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23. It's probably easier...

Sun Aug 9, 2015, 11:55 PM

Aug 2015

...to open the nuclear football.

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I curse the devil who invented clamshell packaging. [View all] kairos12 Aug 2015 OP

And I second your curse NV Whino Aug 2015 #1

And I third it. RebelOne Aug 2015 #3

I fourth it NewJeffCT Aug 2015 #6

You can do that!? NV Whino Aug 2015 #7

Not on everything NewJeffCT Aug 2015 #13

Oh, you do that, too? murielm99 Aug 2015 #28

That stuff that you nearly need a machete to open? LiberalElite Aug 2015 #4

6000/year! (See my post on that below.) nt tblue37 Aug 2015 #20

Used to throw my FIL into rages rurallib Aug 2015 #5

FIL shouldn't feel bad. Houdini would have no shot either. kairos12 Aug 2015 #11

he was very mechanical, felt there was nothing he couldn't figure out rurallib Aug 2015 #16

Is that what it's called? Boomerproud Aug 2015 #8

I had no idea it had a name. mackerel Aug 2015 #9

agreed Skittles Aug 2015 #27

FWIW this is a clamshell package jmowreader Aug 2015 #12

! irisblue Aug 2015 #15

But, as shown in a _Curb Your Enthusiasm_ episode, the special tblue37 Aug 2015 #21

Clamshell package opener sharp_stick Aug 2015 #14

Many times blood is involved lunatica Aug 2015 #17

what? Kali Aug 2015 #18

Thousands of ER visits per year caused by that stuff: tblue37 Aug 2015 #19

I use a tinsnips. Works great. Scuba Aug 2015 #22

yep those or other heavy duty type kitchen shears work great azurnoir Aug 2015 #29

It's probably easier... 3catwoman3 Aug 2015 #23

it came about as a deterent to shop lifting olddots Aug 2015 #24

Larry David also agrees with you! Initech Aug 2015 #25

Nah. I just hate the companies that use it. The Second Stone Aug 2015 #30