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October 09, 2002
A Question of No Importance
Apropos to nut'n, were the can and the can opener invented simultaneously? I figure someone didn't invent the can opener first and then said, "Hey, we've got this great opener, now let's invent something it can open." If that didn't happen, and they were not both made at the same time, that means that, after the first man successful sealed food inside a can, he stood a long while just staring at it wondering, "Now how the hell do I get it out of there? Now this seems like such a dumb idea, because I'm hungry." I know that if someone had taken my food, sealed it inside a can, and didn't have a way of getting it out, I'd be pretty pissed. 10 Responses To "A Question of No Importance"
I suspect that canned food was invented to take advantage of that odd, hook-like attachment on Swiss army knives. I think this attachment was previously used for gutting enemy soldiers but once the Swiss squared off against the French there was no need for it. It would have whithered slowly like the human appendix but fortunately someone invented canned food and beer. #1 - Posted by: Ken Summers on October 9, 2002 09:10 AMNow that's a really good question... #2 - Posted by: Emily on October 9, 2002 09:52 AMWhich came first: the toilet or the toilet plunger? #3 - Posted by: Laurence Simon on October 9, 2002 10:35 AMthe can came first otherwise the can opener would have had no purpose other than perhaps as a nice table decoration or yard furnishing. you see kids, back in the old west, the settlers built their houses out of mud. (no they didnt, dad, they used sod) and when they ran out of sod, they used...mud. #4 - Posted by: mr. helpful on October 9, 2002 10:41 AMNeither. Food was first stored in Bottles. I believe that it was an Englishman that conceived of the process of heating and then storing food. The French army under Napoleon used the process to store food in bottles to ease re-suppling as Nappy tried to conquer Europe. Imagine trying to feed an army when your only methods of food preservation were salting and drying. #5 - Posted by: Byna on October 9, 2002 01:44 PMI actually know the answer to this. Seriously. The can was invented before the can opener... almost FIVE DECADES before. You can read all about it here. #6 - Posted by: Spoons on October 9, 2002 02:17 PMSpoons to the rescue! Well, I guess that answers that question, though I liked Ken's version too. #7 - Posted by: Frank J. on October 9, 2002 06:56 PMThe old cans were opened with a little key device if you needed to remove the entire lid. Otherwise, you'd just punch a large hole in one side and a small one on the opposite. #8 - Posted by: addison on October 9, 2002 07:57 PMOh, you wanted the RIGHT answer. Well, if I had only known.... BTW, please, please, please don't tell Andrea Harris I put an unnecessary "h" in wither. She's really touchy about whacko wacko stuff like that. #9 - Posted by: Ken Summers on October 10, 2002 12:18 AMToo late! You're a marked man, now... >:( #10 - Posted by: Andrea Harris on October 12, 2002 02:42 AMPost a comment
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