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Can't get the fricking lids off these jars!

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Taranta · 11/07/2020 17:49

I know this is a first world problem, but if anyone can offer any cunning solution to aid me try and get into these jars I would be most grateful. I have tried the usual techniques, tapping lid on floor, even took a hammer to one in a fit of pique. Nothing. Nothing at all...gah!

Can't get the fricking lids off these jars!
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TicketToTheWrongFilm · 18/07/2020 10:12

🙌🏻

JesusInTheCabbageVan · 18/07/2020 10:12

Right, time for me to spring into action and head to Sainsburys I'm afraid. I will update later with a pic of the tuna pasta bake (if it's not sacrilege to bung it in a pasta bake.... should I instead be making a nice, classy salad Nicoise?)

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Taranta · 18/07/2020 10:11

It...it WORKED!! Jesus truly you are the second coming.

Can't get the fricking lids off these jars!
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EnjoyingTheSilence · 18/07/2020 10:08

👏👏👏👏👏👏👏

JesusInTheCabbageVan · 18/07/2020 10:07

Ddog has swooned due to the deliciousness of the tuna.

Can't get the fricking lids off these jars!
StCharlotte · 18/07/2020 10:07

Well done Jesus!

As an aside, the last time I went into our local Waitrose was Friday 20th March prior to 17 weeks of wfh and the place looked like it had been stripped by locusts. I actually felt sick.

However. I'm now back in the office and walk past it twice a day so I'll be in again soon.

I loved an earlier post who said the sardines looked like "tinned holidays" Smile

Shannith · 18/07/2020 10:06

It's what God/Jesus/bored Mumsnetters would want.

Amen.

eaglejulesk · 18/07/2020 10:06

I bang the side of lids on concrete, and it's always worked.

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Taranta · 18/07/2020 10:05

@LaurieSchafferIsAllBitterNow they did ask in the PO and I said 'oh, it's a clock...'

Now for the other fucker. I'm going to apply Jesus technique of hard slam and satisfying pop.

Can't get the fricking lids off these jars!
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JesusInTheCabbageVan · 18/07/2020 10:05

I could actually go into business with this, couldn't I? Jesus the Jar. I COULD BUY A CABBAGE VAN!

DameFanny · 18/07/2020 10:04

As an aside, if you say 'churros tuna' quite fast you sound like Alan Partridge saying Tiananmen Square

Shannith · 18/07/2020 10:03

Yes - Smart's pink marmalade has to be next.

Smart, are you prepared to sacrifice your jar to the greater good?

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Taranta · 18/07/2020 10:01

@DameFanny

Woohoo! 🎉🎉🎉

Now do Smart's marmalade Grin

This!
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longtompot · 18/07/2020 10:01

The tap the side of the lid on the edge of the worktop is my way to open tough jars. That and washing up gloves for purchase.

JesusInTheCabbageVan · 18/07/2020 10:01

@Taranta... go on, try the second jar again, you know you want to. Put it in a box, rattle it about a bit, eat a large quantity of dark chocolate and then channel the fury and might of God.

Btw please do PM me your bank details so I can refund the postage and tuna cost (plus damages for the shame of revealing publicly what weak little doll hands you have).

LaurieSchafferIsAllBitterNow · 18/07/2020 09:59

oh...it's open! I can get about my day now!

I do need to know what @Taranta said to the PostOffice counter staff when posting the jar....I am not sure our Post Office would have allowed that to go through, they are more than a tad officious and interrogate people as to the contents of parcels! :D

is there an action packed video...we need to see the technique!

longtompot · 18/07/2020 09:58

[quote JesusInTheCabbageVan]**@Taranta breakfast of champions Grin I do them with a large bowl of Green and Blacks 80% dark chocolate melted in a splash of milk. It's how I imagine it would feel to start the day with a line of coke - pupils like pinheads right now.[/quote]
Haha that did make me laugh!

Well done on opening the jar. It must have been all that cocoa in the chocolate that help Wink

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Taranta · 18/07/2020 09:56

@SummerHouse

Been reading the reviews on Waitrose and found this...
I feel vindicated!! Grin
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Eatsshoootsandleaves · 18/07/2020 09:55

Anyone else so excited that they think Jesus, Churro's and Tuna would make an excellent contender for classics?

JesusInTheCabbageVan · 18/07/2020 09:55

I will confess I gave it a brisk whack (lid edge) on the side of the table first, Old Testament style. In fairness to**@Taranta**, the seal broke with a very loud pop, so it must have been on quite tight. Trying to be kind here Grin

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Taranta · 18/07/2020 09:54

Oh Jesus @JesusInTheCabbageVan I missed the climax due to people viewing our house turning up early FFS. 10 means 10 not 9 fucking 30!!

I cannot believe you opened it just like that - what methodology?! Well, as many before me have said I clearly fucking loosened it Grin.

I hope you're going to drain that tuna before you eat it, btw x

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DameFanny · 18/07/2020 09:53

Woohoo! 🎉🎉🎉

Now do Smart's marmalade Grin

Pennybubbly · 18/07/2020 09:52

What a gloriously satisfying thread.

Surely a Classics nomination too

JesusInTheCabbageVan · 18/07/2020 09:52

It smells lovely, btw. Even first thing in the morning combined with dog breath.

Can't get the fricking lids off these jars!
Choux · 18/07/2020 09:51

Can you describe the opening technique? Did you gradually increase the force or go full on in with your firmest twist right away?

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