Now Here is an Idea Whose Time Has Come

[J]

A 25-year-old woman took to Reddit to seek relationship advice after her boyfriend became obsessed with a “ludicrous” business idea.

In a post written , user throw a soup tube explained how her boyfriend won’t stop asking her to invest in his “soup tube” business idea.

‘I couldn’t believe what I was hearing’

“The idea, if you can call it that, is to construct a series of tubes throughout the city that leads to centralized soup kitchens,” she explained. “For a monthly subscription, a customer can ‘subscribe to a tube of soup,’ and a tube extension would be built off the nearest mainline tube and directly into the customer apartment or home.”

“Obviously, the idea is completely insane,” she said. “The notion that the city would authorize somebody to construct a series of tubes everywhere that carry soup into homes is of course ludicrous. And even if such an initiative were approved, the costs for such an operation would be ludicrous.”

‘It is starting to drive me up the wall’

Though throw a soup tube has made it clear that she thinks her boyfriend’s business idea is nuts, she said that he continues to ask her for money.

“It is starting to drive me up the wall,” she said. “First, I am at a loss as to how he can believe such a stupid idea is worthwhile. Second, it is really … annoying to be asked on a daily basis to invest in a system of soup tubes. Third, I am also concerned for his sanity.”

“I would like some advice as to how I can reason with him, or whether I should even continue this relationship,” she added.

‘You are not in a romantic relationship; you are in an extended infomercial’

On Twitter, where throw a soup tube’s question was cross-posted, people were dumbfounded by the unrealistic idea of “soup tubes.”

“Has the boyfriend thought about the fact that he will only be able to sell one type of soup, otherwise all the flavors will mix together in the soup main,” one person asked.

Many people also pointed out that throw a soup tube’s boyfriend was acting like a child.

“This is a brilliant idea, for a five-year-old,” one person commented.

“I’m 100% certain that she’s dating Homer Simpson,”

[Not_Karl]

Count me in when he makes a pizza version of this.

[J]

I recall problems after 911 when all the aircraft were grounded. Diesel fuel shortages were cropping up because jet fuel (using the same pipelines) had nowhere to go as the storage tanks at airports were full.

In the case of soup pipelines that means you could transport tomato soup through one of these pipes and then switch to French Onion or, perhaps, clam chowder.

I wonder if people would object to remnants of tomatoes in their French Onion soup?

[monchavo]

I recall problems after 911 when all the aircraft were grounded. Diesel fuel shortages were cropping up because jet fuel (using the same pipelines) had nowhere to go as the storage tanks at airports were full.

In the case of soup pipelines that means you could transport tomato soup through one of these pipes and then switch to French Onion or, perhaps, clam chowder.

I wonder if people would object to remnants of tomatoes in their French Onion soup?

I suggest expanding this approach to cover all forms of purchasable liquids, foams, pastes etc.

Indeed, alcohol would be an excellent liquid to be transported in such a way.

[KPryor]

The Soup Tubes would be a great name for a rock band.