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3rdgensooner
1/17/2011, 04:10 PM
U.S. Starbucks to one-up Venti with new, larger size: the ‘Trenta’ (http://news.nationalpost.com/2011/01/17/u-s-starbucks-to-one-up-venti-with-new-larger-size-the-trenta/#ixzz1BKMrM99a)

http://nationalpostnews.files.wordpress.com/2011/01/0117bucks.jpg
The Trenta is 7 ounces larger than Starbucks’ “Venti” (shown here)
for iced drinks, which currently is its largest size on offer

LOS ANGELES — Starbucks Corp will roll out its biggest drink size yet — the 31-ounce ”Trenta” — in all of its U.S. coffee shops by May 3, the company said Sunday

The new size will be available only for iced coffee, iced tea and iced tea lemonade drinks in the United States. The Trenta is 7 ounces larger than Starbucks’ “Venti” cup for iced drinks, which currently is its largest size on offer.

Drinks in the Trenta size will cost 50 cents more than similar Venti-sized iced drinks, the company said.

Seattle-based Starbucks tested the new size in several U.S. markets last year, saying it was responding to customer demand for larger cold beverages.

The Trenta size will debut in 14 states, including Virginia, Georgia, Florida, Texas, Hawaii and Arizona, on Jan. 18 and in California on Feb. 1.

The world’s biggest coffee chain said unsweetened drinks in the new size will have fewer than 90 calories and that sweetened versions will have less than 230 calories.
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Graphic: How big, exactly, is Starbucks’ new ‘Trenta’ size? (http://news.nationalpost.com/2011/01/17/graphic-how-big-exactly-is-starbucks-new-trenta-size/#ixzz1BKSuzvUL)

Starbucks has announced its new, largest-ever drink size: the Trenta. For iced drinks only, the voluminous beverage will debut in 14 U.S. states in February. But how big is it?

http://nationalpostnews.files.wordpress.com/2011/01/web0118-starbuckstrenta.jpg

Spring
1/17/2011, 04:11 PM
oh good lord..chk will be all over this.

OrlandoSooner
1/17/2011, 04:13 PM
I may be obstinate, but I always order small, medium or large drinks at Starbucks. This will be known as an XL for me...

soonerchk
1/17/2011, 04:14 PM
OH YAY!!!!

Bummer, iced drinks only. :(

waynepayne
1/17/2011, 04:17 PM
I know that if I am patient someone will post something sufficiently snarky enough to capture how I feel about this so I can just +1.

The Profit
1/17/2011, 04:25 PM
I am confused, and the graphic has me quite concerned. If i drink the whole thing, will part of the coffee drink stay in my esophagus waiting for my stomach to empty?

3rdgensooner
1/17/2011, 04:26 PM
I already have an addiction to Venti Caramel Lite Frappucino's. This will not end well.


I know that if I am patient someone will post something sufficiently snarky enough to capture how I feel about this so I can just +1.
Starbucks! **** Yeah!

mgsooner
1/17/2011, 05:18 PM
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AlbqSooner
1/17/2011, 06:41 PM
$16 per pound for coffee is UN American.

soonercruiser
1/17/2011, 09:27 PM
Starbucks Supersizing???
Does that mean Oprah will put on weight again and do promos?
:eek:

Turd_Ferguson
1/17/2011, 09:51 PM
Starbucks...largest scam ever.

KC//CRIMSON
1/17/2011, 09:59 PM
Starbucks sells a superior product to any chain that is currently available (at least around here anyway.) You pay for what you get, as with anything.

Blue
1/17/2011, 10:00 PM
Gas station coffee is teh best.

Turd_Ferguson
1/17/2011, 10:07 PM
Gas station coffee is teh best.Indeed.

setem
1/17/2011, 10:15 PM
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sooneron
1/17/2011, 10:16 PM
I still prefer my local place or DD to Starbuck's iced coffee, but this does intrigue me. Of course, it just means that I will have to tell the Counter Help or person with an Art History degree to go easy on the ice. This only means about 3 more ounces of actual coffee if you don't tell them to hold back.

2121Sooner
1/18/2011, 12:46 PM
"Trenta" is Italian for 'fatty'

mgsooner
1/18/2011, 01:00 PM
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C&CDean
1/18/2011, 01:05 PM
I've only had coffee from a Starbucks maybe 5-6 times in my life. There's one right by my apartment and I stopped in the other day to buy some coffee for the crib. When I bought it she says "you get a free tall with that." I go "a what?" She goes "a tall." I go "a tall what?" She goes "coffee, what else?" I go "I'll just have a small." She goes "uh, OK?"

As she's pouring my coffee I happen to look at the menu. They don't ****ing have small, medium, large. WTF kind of pretentious homosexuals came up with this naming convention? It's lame, uber gay, and there's no way in hell you would ever get me to say "give me a venti" anything. **** Starbucks. I like their coffee, but it ain't worth $3 for a SMALL, and the whole place smacks of liberalism gone mad.

2121Sooner
1/18/2011, 01:08 PM
Actually it is capitalism at it's finest.

Back in the 70's if someone would have said, "Howard Schultz, I want you to start a company that is going to eventually charge $5 for a cup of coffee and people will line up for it." What would your response have been?

Mine too, but stupid people line up and just hand it over. I think their coffee tastes burned and I dont buy it.

3rdgensooner
1/18/2011, 01:11 PM
As she's pouring my coffee I happen to look at the menu. They don't ****ing have small, medium, large. WTF kind of pretentious homosexuals came up with this naming convention? It's lame, uber gay, and there's no way in hell you would ever get me to say "give me a venti" anything. **** Starbucks. I like their coffee, but it ain't worth $3 for a SMALL, and the whole place smacks of liberalism gone mad.u mad

2121Sooner
1/18/2011, 01:17 PM
Best thing in Starbucks is the chonga bagel. Delicious.

C&CDean
1/18/2011, 01:21 PM
u mad

How can you be mad when the place is full of fuzzy sweater, wool pants, and birkenstock wearing wannabe intellectuals sipping their venti frozen caramel decaf latte reading their autographed copy of Obama's book? The parking lot is full of Prius' and Vespas, and every car has a "Hope & Change" bumper sticker.

I ain't mad, I'm sad. At least somebody is getting rich off stupid liberals.

3rdgensooner
1/18/2011, 01:31 PM
I drive a Prius.

sappstuf
1/18/2011, 01:31 PM
How can you be mad when the place is full of fuzzy sweater, wool pants, and birkenstock wearing wannabe intellectuals sipping their venti frozen caramel decaf latte reading their autographed copy of Obama's book? The parking lot is full of Prius' and Vespas, and every car has a "Hope & Change" bumper sticker.

I ain't mad, I'm sad. At least somebody is getting rich off stupid liberals.

Venti Soy Chai Latté please...

http://i230.photobucket.com/albums/ee316/olintodepretto/preppie.jpg

;)

mgsooner
1/18/2011, 01:32 PM
stupid liberals.

Never knew there were so many stupid liberals in Oklahoma since Starbucks seems to be popping up everywhere here

Thaumaturge
1/18/2011, 01:34 PM
The common denominator is the sin of gluttony, not liberalism.

C&CDean
1/18/2011, 01:36 PM
I drive a Prius.

And your point is?

Pogue Mahone
1/18/2011, 01:37 PM
Most of the Starbucks menu is coffee for people who don't like coffee.

3rdgensooner
1/18/2011, 01:38 PM
And your point is?A point is required?

FirstandGoal
1/18/2011, 01:38 PM
Hey, who doesn't love a good Starbucks every now and then?

What pisses me off most about the whole situation is this country's obsessive need to super/giant size everything on the planet.

C&CDean
1/18/2011, 01:38 PM
The common denominator is the sin of gluttony, not liberalism.

Whatever.

And don't even get me started on that bastion of flamers bread joint Panera.

C&CDean
1/18/2011, 01:40 PM
A point is required?

It is?

3rdgensooner
1/18/2011, 01:40 PM
Dean, you seem a little obsessed with homoerotic terminology.

C&CDean
1/18/2011, 01:41 PM
Dean, you seem a little obsessed with homoerotic terminology.

I do?

Thaumaturge
1/18/2011, 01:41 PM
Whatever.

And don't even get me started on that bastion of flamers bread joint Panera.

I don't have an opinion on Panera because I don't go there as I'm neither a flaming liberal nor a glutton.

3rdgensooner
1/18/2011, 01:43 PM
I don't have an opinion on Panera because I don't go there as I'm neither a flaming liberal nor a glutton.But are you a pretentious homosexual?

C&CDean
1/18/2011, 01:44 PM
I don't have an opinion on Panera because I don't go there as I'm neither a flaming liberal nor a glutton.

Me either. However, I did go one time when my wife got a $25 gift card there. It was on the meh side of OK, but what got me was all the same people you see in Starbucks were in there ordering their "no fat, organic sprout muffin with a side of hummus." Pretentious little dweebs.

C&CDean
1/18/2011, 01:44 PM
But are you a pretentious homosexual?

Are you? Cause that'd be a lot more interesting than me.

C&CDean
1/18/2011, 01:46 PM
Or he.

Thaumaturge
1/18/2011, 01:46 PM
But are you a pretentious homosexual?

Well, I have been to Starbucks three or four times in my life.

My Opinion Matters
1/18/2011, 01:49 PM
Real men brew their cofee in an exhaust manifold and drink it from a combat boot.

C&CDean
1/18/2011, 01:51 PM
Real men have momma brew their cofee cause they suck at it.

Fixed.

3rdgensooner
1/18/2011, 01:52 PM
Are you? Cause that'd be a lot more interesting than me.
I'm a down-to-earth prius-driving starbucks-drinking panera-eating lover of men.

My Opinion Matters
1/18/2011, 01:52 PM
I'm a down-to-earth prius-driving starbucks-drinking panera-eating lover of men.

Sic Em?

Cheez-It
1/18/2011, 01:52 PM
I'll be a fan of the Trenta size. Liberal or not (does it really matter? I'm mean really??) its gonna be good and I'm gonna like it!!

C&CDean
1/18/2011, 01:53 PM
I'm a down-to-earth prius-driving starbucks-drinking panera-eating lover of men.

Well there's an exception to every rule.

C&CDean
1/18/2011, 01:54 PM
I'll be a fan of the Trenta size. Liberal or not (does it really matter? I'm mean really??) its gonna be good and I'm gonna like it!!

I don't really think you've gotten the point here.

The coffee is not flaming. Most of the people who hang out there are. See?

2121Sooner
1/18/2011, 01:54 PM
3G is not homo.....she's bi

C&CDean
1/18/2011, 01:55 PM
"bi?" Is that a new Starbuck's size?

3rdgensooner
1/18/2011, 01:56 PM
3G is not homo.....she's biGatorGal made me curious.

My Opinion Matters
1/18/2011, 01:57 PM
Coffee is the least interesting thing about this thread.

Cheez-It
1/18/2011, 01:59 PM
I don't really think you've gotten the point here.

The coffee is not flaming. Most of the people who hang out there are. See?

I guess you're saying that it is a good thing that I'm fat, lazy, and only go through the drive thru??

mgsooner
1/18/2011, 02:07 PM
I don't drink coffee. So there.

C&CDean
1/18/2011, 02:07 PM
I guess you're saying that it is a good thing that I'm fat, lazy, and only go through the drive thru??

They've got a drive-thru?

3rdgensooner
1/18/2011, 02:07 PM
I don't drink coffee. So there.Manly man

Cheez-It
1/18/2011, 02:08 PM
The three that I frequent are.

3rdgensooner
1/18/2011, 02:08 PM
The three that I frequent are.
The three manly men or the Starbucks?

mgsooner
1/18/2011, 02:09 PM
Manly man

Instead I drink strawberry quik with a 5 hour energy mixed in.

Cheez-It
1/18/2011, 02:10 PM
The three manly men or the Starbucks?

Yes please and thank you!

waynepayne
1/18/2011, 02:11 PM
Instead I drink strawberry quik with a 5 hour energy mixed in.

I like chocolate soldierswith 4 loko mixed in.

2121Sooner
1/18/2011, 02:13 PM
C&C.....why you so insecure about going to Starbucks?


We are here for you.....let it out.

C&CDean
1/18/2011, 02:14 PM
C&C.....why you so insecure about going to Starbucks?


We are here for you.....let it out.

Who said anything about insecure? Uncomfortable? Maybe a little. I get that way when surrounded by undesirables. Sue me.

RacerX
1/18/2011, 02:15 PM
I've learned a lot about myself in this thread. Time to go to talk to Mom and Dad.

2121Sooner
1/18/2011, 02:16 PM
Who said they are desiring you?

Maybe your feelings towards them are not being adequately reciprocated and your hatred is actually a longing for their acceptance?


Go on.....

C&CDean
1/18/2011, 02:19 PM
Who said they are desiring you?

Maybe your feelings towards them are not being adequately reciprocated and your hatred is actually a longing for their acceptance?


Go on.....

I'm the drill sergeant/psychologist - not you, jackwagon.

2121Sooner
1/18/2011, 02:20 PM
Tissue?



Crybaby!



Love that commercial.


But your changing of the subject makes me wonder if maybe, just maybe, we are onto something.

DIB
1/18/2011, 02:21 PM
Seems to be a classic case of a self-loathing homophobe that secretly loves queer coffee and gay bread.

C&CDean
1/18/2011, 02:27 PM
Seems to be a classic case of a self-loathing homophobe that secretly loves queer coffee and gay bread.

1. I have never once met a homo that I fear. Other than Vin Diesel.

2. I do like that queer coffee.

3. I don't eat bread.

4. I love me some Dean. Long time.

2121Sooner
1/18/2011, 02:35 PM
You dont eat bread?


You are gay

C&CDean
1/18/2011, 02:37 PM
You dont eat bread?


You are gay

No, I don't have a fat ***.

2121Sooner
1/18/2011, 02:52 PM
Oh, bread is one of God's gifts.


And it is delicious.

C&CDean
1/18/2011, 02:54 PM
Oh, bread is one of God's gifts.


And it is delicious.

So what you're saying is that you have a fat ***. I'm cool with that.

3rdgensooner
1/18/2011, 02:54 PM
So what you're saying is that you have a fat ***. I'm cool with that.
He has magnificent thumbs.

C&CDean
1/18/2011, 02:55 PM
Oh. It's a "he." I thought all you refugees were wimmens. I gotta get it straight.

soonerchk
1/18/2011, 03:01 PM
How can you be mad when the place is full of fuzzy sweater, wool pants, and birkenstock wearing wannabe intellectuals sipping their venti frozen caramel decaf latte reading their autographed copy of Obama's book? The parking lot is full of Prius' and Vespas, and every car has a "Hope & Change" bumper sticker.

I ain't mad, I'm sad. At least somebody is getting rich off stupid liberals.

I wouldn't be caught dead in Birkenstocks. I only wear cute shoes. Hmph.

2121Sooner
1/18/2011, 03:04 PM
So what you're saying is that you have a fat ***. I'm cool with that.

Yes, that is what I am saying. 3G.......wouldnt you say I was darn near obese even? I am the "ying" to SicEmBaylor's "yang"


I can barely type on my keyboard with these fat sausage fingers of mine.

Thaumaturge
1/18/2011, 03:04 PM
You dont eat bread?


You are gay

No, he's just on a diet.

A manly diet.

soonerchk
1/18/2011, 03:06 PM
Me either. However, I did go one time when my wife got a $25 gift card there. It was on the meh side of OK, but what got me was all the same people you see in Starbucks were in there ordering their "no fat, organic sprout muffin with a side of hummus." Pretentious little dweebs.

Now you're just making things up. They don't have hummus at Panera.


I guess you're saying that it is a good thing that I'm fat, lazy, and only go through the drive thru??

We all are, at least you have an excuse.:P


Who said anything about insecure? Uncomfortable? Maybe a little. I get that way when surrounded by undesirables. Sue me.

I'm actually on the desirable side.

2121Sooner
1/18/2011, 03:06 PM
No, he's just on a diet.

A manly diet.

Diets are for chicks and homos



Get out and exercise you fat Fugs

C&CDean
1/18/2011, 03:15 PM
No, he's just on a diet.

A manly diet.

Not a diet, a lifestyle enhancement. When I can go from 267 down to a decent fighting weight of 225 by not eating bread/sugar then why not? Besides, I'm donating all my bread and pasta to Sicem.

2121Sooner
1/18/2011, 03:16 PM
Dude, I am 6'8" and 225 pounds.


Looks like I know who the fatazz is now. Fatazz.

C&CDean
1/18/2011, 03:17 PM
Now you're just making things up. They don't have hummus at Panera.

Well hell, I've only been there once. It's a fair assumption.




I'm actually on the desirable side.

Says you. TPIWWP

C&CDean
1/18/2011, 03:20 PM
Dude, I am 6'8" and 225 pounds.


Looks like I know who the fatazz is now. Fatazz.

I'm 5'10" - 5'11" depends on if I'm slouching or not. The little chart says I'm supposed to weigh 159-165 or some such ****. I weighed about 180 at 17 when I joined the Army. I was a rail. Now I'm just thick and desirable.

Beanpole.

2121Sooner
1/18/2011, 03:21 PM
You said pole......

C&CDean
1/18/2011, 03:23 PM
Dude, seriously, 6'8" and 225? You sound like a long shadow of Sicem.

soonerchk
1/18/2011, 03:23 PM
I'll go get a ruler and y'all just whip em out and we can decide this now.

C&CDean
1/18/2011, 03:24 PM
I'll go get a ruler and y'all just whip em out and we can decide this now.

Better get a yardstick.

Cheez-It
1/18/2011, 03:26 PM
Just take a picture of your thumbs and post em!!

My Opinion Matters
1/18/2011, 03:26 PM
Finally! A thread where I can post my measurements. I'm 6'6" and 225 pounds. So I could no doubt be 2121's sexier twin.

soonerchk
1/18/2011, 03:28 PM
Just take a picture of your thumbs and post em!!

I've seen pics of 2121's thumbs, so it's Dean's turn.:pop:

Mississippi Sooner
1/18/2011, 03:31 PM
Sometimes I'll step on the scale first thing in the morning and be disgusted by what it tells me. Then I'll sit on the throne and take what has to be a twelve pound dump, but when I get back on the scale my weight hasn't changed by more than a pound. That doesn't seem right.

3rdgensooner
1/18/2011, 03:34 PM
Throne law* has been reached.










*Male posturing in any given thread will eventually lead to the mention of poop.

Mississippi Sooner
1/18/2011, 03:36 PM
:D

C&CDean
1/18/2011, 03:42 PM
If it were "male posturing" we'd be bragging about how much we can bench press or how many beers we can drink. chk pulled out the ruler.

Anyhow, don't have a thumb picture, but this one is probably more appropriate:

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2121Sooner
1/18/2011, 03:44 PM
Finally! A thread where I can post my measurements. I'm 6'6" and 225 pounds. So I could no doubt be 2121's sexier twin.


I am the Danny DeVito to your Arnold Schwartzeneger

2121Sooner
1/18/2011, 03:45 PM
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WE MUST PROTECT THIS HOUSE!!!!!