Alright…I’m going to need everyone’s help here, and by everyone I mean anyone who happens to be reading this blog (I’m talking to you Mr. White Curvy from Abu Dhabi).
Has anyone out there ever had a memory that is so distant and so dim that you almost feel as though you might have made it up? A memory so vague that you need to share it with friends who might…possibly…have that same memory, and might…possibly…be able to flesh out the details that are, for whatever reason, escaping you? Anyone? Bueller? Surely someone has heard that sweet reply of ”You’re SO right. Crystal Pepsi DID taste weird”, or even “No doubt! The Peanut Butter Solution was one messed up kids’ movie”. Well…I had one of those memories bubble up to the surface today:
I sort of remember a fast food restaurant chain called Rax from my childhood. I remember that they had roast beef sandwiches. And…the kicker…I remember that they had these plastic, alligator-shaped, sippy-cups. That’s what I remember. Now…I know that I’m not totally crazy because I found this image online that verifies that Rax is legit. But…when I (enthusiastically) brought it up at work today, nobody had heard of Rax, no one remembered that they had roast beef sandwiches, and when I brought up the alligator sippy-cup everyone looked at me like I was crazy. Soooooooo…does anyone out there…anyone at all…remember a fast food chain called Rax with roast beef sandwiches and alligator sippy-cups? Please help me out here. I need to share this memory with someone
Awwww…I just sounded kind of sweet there. Or maybe kind of creepy. Anywho.
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I have no idea what this is, but I really want one of those sippy cups!
I had a similar experience a few years back about a cartoon movie with a unicorn and an evil wizard. I finally found out it was “Uni the Unicorn”, but am reluctant to see it…
I’m with Zack on both counts - I’ve never heard of Rax before and I recently had a similar experience with a cartoon. It was the robot transformation sequence from The Mighty Orbots.
Mark…you are NOT completely nuts…well, you are right about RAX. It was a fast food company that had small roast beef sandwiches and milk shakes as their most popular items. Alligator sippy cups must not have been able to save the chain. The concept went belly up. I remember that there were 5 or 6 in and around the Columbia, SC area in the mid-80’s.
Hooray!!! Thanks Joe. I certainly feel better now that I know I’m not the only person in the world that has been to a Rax.
Rax blew. Shit the bed and tracked it everywhere. You know what was good though? Rally’s. They both start with an ‘Ra” so I felt it appropriate to bring up.
Rax was the place to be on a Saturday afternoon back in the late 80’s to early 90’s. Those gator cups were the shiz!
The cups were Uncle Ally cups from the Uncle Alligator Kids Meals. Yea, pretty sad, I know.
I have a box of Rax sippy bottles. They also had seasonal bottles: baseball, jack o’lantern, snowman, baby chick, and for some reason, Godzilla. I have all these, plus a couple of alligators.
im at work and i have to pee really bad. getting ready to go home… but i had almost the exact same thoughts about Rax mayself, and i found this blog! that place ruled, and those cups were the bomb. they’re all i remembered too. good times, 80’s
I have looked EVERYWHERE and I cannot find an uncle alligator cup.. which is weird because I had TONS when I was a kid.. not a single picture on the internet or anything!
I was just talking to my husband about this restaurant about a week ago. My grandparents used to take us to Rax every weekend for a gator meal. The reason I thought of it the other day though was because he said the word, “dickens” and it reminded me of a series of gator meal toys they had for awhile that I’m pretty sure were called “Dickens.” I vaguely remember that one was a rooster sort of thing…..
I totally remeber Rax, although I dont remember the sippy cups. We had a really nice one in Eugene Oregon. It had three levels to it which was kinda cool at the time. Now its a Carls Jr.
http://www.raxroastbeef.com Uncle Alligator Cups !
My mom used to take me and my siblings to Rax EVERY week!!!! I remember those sippy cups! I’ll always remember Uncle Alligator…
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