https://twitter.com/i/status/1441079805609349125
Far from being a white knight, but I have always enjoyed helping the fairer sex in such situations.
Dad to the Rescue
- Donald R. McClarey
Donald R. McClarey
Cradle Catholic. Active in the pro-life movement since 1973. Father of three, one in Heaven, and happily married for 43 years. Small town lawyer and amateur historian. Former president of the board of directors of the local crisis pregnancy center for a decade.
The best.
laughs Smart lady!
::quick scan:: There’s a dad-guy doing the “come on” motion– sprint!
According to the source video, it’s not just “dad-guy” but HER dad in particular.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nbqb5R0yswE
Sigh.
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No, it’s cute. Don’t get me wrong. But there is no excuse for not knowing how to turn a jar upside down, give one firm bang on the counter, and then opening the jar. I’ve opened many jars that way after my sons have given up. (They can always get the lawnmower started, however.)
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Or channel locks. My mother had both her own blow torch and channel locks in her kitchen. And father’s good Three Feather’s Whiskey for marinade (She herself drank wine or beer).
Nate-
I’m glad, even though I have done the “crud, can’t do this– look around for someone who is Standing Like A Dad, go ask him.”
See also, selection of Tall Guys.
DJH-
guessing you never found out the hard way that the jar was weakened. One exploding pasta sauce was quite enough for a life time.
There is the pop-the-seal-with-the-back-of-a-spoon trick, but that requires a utensil.