On 5/1/2015 9:23 AM, jinx the minx wrote:
> "Julie Bove" > wrote:
>> "jinx the minx" > wrote

>>>>>> Hehehe. I remember Sheldon saying some stupid thing about doing
>>>>>> something to the jar lid to break the seal. Only what he said to do
>>>>>> would render the lid unusable. So it would work if you were going to >>>> use
>>>>>> the whole jar at once but not if you wanted to keep some for later.
>>>>>
>>>>> Normal people would put the leftovers in a different container, not toss >>> > it
>>>>> out.
>>>>
>>>> Really? So... Normal people would take one pickle from the jar, then
>>>> put the remaining contents in another container? I don't think so.
>>>
>>> If the lid was broken, yes.
>>
>> OMG! He was breaking the lid on purpose. You missed my point. Yeah, it
>> gets the jar open, but...
>
> OMG you are an idiot.

If Sheldon was talking about using a pointy can opener to pry
the top a bit to break the seal, the lid still works just fine,
you don't have to mangle the lid. Perfectly good to keep
pickles in a jar that's just going to be sitting in the refrigerator,
no less.

nancy