When the apocalypse happens, oh and it will, I know what I am stocking up on.
Can openers.
Well, maybe not...
Laying in pallets of canned goods and only having Swiss-Army-Knives to open them will stymie most people.
I say let the millennials starve, clutching a full can of food.
Heck, I know at least two ways of getting a can open that doesn't need much more than the can itself.
There's an abundance of concrete out there... Just sayin'. The preppers all know what I'm talking about, don't you?
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There was a stupid movie on a while ago that followed various people after the power went out. One idiot used a knife to open a can of something or other and managed to cut his palm open, which led to a nasty infection, which led to his death.
ReplyDeleteNow, as a complete klutz myself, I am able to open cans with knives when all my can-openers have gone on the fritz. It's not hard. Rather easy, in fact, though kinda hard both on the knife and the can.
But that was in the days before I somehow acquired a butt-load of P38 can openers, at least 4 good Swing-Lines, various other tools... and my big, can-opening butcher knife.
Cut yourself opening a can? Loser! Can't open a can even with a can opener? Double-Loser!! (And, yes, I have met millennials and other brain-dead zombies who can't operate a manual can-opener.)
I do get the reference to concrete. I've never tried it, but if I didn't have an opener handy I think that I could manage doing it that way. Wouldn't want to be forced to open one of those big sardine cans of ammo that way though. My dad gave me his Korean War era P-38 when I was a kid. Got a lot of use out of it camping back in the day. I still carry it on my key chain. I bought a big pack of them about 15 years ago to give to buddies at work as token gifts along with surplus Esbit type stoves and Triox tabs. None of the youngsters knew what they were. It was easy to demonstrate because we worked in a lab that developed the coatings for beer, beverage and food cans/ends among other things..............
ReplyDeleteI've opened plenty of cans with a swiss army knife, and I always have a couple of those around. But necessity is the mother (MFer?) of invention as the old saying goes.
ReplyDeleteI suspect that when reality finally starts to bite (and it has been delayed long enough it will be VERY painful), millennials will accept cheaper food...
ReplyDeleteI work with a millennial, a nice guy, about 30 - he makes GOOD money but constantly complains about how little he is saving. But of course he isn't saving ... he drives an expensive car he bought new, does a lot of cooking with expensive, fresh, and specialized, ingredients, and travels constantly for concerts and other experiences. At least he knows how to open a can, but he'll still be in trouble when trials come.