Dear Sue and Diane:

We think that this is quite a debatable question. Only the person who created straws can give a definite answer.

Marvin C. Stone was an American inventor and is best known for inventing the modern drinking straw. His idea for the invention of the paper drinking straw came as a result of a problem with natural materials such as ryegrass and reeds.

The problems were that they would bring an additional taste and odor to whatever the person was drinking. Also the reeds and grass often cracked and became musty, which is why he started to make prototypes by winding paper strips around a pencil and gluing them together.

After testing with the first prototype he began testing paraffin coated manila paper so the straw would not become soggy while someone was drinking. Inspirational stuff from Stone.

Sadly, he died May 17th, 1899, which is almost 122 years ago. We shall never know the true answer, although we think that it is just a matter of perception.

If you think a straw has one hole, it has one; if you think it has two holes, it has two. You can argue all you want about the two sides of this, but it probably is just a matter of perception.

If you want to have a heated three-hour argument about this, no one is stopping you. Everyone has their own opinions, though, and not everyone will agree. Even when the straw was first created it was probably debated even then whether or not it had one or two holes, which means that things really haven’t changed to lean more on one answer than the other. We’re not sorry for this inconclusive answer due to the creator being deceased and obviously not being able to give us an answer.

– Sue & Diane