Stupid "Easy open" soup cans

For a while I've been bitching about the new "easy open" soup cans with the little tab that you pull up (which is supposed to puncture the top, then you pull back to peel off the top). Anyways, who the hell decided these would be a good idea? My fingernails are rarely long enough to get under the tab so I have to use a knife or something to lift it up, and even when my fingernails are long enough, they're not strong enough to lift the tab and they end up folding backwards and hurting like the devil. When I finally do get the tab up, I have to yank so hard to peel off the top that it ends up splashing soup juice all over my shirt :mad:

My disapproval of the tops reached a new high today. After struggling to get the tab up, it started to lift, but instead of puncturing the top, it just broke off :rolleyes: I ripped out my can opener to use on the can, but the new easy-open lids have a new style lip around them that doesn't let you use a can opener. Finally I had to use my can opener on the bottom of the can - should have just done that in the first place.

Easy-open cans - :thumbsdow

Just let me use my freakin' can opener.

Trying hard to sympathise but i've personally never had problems opening cans :p

Trying hard to sympathise but i've personally never had problems opening cans :p
Me too. I've eaten soup about 4 times in the last two days and haven't had trouble once. And if you're having trouble use a butter knife to help pry it open.

and turn it away from you when you pull the top off (so as not to get juice all over your shirt)... can't believe im giving soup can opening advice :p

they are not easy, i bought a can of clam chowder, pulled up on the tab and the shit'n kobootle went all over me shirt, I was pissed, damnit campbells

OMG.....I'm sorry but I cannot stop laughing. I eat those soups almost everyday and they are the easiest things in the world to open :lol: Maybe you guys have been cursed or something.:uhoh:


If only chicks would be that easy ;)



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Ok my bad....for ruining your anger heep but I just found it funny.

I never eat that stuff
cans suck
:smile:

Here's a trick, one you get that tab up, puth your thumb down in the middle and use that kinda as leverage, so that it peels open instead of the whole thing coming part at once.

I personally love em, because with 2 roommates, you only have a 33% chance of finding the can opener in the first place.

:lol2: Bash them on a palm tree. Works for coconuts.

and turn it away from you when you pull the top off (so as not to get juice all over your shirt)... can't believe im giving soup can opening advice :p

Write a book about It!!! Haha
or you can give an
Intense Course of 60 weeks !!

:lol2: Bash them on a palm tree. Works for coconuts.

LOL! :lol2:

Me thinks I'd end up with a few leaves and twigs and not much broth in my soup that way though :D

I usually do use a knife to help pry the thing up but then the tab always breaks off. However next time I successfully get the tab up, I'll try the "reverse open with thumb" trick :p

that sucks hardcore, but like crazyjay...i can't really sympathize either:p

i've actually never had any problems with soup cans knock on wood....probably because that's my lunch everyday.....no BROTH ends up on my clothes when i'm standing in front of the microwave in the student lounge but it seems like you're putting too much pressure on your nails man...have you tried using your fingertip to grip it rather than your nail? it works for me everytime
:2cents:

guys are trully dumbasses, leaving the cooking to the gals..

Stop eating soup.

guys are trully dumbasses, leaving the cooking to the gals..

But guys truly know how to use spellcheck. I won't cook if you will quit posting.

But guys truly know how to use spellcheck. I won't cook if you will quit posting.
He has. Permanantly.

But guys truly know how to use spellcheck. I won't cook if you will quit posting.
Dunno what your woman situation is, but it's time for you to evacuate the kitchen! :lol2:

Dunno what your woman situation is, but it's time for you to evacuate the kitchen! :lol2:
:smokin:
Wifey is Japanese, so i can pretty much avoid the kitchen. On the rare occasion i do cook, it usually turns out pretty good....

I AM the local "Grill Meister" however. :iceslolan

:lol2: How can you fuck up sashimi?

:lol2: How can you fuck up sashimi?

You would be suprised. They manage to pull it off all the time over here. It really has to be fresh or it tastes like ass. Sometimes there is just bad fish period. Too tough, grainey, or "fishy"(lighter colored fish isn't as oily, and has no real fishy taste).

Normal dinner at my house:

Okonomiyaki
Yakisoba
Curry Rice
Fish/rice
Ramen
Udon
Nabe (seafood, or kimchee)


thats about it on the norm.....

You would be suprised. They manage to pull it off all the time over here. It really has to be fresh or it tastes like ass. Sometimes there is just bad fish period. Too tough, grainey, or "fishy"(lighter colored fish isn't as oily, and has no real fishy taste).

Normal dinner at my house:

Okonomiyaki
Yakisoba
Curry Rice
Fish/rice
Ramen
Udon
Nabe (seafood, or kimchee)


thats about it on the norm.....

Don't forget about the twice a week Barbeque Steak and Chicken!

mmmmm, steeeaaaak.

You would be suprised. They manage to pull it off all the time over here. It really has to be fresh or it tastes like ass. Sometimes there is just bad fish period. Too tough, grainey, or "fishy"(lighter colored fish isn't as oily, and has no real fishy taste).

Normal dinner at my house:

Okonomiyaki
Yakisoba
Curry Rice
Fish/rice
Ramen
Udon
Nabe (seafood, or kimchee)


thats about it on the norm.....

Fuckin A! Can't wait til November :D (even though I only know what fish/rice and Curry Rice means) Different food = :thumbsup:

Normal dinner at my house:

Okonomiyaki
Yakisoba
Curry Rice
Fish/rice
Ramen
Udon
Nabe (seafood, or kimchee)


No burgers? :eek::frown::crying: