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# Forget the Turtles; Who Will Think of the Lesbian Jockeys?
- URL: https://goodoil.news/forget-the-turtles-who-will-think-of-the-lesbian-jockeys/
- Published: 2019-07-11T04:30:18.000Z
- Updated: 2019-07-11T04:30:18.000Z
- Author: Juana Atkins
- Tags: Blog, Environment, Health, #wp, #wp-post, #Import 2024-07-17 04:14

There is a bloody good reason why we have plastic straws rather than paper straws, but the current ban on plastic straws (AKA turtle snorkels) has led to a situation where an aberration of common sense such as a metal straw has come into existence.

When crimes against common sense are committed on a daily basis there can be horrific consequences, and I am not talking about burning your tongue on a hot metal straw. Oh no, the latest metal straw incident involved a retired lesbian jockey and death most foul.

> A retired jockey died \[…\]She was carrying a mason jar glass with a screw-top lid when she collapsed, with the 10in stainless steel straw entering her left eye socket and piercing her brain.  
> Today a coroner said metal drinking straws should never be used with a lid that fixes them in place, and warned that ‘great care should be taken’ while using them.  
> They have increasingly replaced plastic straws after BBC’s Blue Planet drew attention to ocean pollution\[…\]  
>  
> The inquest heard she had suffered with mobility difficulties following a horse riding accident when she was 21-years-old.  
> Following a reduction in her high levels of fentanyl pain medication, she had become alcohol dependent.  
>  
> In the months leading up to her death, she had been drinking around half a litre of vodka a day, mixed with orange juice, from the mason jar cup, using the metal straws which were a birthday gift.  
> Due to severe pain from her riding accident, which caused multiple fracutres to Mrs Struthers-Gardner’s lumbar spine and caused scoliosis, she was prone to falling over, collapsing ‘like a sack of potatoes’ at random intervals, her wife added.  
>  
> Reading a statement to the inquest, Robin Struthers, Mrs Struthers-Gardner’s brother, called for the coroner to comment on how easy it is to purchase metal straws, adding: **‘These straws can very easily be lethal.’**  
> Mandy Struthers-Gardner added: ‘I just feel that in the hands of mobility challenged people like Elena, or children, or even able-bodied people losing their footing, these things are so long and very strong.  
> ‘Even if they don’t end a life they can be very dangerous.’  
>  
> \[…\] He added: ‘Clearly great care should be taken when using these metal straws.  
> ‘There is no give in them at all. If someone does fall on one and it’s pointed in the wrong direction, serious injury can occur.  
> ‘It seems to me these metal straw should not be used with any form of lid that holds them in place.  
>  
>  
> [dailymail](https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-7224677/Retired-jockey-died-fell-eco-friendly-metal-drinking-straw.html?ref=goodoil.news)

  
Metal straws may be eco-friendly but they are not people-friendly. They are a crime against common sense.