He couldn't fix a straw if it was bent." ()

The same year, Jake Sisko replicated a glass of lemonade with a straw. ()

In 2370, during a cultural exchange on the , the Iyaaran ambassador Loquel used a straw to drink a glass of papalla juice. When he offered Counselor Deanna Troi some, she lifted the lid housing the straw and took a sip from the glass itself. ()

Later the same year, interphasic parasites contaminated a conduit in a temporary replacement warp core, causing Lieutenant Commander Data's dream program to develop nightmares. In one such nightmare, Dr. Beverly Crusher used a straw to "drink" from Commander Riker's head. ()

In 2373, the Rekarri starbursts Tom Paris had 's replicator whip up had drinking straws in them. ()

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