I thought some would get a little laugh from this video, trying to get that item out can be frustrating.

Larry David and Impregnable Plastic Packaging - YouTube

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Doesn't hasta call me Johnson

OK, that was funny.

I was raised that a gentleman always has a pocket knife with him. A sharp knife and a tiny bit of thought and these packages are a non-issue.

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Freedom isn't free.

So if I lose a knife and buy a new one don't get one off the peg rack as a knife will be needed to open it. I think almost all current retail packaging is to help deter shoplifters.

It's not open until you slice your finger on the packaging.

Ain't it da trooth, ain't it da trooth!

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NULLI SECUNDUS

Workbench, safety glasses, X-Acto knife. Wear safety gloves too!

I usually open up mine at the Mass General Hospital emergency room.

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Doesn't hasta call me Johnson

....or find a 5 year old.

They can open anything that's "Child Proof".

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NULLI SECUNDUS

That's what it comes down to

Modern packaging. I HATE IT!!! It is designed to frustrate the end user. And doesn't slow down shoplifters one damn bit!

Oh, I almost forgot. A secondary purpose is to show how cleaver they are getting everything fit perfectly into the package. Which YOU will never ever manage if you want to store or return the item.

Dude! what happens with a real problem?

Sharp scissors.
The all metal kind.
Snip the edges away.

Did anyone see the sparks fly at 1:36 when the butcher knife stabbed the granite countertop? Bet the wife will love that.

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Regards,
Lee Jarrett

Did you ever go crazy trying to get something open only to discover you could've just pulled a certain tab on the other side.

And then you can't return it because its not in the original packaging.

I have enough problems with the thread on the charcoal bag.

I'm no longer allowed to open things......

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James L. "Jim" Rhiner

I grill a lot during the summer, and go through a lot of those bags.

I think I got one to open correctly. One.

Funny!! That is a very funny series.

I love my tiny Spiderco Ladybug. Japanese VG10 steel, plain edge, fiberglass reinforced nylon scales with no liner.

This thing disappears in my pocket and does cut jobs better than most knives twice its size. I've lost some clip held pocket knives, so I like one I can put in the pocket, but not feel it there.

Spyderco Ladybug Lightweight Plain Edge Knife | The Spyderco Store

I had to use scissors the other day to open the package for a Carmel apple of all things. Maybe it helps keep them fresh as it was pretty good.
I do hate the modern packaging though.

Never missed one episode of "Curb Your Enthusiasm" just my type of humor I guess. He really plays a great PIA.

He also has a HBO movie filmed on Martha's Vineyard in MA that is really funny, called "Clear History".

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Doesn't hasta call me Johnson

How's that zipped up fly working out for ya?

Sometimes the hard plastic clear packages that are melted together at the edges can be opened with a crank-type can opener.

At least you know the product is new. With the old packaging, I used to find things that have been used, repackaged, returned, then put back on the shelf.

That scam is impossible with todays packaging.

I keep a pair of klein side cutters in my pocket around holidays. It makes those twisted wires and tie wraps a non issue.

Years ago, I remember my Dad stuggling with the child proof lid on a Bufferin bottle. He was eat up with arthritis, and these lids were a problem. He just got out his pocket knife and cut the neck off the bottle.

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Wayne
Torn & Frayed

I remember when the child proof medicine bottles first came out, my mother couldn't get them open, my three year son had no problem getting them open. The packaging I hate the most is the cardboard box with the foam, try to get it back in the box.

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Don

Sure, make the man look like the idiot.

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Memory of Randy Freas-Rimfired

Its much easier (and safer) to just get a purpose-built tool for opening these packages. This one costs less than $10. The small blade cuts a slit in the packaging, allowing the main blade to zip through the plastic.

I revived this thread because I went to open a round box of quick oats
yesterday. It is the most popular brand, but will remain nameless. I
had to get a screwdriver and pliers to get the damn lid off. I think that
is just a little bit too much.
I was so steamed up over it that I tried to send them an email. Their
web site is more complex than the lid to their oats.
Is everything getting too complex, or am I just getting too old?

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In Omnia Paratus

We're getting too old, Shipmate. I just have a 286 brain processor in a world that demands a Penthum 7. My hard drive spins and spins and gets no where.........

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"Your other right........."

Part of my left thumb is still numb from a "slip" a year ago. I didn't go for stitches but should have. Those scissors that cut through a penny (shears) are the best.

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H Richard
SWCA1967 SWHF244

I got a Worx Zip Snip to do the job. Makes short work of just about any heavy material.

Cordless Electric Scissors | ZipSnip - WX081L | WORX

Side cutters are about the only thing that will open that stuff.

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"He was kinda funny lookin'"

Another thing we can use our Dremel for.

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Don

A real man has a small, sharp pocket knife handy.

Army Doctor friend worked Houston E.R. after leaving the service.
His wife was employed by CPSC there recording product-caused injuries.
The number of people injured trying to open those bubble packs was astounding.
Not astounding enough to trigger any CPSC action, it seems.

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US Army '72-'95

The sheepsfoot blade on a medium stockman works about as well as anything. The "grandpa knife" got a lot of play on Xmas.

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Not in jail.

I got a package like that today, my Buck knife did the trick.

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Don

Cheap on of these work for blister packs.



Reading thru the old posts.
Kingsford charcoal bags have a glued fold.
Been a while since I was defeated by the string.

My new Buck Knife still sits in its impenetrable package. Which begs the question: Which came first the package or the knife?

Tin snips work

18-Volt Cordless Reciprocating Saw. hardcase60

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You want me to do what?

When you think about the amount of pressure some people have put on a knife blade to open those things, I'd bet emergency rooms have seen some resulting *long* and *deep* knife wounds.

......x2.........

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S&W Accumulator

The knife came first but how did they ever get it out of the package.

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Don

So does dynamite.

Yes, I use a pocketknife, too, but know that one day I will be in the emergency room shortly after.

I HATE packaging.

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2 Blessed 2B Stressed

This is when a box cutter comes in handy.

Electric chainsaw!

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Stay safe people!

Always carry a knife.

I have flown to places, not had a knife, and stopped between the airport and the hotel to buy a knife.

Of course, then you have to use the rental car key to rip open the packaging.....

I just give the package to my wife and I get the item handed to completely free of packaging, My wife dose it very well with hurting herself, Me, I end up in the ER with with cuts from my knife and from the plastic packing.

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Carpriver.

Mom bought one of those specialty offset scissors made specifically to open the heat sealed plastic packaging. Works like a champ.