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This works too!

 

Even better. One for every size.

 

Nope, a Sawzall will get any can open. Story over.

 

Just happened across this: https://ocweekly.com/author/poorman/

 

A friend of mine showing me how it’s really done! Even though he had a can opener in the trailer 10 feet away...

 

Will someone contact them and see if we can set up a group buy?

 

Looks like Poorman is on the radio again. KOCI 101.5, a low power station in OC of all places.
Way back, like early 90's one of my friends actually went on a couple of dates with him. She had no idea he was Poorman and semi famous around here. (She was British). She did mention he was kinda creepy and weird.

 

I could see those two voices making many of God's creatures flee. One because of the loooooooong overly-intellectual drawn out explanations with spurious connections, the other for pure fictional pomposity and baseless bombast. I'll let you decide which is which.

Either way, glad to hear the researchers keeping it fair and balanced! We wouldn't want our lions leaning too far one way or the other, politically.

 

I saw that coming. Uh, not from you, but the epic fail was evident right from the beginning in the video.

 

Creepy and weird... yeah, that sounds about right.

 

Had to at least... roll my eyes.

 

I got mine at Target.

 

I have 3 types of can openers. The de-crimper, the old school from the side/top and the electric.
I prefer the old school from the top. I like to drain the juice out, and don't mind using a butterknife to get the lid out if needed.
Won't go from the side, ragged edge to cut me, not.
So, who would have thought "Can Opener wars" would be on a Mtb forum

 

So am I the only "open from the topper" who leaves a tiny bit of the lid attached so that I can use it to strain the contents? I don't need a butterknife to get it out. just hold the top and tip it into the sink to drain out that nasty tuna water, bean juice or excess tomato water. You're welcome.

 

Tuna in oil is the way to go, then you use it all!

 

You bet. Standard technique for eating from the can on big wall climbs. So you don't have to deal with an errant lid. Also, spoon with can opener on one end mandatory!


In other news... Spooked a bear out of the trash dumpster this morning; he bolted over the wood fence and broke it. Right where it was already broken... People don't close the dumpster, what do ya think will happen???

 

Bean juice is good for chili. Do you actually open a lot of canned food? My experience is with opening lots of cans in a short time so I’ll stick with the preference of horizontal openings and easy pours (I also leave the lid attached as you describe while doing this).

Maybe this is like clips vs flats or tubeless vs tubes, if you will.

TBH, the banana opening revelation was a bigger deal for me. I just thought I’d share my sideways can opening experience here and now we might have to have a thumb war to settle it.

 

I am equally committed to both points of view.

 

Ok, so how do YOU open a banana? This is a question for all.. At the stem end that was cut from the rest of the plant or by pinching the tip and peeling it from there?

 

Like all tasks that are too complicated for me, I pay someone to do it for me. I don't WANT to know how they do it, I just want to enjoy my fruit without any guilt or conflict.

 

I've never been overly philosphical about peeling a banana. I grab the stem and pull. Peel comes off. Banana is consumed.

The 7th graders among you may now titter and whisper about the phallic implications. Proceed.

 

Just try pinching the tip next time, just to see how it feels. Peel from there.

 

Gotta say I don't copy a lot of my daily life activities from the chimps. But that's just me.

 

You didn’t watch it, they mentioned that “monkeys” don’t actually eat bananas so that is moot point.

 

Peeling? Isn't the skin good to eat, too?

 

Really? I’m fascinated!

 

Chimps (apes) love bananas. Monkeys (not chimps, not apes), not so much.

 

I won't be satisfied until I can use my OXO can opener to open my banana for my chimp, 'er for my monkey, 'er...I'm so confused.

Can I just open a new tab?

 

That is why I put monkeys in quotes, I was quoting the word in the video pointing out that they weren’t trying to say that this is opening a banana how chimps/monkeys/primates/elephants/anteaters/iguanas eat them. It was just showing an alternative to how many people open a damn banana. Sheesh, can I send over the presentation I’m working on right now at work for you to pick apart as well?