draw straws

If you need to choose somebody for something, here's what to do.Count out the exact number of people that want to be chosen for something.Get some straws. Make sure they are not bendy straws, though.Be careful to only get as many straws as there are people that want to be chosen, if you get too many straws or not enough, this will not work. So anyway, get a straw for each person, but cut the bottom inch off of one of the straws. Have the group choose who will hold the straws (you can decide this also by drawing straws, but that will create a straw drawing cycle that can be endless, so I don't recommend it). The person that holds the straws moves them around in his/her hands a good deal, being careful to hide the bottom of the straws from view, and carefully mixes them around.Then, everybody grabs a straw, but the 'straw holder' has to go last, as it's possible he/she might be able to feel the length of the straws, and we want this to be fair.After everyone has finished 'drawing straws', everybody compares the length of thier straws to others, and the person who is discovered to be holding the 'short straw' is 'chosen'.

Drawing straws is a fair way to choose somebody for something.

by Nastina September 5, 2005

Straps

Plural of Strap
Which is a street name for a gun

"now im rolling with two straps, both off the safty catch"
Skinny man "ill be surprised"

by jamie scoot May 12, 2008

Trickle down Stress-o-nomics

The strategy imposed by a manager where they seek solutions to reduce their own stress level, so that their relaxed mood trickles down to the rest of the employees.

"Ok ladies and gentlemen. I've called this meeting today because the stress level in our work atmosphere has been astronomical. I'm stressed and you're stressed. So what can you do to lower my stress level, so that your stress level is subsequently lowered? We need some basic Trickle Down Stress-o-nomics here."

by jerrycurlandtheactivators April 20, 2010

teresa strasser

Teresa Strasser - the #1 Jewish news reporter on The Adam Carolla Show.

Teresa Strassers glowing personality, witty banter, and excellent intuition on gay/nerd/weed walking and blah blah blog draws the listener in and keeps them there despite the sometimes uncouth remarks from her counter parts.

by VCA January 5, 2009

stress smoker

A person that only smokes when feeling a certain amount of stress.

-Why are you smoking Jeff?
-I'm stressed out about the gig.
-That means you're a stress smoker.

by BobLink July 28, 2006

Strasse

Die Strasse is a common german phrase that means "street". In Bosnia it is used to define the highschool German teacher that is weird, unusual, small, old, but yet loyal and good in heart.

"That is a weird lady man"
"Well, it is Strasse, we are used to it"

by aleksaizdaleka June 1, 2020

Stress-ne

Stress-ne refers to the acne that a person sometimes gets when they are under a lot of stress(stress acne). It is most common among high school and college students during the week of final exams.

Dylan: Dude what happened to your face?? You've got a serious acne breakout

Kyle: Oh yeah, Im not worried about it, it's just some Stress-ne, it'll go away once we're done with finals

by Brosidon on Ster-broids December 16, 2010