It's not fun if it's too easy

Published March 1, 2008 @ 18:53 | permalink | Comments (View)

Most tins/cans nowadays come with easy-open systems (ring-pulls or whatever you want to call them). Some don't, in which case you need a can opener. I had never heard of people before, though, that would want to open an easy-open can with a can opener. Honestly, what's the point? (Except if the easy-open system's broke, in which case I'd understand, but it's not the case here...)

Even worse, I had never seen an easy-open can provide instructions on how to open it with a can opener:

If you would prefer to open with a can opener, just turn the can upside down.

Why are we wasting ink on this kind of messages? It's like the "Warning: hot contents" on coffee, or Tesco's "This product may contain fish" on, well, their fish. Where's the world going?

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