General   (General discussion, talk about anything.)

Cheshire Puss

"Yes, but Tommy.
The idea of ring pulls was to eliminate the use and need of a can opener"

I think that yoo have to careful with all types of built in can openers, ring pulls or key and strip, with ring pulls I always put pressure on the ring pull using my thumb, before snapping it up and open,, I think that most people do that without thinking about it.

On about the hygiene thing, doo any of yoo remember the old pull tabs which were used on beverage cans, they were phased out in favour of the stay tabs, which press a tab down into the drink tin, the old pull tabs you pulled off proud of the can, and they had to be disposed of separately, the same way that food ring pull cans work today, well hygiene wise, some folk would pull the tab off and then drop the tab into the can and into whatever was in the can, before drinking from the can, I always thought that was disgusting, I would sup the drink, and then drop the pull tab into the 'empty' tin