Slurpee Swell

Have you mastered the Slurpee pour? If you're a big Slurpee fan, you'll understand the art required to pour a Slurpee. There are many facets to a good pour. The most important is the stopping point. Slurpee's tend to expand after the pour is complete. Amateurs can easily be spotted as they walk to the register and their Slurpee ejaculates frozen cola all over the floor. Pros are distinguished by stopping just short of the top, allowing the swell to ever gently push through the straw hole and form the perfect Slurpee nipple. Perfection.

I once challenged 4 engineering interns to describe to me the physics behind Slurpee swell. 3 of the 4 stared at me, indicating they had no appreciation for the Slurpee arts. The 4th went to work and developed a nice theory around motive force and gas uplift. It was a well developed theory, although it missed the true reason behind the swell. Then again, it's hard to get good help.