I got the straws as well. While my girls are having fun with them. The "amazing response" just shows that Neatorama had little mystery in mind when they made this sale. Humbug. Won't be doing that again.
So..this is an OLD thing that has been around for years. In Deerfield, Illinois, a suburb of Chicago, these signs were installed thirty years ago.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deerfield_(Metra)
"Deerfield station became nationally famous in 1979, when Deerfield village officials created a "No-Kissing Zone" at the station in response to complaints about traffic jams caused by couples taking too long to kiss their goodbyes at the drop-off point."
This load of nonsense gets persisted through sites like this. Though funny, it is completely unlikely including the hilarious photoshop job on the page. The Onion for history.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deerfield_(Metra)
"Deerfield station became nationally famous in 1979, when Deerfield village officials created a "No-Kissing Zone" at the station in response to complaints about traffic jams caused by couples taking too long to kiss their goodbyes at the drop-off point."