Those horrible modern plastic lids take half an hour to figure out how to open and another half hour to prise apart. It must be impossible for those with arthritis or the mildest of handicaps.
2006-09-08 09:48:20 · 17 answers · asked by philr999 3 in Food & Drink ➔ Other - Food & Drink
Icecream containers are unopenable by mortals for two reasons.
1) They are assembled by machines. The machines hates us and wants us to suffer because they cannot eats the icecreams my precious! (Sorry, don't know where Gollum came from)
2) The manufacturers have to ensure that the icecream reaches the distributer in a sealed state. As icecream can be affected by exposure they have to ensure that the lids cannot become loose during transit. The offset is that they are a bugger to open.
2006-09-08 09:58:25 · answer #1 · answered by barrytabrah 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Oh, I know just what you mean! It has been bothering me for ages! So hard to open things these days. Must be to keep them fresher.
It's all about the profitability and technology to keep ahead of a competitor, and has nothing to do with what the consumer needs or wants. How sad.
2006-09-12 16:40:20 · answer #2 · answered by kiteeze 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
My favorite trick - for a half-gallon (more or less) container of ice cream - zap it in the microwave for 20 seconds. Works like a charm to thaw the tiniest outermost layer.
2006-09-08 16:55:17 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Yup and by the time you get the dang thing off the icecream is melting and what was on the lid drips all over place................ It's a conspiracy !
2006-09-08 16:54:42 · answer #4 · answered by Mommy2Be 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
If it takes YOU 30 minutes to open the thing, there's something wrong with YOU. I'm handicapped with arthritis, and I have NO trouble opening anything. What drugs have you been smoking, TARD????
2006-09-08 16:54:17 · answer #5 · answered by THE LONER 3 · 0⤊ 2⤋
I totally agree with you -- they are wretched! The up side is that you burn some calories just trying to get the stupid thing open!
2006-09-08 17:22:06 · answer #6 · answered by Giselle 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Ice cream containers are horrendous to open, what a good question.
2006-09-08 16:53:45 · answer #7 · answered by frankmilano610 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
they are sealed so well to prove they haven't been tampered with, blame the animal rights protesters that used to go round sticking glass and other nasty things in food
2006-09-11 09:30:21 · answer #8 · answered by mini the prophet of fubar 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It is the ice cream manufacturer's way of telling you that you are a fatty and lay off the ice cream.
2006-09-08 16:52:12 · answer #9 · answered by Nerdly Stud 5 · 0⤊ 3⤋
buy proper icecream
ben and jerrys
haagen dazs
cardboard tubs!! problem solved
2006-09-12 15:49:10 · answer #10 · answered by supersam82 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋