Author: Jeff WisniaJeff Wisnia
Date: Dec 21, 2006 10:34
In the less politically correct days of my youth we often heard "ethnic
jokes", one of which asked, "What do they print on the bottom of Coca
Cola bottles in Poland?" The answer was, "Open other end." (My dad was
born in Lodz 1n 1902, and I'm not offended by that joke at all.)
I had a good laugh at SWMBO's expense last weekend when I heard her
cursing our electric can opener while she was trying to open a can of
Ocean Spray Whole Berry cranberry sauce. She had it positioned with the
can's label right side up, but there was no rim around the end she was
trying to open, it was a deep drawn can shaped pretty much like a soft
drink can. My beloved was born without a mechanical gene and didn't
immediately associate the lack of a rim with why the can opener couldn't
do its thing.
I looked at the can and said, "They must have put the label on upside
down, turn it over and open the other (rimmed) end." That solved the
problem for her.
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