
Chthonic confesses: "Only last year did I discover why the lids of things in tubes have a recessed pointy bit built into them." Tell us about the facepalm moment when you realised you were doing something wrong.
( , Thu 15 Jul 2010, 13:23)
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...have a recessed pointy bit built into them?
Hitherto, I have never ever had to ponder this. But now - now - I must know, before it drives me mad!
( , Thu 15 Jul 2010, 13:48, 21 replies)

The pointy bit is used to pierce the foil cap on the tube
( , Thu 15 Jul 2010, 13:50, closed)

edit: unsurprisingly beaten to it
( , Thu 15 Jul 2010, 13:51, closed)

I was really kind of hoping for it to be a totally sexually perverse reason. Stupid, when I come to think about it...
Bah, fie on these plastic tube-caps; piercing the foil bit with a large unwieldy knife is part of the fun of being an adult! Its the only time I can legtimately act out that pyscho scene.
( , Thu 15 Jul 2010, 13:58, closed)

that there is someone else out there who didn't get it is very reassuring.
( , Thu 15 Jul 2010, 14:59, closed)

That's the only reason I got it!
( , Thu 15 Jul 2010, 15:34, closed)

to prevent all your better halves belming at you and calling you Joey (like mine is to me), I feel it should be made clear that when talking about tubes in this context it is things like tomato puree or super glue and definately not tubes of pringles.
( , Thu 15 Jul 2010, 13:58, closed)

but it's all clear now.
And I did know why they have the spike in the cap.
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( , Thu 15 Jul 2010, 14:04, closed)

It just means you've probably not had any regular skin complaints that require a variety of lotions, creams and ointments. Which is a good thing, trust me.
( , Thu 15 Jul 2010, 14:37, closed)

I'd like to point out that I'd not recommended that as an eczema treatment.
( , Thu 15 Jul 2010, 14:48, closed)

I have eczema and use tomato puree a lot and still didn't work this out till I saw someone else turn the lid around.
( , Thu 15 Jul 2010, 15:00, closed)

I've never noticed the lids of things changing shape to include recessed pointy bits when travelling on the London Underground.
I think you're all doing too many MASSIVE DRUGS
( , Fri 16 Jul 2010, 15:07, closed)
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