Talk:Cup holder

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"However, a reckless driver may still carry a 64 fluid ounce 7-Eleven Big Gulp cup to the road and takes a dangerous sip once in a while."

i find this sentence troubling for two reasons: one, it seems to contain a bias not characteristic of wikipedia entries, and two, it appears to me to be grammatically broken. i'm not even sure what purpose the sentence serves in the paragraph...

I rewrote the section on car cup holders, including removing that sentence (it's inaccurate, too: the Big Gulp isn't 64 ounces). Still some work needed, but I'm trying to trace the history a bit better and put the things a bit more in context.
Still needed: discussion of cupholders on shopping carts, strollers, wheelchairs, and the like. —Morven 19:24, Jan 10, 2005 (UTC)

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[edit] what the hell

why the hell do people care whether a car has cupholders at all? are they totally retarded?


The cupholder is an important consideration when purchasing a car. The quality and flexiblity of use (ie size of beverage differentation) is a bonus to any vehicle purchase and enhances the driving experience.

[edit] Plagiarism

Most of this entry is ripped almost verbatim from this Slate article. Someone should rewrite it completely.

  • Eh? I don't see anything in this article that is "verbatim" from Slate. Feel free to add it as a source if you think that's where the info was gathered from. JayMars 03:25, 3 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] breaking out "multiple beverage carrier"

I just broke out coffee cup sleeve into its own article. Someone should break out the cardboard thing used to carry multiple cups, and maybe make a disambig page. FiveRings (talk) 17:22, 5 April 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Cup carrier has wrong redirect to here

Cup carrier redirects here, but it should point to drink carrier. I am going to be bold and just change it.

A carrier is used by a person to transport a drink by themselves. A holder is more of a permanent mounted device in a vehicle.

I see so little topic distinction here that drink carrier could easily be merged into this article with very little trouble.

DMahalko (talk) 06:23, 8 April 2008 (UTC)

good catch on the redirect. But the reason I broke out carrier is because that's part of the food utensil category, and cup holder isn't. FiveRings (talk) 15:42, 8 April 2008 (UTC)