I recall from years ago a comedy sketch on the television. The setting was that of one of the many hospital dramas that were shown at the time and indeed are still shown today. We were in the operating theatre, and as usual, saw only the meaningful glances above the surgical masks; we heard the surgeon, roughly as follows:
"Scalpel...forceps...probe...saw..."etc., culminating with the surgeon removing his mask saying "Well that's got it - those milk cartons really are a bastard aren't they?"
Many of you are possibly too young to remember those milk cartons - that is the cartons that were not fitted with the little screw cap one finds these days on cartons of orange juice and so on. Here's a picture:
Well thank God we no longer have to deal with those infuriating things, the suppliers having adopted plastics bottles.
Not the end of problems is it however; we have these days the infuriating ground coffee bag - like these:
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They carry a friendly message advising the user that in the interest of preserving flavour, the bag should be resealed after opening using the tabs provided...
What a joke! I would love to hear of anyone who has managed to open one of these bags without using main force, which usually results in the bag splitting and a substantial quantity of coffee being spilt all over the place.
My solution? I cut the top off cleanly using a pair of scissors, thus losing the "helpful" sealing tabs in the process. I then "reseal" the bag by folding and holding it shut with a clothes peg or rubber band.
Progress? I hate it.
Until the next time
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