Can't get the fricking lids off these jars!

[Taranta]

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!

DS (baby Jesus?) verdict: "I love it. But she shouldn't have stole my lego without asking."

MNHQ say the thread’s up before the Classics Nomination Committee.

This thread has everything you could wish for; divine intervention, MNers all pulling together, naice tuna that's not in a tin. Truly the spirit of Mumsnet. . How could we not immortalise it forever in the annals of Classics?

Ha 😂 this thread is fabulous, thanks for cheering me up!

I did it! I finally did it! Can't believe it only took me 8 years followed by four months of house arrest! Thank you!!!!

Though I suppose technically @Taranta did it, I'm just a parasite.

And God looked down and saw that it was good. A-MEN!

@JesusInTheCabbageVan furiously clapping my soft little Londoners doll hands in your honour oh mighty one x

🥳🥳

This is a wonderful thread - it's like proper MN.

@ltagDhubh (bloody hell it took we a while to work out how to written that)

to the review - @Taranta you must do it and screenshot it for us tunaites

If you've got an old fashioned twisty can opener, use the bottle opener bit under the rim of the lid to just lift it gently. Pressure released. Open.

@longwayoff

If you've got an old fashioned twisty can opener, use the bottle opener bit under the rim of the lid to just lift it gently. Pressure released. Open.

Things. Have. Moved. On.

Anyone else feeling strangely bereft now?

Also clapping my leathery man hands for you @Taranta

I should add - I hadn't actually watched the Paltrow crying speech for a while and I now realise one of the people she thanks is Harvey Weinstein. Balls. Sorry.

@JesusInTheCabbageVan - that is one gorgeous looking ddog! Definitely deserving of tuna.

I am wondering whether I can convince dh to let me do a Waitrose order so we can try posh tuna, and lemon sardines. I’d love to go to Waitrose for a wander (and some delicious treats) but I am a bit of a wuss about having to queue (can’t stand for too long).

Oh, she is She's a pampered princess who regularly gets her own little plate at mealtimes.

All I can say is the entire family Jesus enjoyed our pasta bake very much indeed. Go for it!

@JesusInTheCabbageVan

Though I suppose technically *@Taranta* did it, I'm just a parasite.

I think more symbiotic than parasitic #teamtuna

Loving this thread - and blessed be the jar openers as through the power of MN@JesusInTheCabbageVan washing over the land I have finally managed to open a jar of jam I've held onto for years in a 'I don't need no man no way sista' stylee.

It's three years out of date but it's the thought that counts. Aahhh-a-men 🙏🏻

Thanks choux, I'm like Miss Fitton's jam then, out of date but it's the thought that counts. Best wishes to all those sprained wrists out there.

And Mumsnet did say, thou shalt be immortalised in classics. I actually got a lump in my throat. Well done indeed. I will think of this thread every time I open a jar. Pieces of tuna be with you. 🙏

@MotherForkinShirtBalls symbiotic is nice, I like that.

@longwayoff not to worry. I've just bumped it, so I guarantee you won't be the last 'Cancel the cheque'.

@MissFitton I dunno, I'd still have that on a nice scone.

@SummerHouse May the Lord open 📢

Not only am I feeble of grip, I can’t even hope to reach the culinary heights of Jesus’ tuna pasta bake - all my naice tuna got for giving forth it’s succulent wares was half a bag of watercress that’s a bit on the turn...

For those of you whose don'thave your own JesusintheCabbageVan, may I humbly suggest this little beauty. As well as opening tins without leaving a sharp edge, it also acts as a lid opener. You just position the gadget so that the flat part is on top of the offending lid and the little hook is just at the base of the lid, a gentle lifting action releases the vacuum and even my arthritic hands can easily open the jar. Hasn't failed me yet. Dh feels almost completely redundant since I acquired said gadget!

Jesus, be praised