When pulling the ‘Safety Seal’ from the spout of a milk or juice carton, you have to be careful not to squeeze the carton too tightly. Same with opening thin-walled water bottles.
As a coastal elitist, I guess I’m not really conversant on plugger standards of masculinity, but before today I would’ve assumed that “you’re so feeble you need household tools to open a simple carton of milk” would be the sort of thing they’d use to make fun of me, not something they’d proudly declare, in the newspaper in front of God and everyone, to be something that defined their pluggerdom.
Got a thing mounted under a cabinet, two steel strips bent, toothed, and arranged in two V shapes to grab all common kitchen lids and some uncommon ones, too.
Kitchen shears often have a section with dull teeth for just such purposes. Wide mouth jars need a special tool (available in most kitchen supply aisles).
Yakety Sax about 1 month ago
Rubber coated gloves for the easy stuff and Vise Grips® for the tough ones!
Gent about 1 month ago
Carton cartoon eh.
Nuke Road Warrior about 1 month ago
H. habilis, “Handy man” invented the stone knife to open blister packs. (Apparently using the scientific name for genus man is banned by Go Comics)
juicebruce about 1 month ago
My vote goes for the vice grips ;-)
retiredgezzer about 1 month ago
Channel locks here.
Zen-of-Zinfandel about 1 month ago
Pluggers like the non-stick pizza scissors.
kv450 about 1 month ago
My wife has an app for that — me. (although I sometimes have to use the pliers myself ;)
kaycstamper about 1 month ago
Yep, I have pliers, you name it! A small hammer too.
ctolson about 1 month ago
When pulling the ‘Safety Seal’ from the spout of a milk or juice carton, you have to be careful not to squeeze the carton too tightly. Same with opening thin-walled water bottles.
EMGULS79 about 1 month ago
Careful with that milk carton, Plugger! You don’t want to inadvertently commit lactomangulation by handling those pliers too fiercely.
ladykat about 1 month ago
Same here! I’ve also been known to bash along the edge of a stubborn jar lid with a knife to loosen it.
David Rickard Premium Member about 1 month ago
From today’s Comics Curmudgeon:
As a coastal elitist, I guess I’m not really conversant on plugger standards of masculinity, but before today I would’ve assumed that “you’re so feeble you need household tools to open a simple carton of milk” would be the sort of thing they’d use to make fun of me, not something they’d proudly declare, in the newspaper in front of God and everyone, to be something that defined their pluggerdom.
DaBump Premium Member about 1 month ago
Got a thing mounted under a cabinet, two steel strips bent, toothed, and arranged in two V shapes to grab all common kitchen lids and some uncommon ones, too.
ragsarooni about 1 month ago
Nope…under the kitchen sink!
Frer Squirrel about 1 month ago
Gnaw, I just use my teeth and a little persistence.
mistercatworks about 1 month ago
I keep scissors for the human-proof chip bags.
rfdfolkart about 1 month ago
Since I had submitted a similar suggestion, I am glad to see so many have the same problem.
ComicsBinger Premium Member about 1 month ago
Vise grips, needle nose pliers, large bottle grips, small cap grips, etc
Diane Lee Premium Member about 1 month ago
I keep those little lobster dealies in my tool box to open bottles of glue etc. Never liked seafood, so finally found a use for them.
dsidney49 about 1 month ago
I pack a multi tool in my bathrobe… never know if I’ll happen upon a fresh container of creamer on my way to my morning coffee!!!
wildlandwaters about 1 month ago
I find a blow torch comes in handy for jars with a metal lid… (in case someone thinks I’m serious, I’m not… lol!)
CitizenKing about 1 month ago
Another plugger skill is using a butter knife to open a pickle jar.
macmantoo about 1 month ago
Scissors, pliers and a blowtorch.
eddi-TBH about 1 month ago
For the real challenges, I keep a pair of metal shears. Jaws of Life take up too much cabinet space.
g04922 about 1 month ago
LOL… hope he cleaned that tool after working on those rusty bolts…
goboboyd about 1 month ago
A long Channel pliers, and a needle nose… and a long, large flat blade screwdriver.
sincavage05 about 1 month ago
Also good for pulling grandchildrens baby teeth.
Lennia Machen Premium Member about 1 month ago
I have clean needle nose pliers for pulling fish bones, and channel locks for plastic drink bottles.
whelan_jj 30 days ago
Kitchen shears often have a section with dull teeth for just such purposes. Wide mouth jars need a special tool (available in most kitchen supply aisles).