"Nancy Young" > wrote in message
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> 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

Nope. That was not what he was talking about. I don't want to say because
I can't remember exactly but I think it had to do with piercing a hole in
the lid.