Poking Fun

Oh, Utah. Utah is with their soda, as Washington is with their coffee. What you see before you, is an average example of a Utah mini-mart, complete with a 20 selection soda fountain - yes, I said TWENTY - and mug offerings in sizes of up to a 100oz. Yes, ONE HUNDRED OUNCES of liquid fizz. Enough caffeine to freak you out about things that haven't even happened.
Here is my cousin Shell, filling up what I love to refer to as her VAT. This is her evening ritual. She is being a very good sport to let me poke fun at her. But that's one of the many reasons I love her.
64oz of insulated diet Coke. Now that's what I'm talkin' 'bout. Have mercy. But I can tell you right now, if I showed up in California with one of these vats, I would be stared down until I had more holes in my head than I already have. And we're big on diet Coke here! I mean BIG! But heaven forbid a Californian be seen with one of these. The very thought.
I snapped this photo of these 3 vats waiting to be refilled before the woman who owned them knew what I was doing. They were sitting on top of the hood of her car while she was renting a DVD. You can tell they've been around the block a few times. People become very attached to their vats. Shudder.