#1288 – Can
Posted on May 26, 2011 at 12:00 am by Chris
Chapter: Comics
The last time I went camping I made sure all my food was in packaging that could be opened by hand. It’s kind of a bummer when you can’t open that package of food without wasting half of it. A can of chili really splatters after that third hit from the cinder block.
Tags: bear, camping, can opener
P-38 can opener. They’re cheap – and easily lost.
Buy many.
You should always have a swiss army knife on you when you go camping.
Pick-up trucks. They open more than beers.
1: Lie the cinder block flat.
2: Place can end-down on the cinder block.
3: Using firm pressure, grind can across face of cinder block.
4: Continue until rough surface of cinder block has ground the end seal off can.
5: Tip up cinder block and can (to prevent contents dropping out of can) and turn can upright.
6: Wipe metal shavings off end of can.
7: Empty can into pan. Cook. Eat.
8: Discover you forgot to pack pan…
It works. I saw it on TV and I have used this as a party trick. It needs a bit of strength and doesn’t work well for soup (too much leaks out on to the grinding surface), and a cinder block is probably a bit too small to make it easy – a large, flat-faced boulder is better. (I used a flat granite slab the party hosts use as a coffee table.)
Bah weho needs can openers when im out camping wiv my 4×4 club i just use a hacksaw blade 😀
Maskman:
I keep one on my keyring at all times. Along with a churchkey opener (actually half of a folding churchkey/bottle opener) and a old promotional Nokia bottle opener. The P-38 is a genuine little miracle and has come in handy on many an occasion. Had this one for years.
One swiss army knife to rule them all! Or you could do what he did… http://www.shitmypetsruined.com/2011/04/27/jaws-of-steel/
@kingklash;
I have so many that any time one gets lost, two more pop up – I can hardly open a drawer in the house, that I don’t find at least one. Ditto churchkeys and bottle openers. Cans and bottles get *opened* when I’m around… (it’s like a superpower, or something)
I always have a knife in my pocket.
Always.
Bottle opener ring ftw. Hurts your knuckles something fierce, but worth it to always have a bottle opener on hand