NYC Educator: Sweet Sixteen

NYC Educator: Sweet Sixteen:

Sweet Sixteen

by NYC Educator

As of today, our esteemed Mayor4Life was to finally get his wish--soft drinks over 16 ounces would be banned in much of the city. Alas, a state court has declared the law arbitrary and capricious (ironically, the very same standard he wanted to use to fire teachers).

Mike Bloomberg had determined that 17 ounces is just too much, and since he's the richest guy in the city, the man who'd bought Gracie Mansion fair and square (except for that third term), he figured he had the right to tell you just how much Sprite you can have in one sitting.

The problem, of course, is that if you want another Sprite badly enough, you could just leave that restaurant and go next door to the 7-11, which for some reason wasn't covered.  I suppose, if that were too much effort, you could even buy a second one in the same place.

I didn't envision black market Big Gulp Sprites popping up around the