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justgamma

(3,667 posts) Thu Jul 23, 2015, 04:20 PM Jul 2015

How the heck do you open a pack of crackers?

Searched the net and couldn't find anything. Thought I'd ask the smartest people I know. Tired of them flying all over.

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How the heck do you open a pack of crackers? (Original Post) justgamma Jul 2015 OP

scissors? hlthe2b Jul 2015 #1

Chainsaw? n/t PoliticAverse Jul 2015 #2

Good idea in theory, but perhaps not in application Major Nikon Jul 2015 #8

Apparently it can be used for opening nuts too. n/t PoliticAverse Jul 2015 #11

Thanks for the laugh! (Heh, I'm female.) WinkyDink Jul 2015 #14

A low yield sharp_stick Jul 2015 #3

With Donald Trump? OffWithTheirHeads Jul 2015 #4

With a safe-cracker? femmocrat Jul 2015 #5

small utility blades IcyPeas Jul 2015 #6

with a lot of bad words!!! elleng Jul 2015 #7

scissors -- have a pair in every room in the house. oldandhappy Jul 2015 #9

Put your key in the bus (from Florida) and open the door. BlueJazz Jul 2015 #10

I keep cheese-n-cracker packs in my big-rig's overhead cubby-hole. denbot Jul 2015 #12

I am fed up trying to open stuff in general Skittles Jul 2015 #13

With a hammer. WinkyDink Jul 2015 #15

Anybody said ax yet? nt stage left Jul 2015 #16

I'd try talking to them first. Glassunion Jul 2015 #17

I just navigate around them when they travel in packs. bluedigger Jul 2015 #18

Teeth Generic Brad Jul 2015 #19

I ask my husband to do it. I can never get the Ritz cracker packages open.... n/t DebJ Jul 2015 #20

Kitchen scissors n/t PasadenaTrudy Jul 2015 #21

Blow torch , C4 or table saw olddots Jul 2015 #22

prayer and meditation nt steve2470 Jul 2015 #23

Huh? You mean you're supposed to take the wrapper off? malthaussen Jul 2015 #24

Razor Blades tonekat Jul 2015 #25

You shouldn't eat such simple carbohydrates as crackers. Problem solved! nt valerief Jul 2015 #26

hey, this is DU--we don't need any racist jokes here! lastlib Jul 2015 #27

hlthe2b

(102,575 posts)

1. scissors?

Reply to justgamma (Original post)

Thu Jul 23, 2015, 04:21 PM

Jul 2015

PoliticAverse

(26,366 posts)

2. Chainsaw? n/t

Reply to hlthe2b (Reply #1)

Thu Jul 23, 2015, 04:24 PM

Jul 2015

Major Nikon

(36,828 posts)

8. Good idea in theory, but perhaps not in application

Reply to PoliticAverse (Reply #2)

Thu Jul 23, 2015, 06:05 PM

Jul 2015

PoliticAverse

(26,366 posts)

11. Apparently it can be used for opening nuts too. n/t

Reply to Major Nikon (Reply #8)

Thu Jul 23, 2015, 06:18 PM

Jul 2015

WinkyDink

(51,311 posts)

14. Thanks for the laugh! (Heh, I'm female.)

Reply to PoliticAverse (Reply #11)

Thu Jul 23, 2015, 08:52 PM

Jul 2015

sharp_stick

(14,400 posts)

3. A low yield

Reply to justgamma (Original post)

Thu Jul 23, 2015, 04:33 PM

Jul 2015

thermonuclear device.

OffWithTheirHeads

(10,337 posts)

4. With Donald Trump?

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Thu Jul 23, 2015, 04:45 PM

Jul 2015

femmocrat

(28,394 posts)

5. With a safe-cracker?

Reply to justgamma (Original post)

Thu Jul 23, 2015, 04:47 PM

Jul 2015

Or a cracker jack?

How about a firecracker?

IcyPeas

(21,957 posts)

6. small utility blades

Reply to justgamma (Original post)

Thu Jul 23, 2015, 05:08 PM

Jul 2015

I have these all over the place - they are so handy. One in the car too. easier than scissors.

http://www.amazon.com/Pieces-Colors-Homework2-Utility-Retractable/dp/B00V84RBDG
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elleng

(131,454 posts)

7. with a lot of bad words!!!

Reply to justgamma (Original post)

Thu Jul 23, 2015, 05:21 PM

Jul 2015

oldandhappy

(6,719 posts)

9. scissors -- have a pair in every room in the house.

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Thu Jul 23, 2015, 06:14 PM

Jul 2015

BlueJazz

(25,348 posts)

10. Put your key in the bus (from Florida) and open the door.

Reply to justgamma (Original post)

Thu Jul 23, 2015, 06:17 PM

Jul 2015

I live in Florida so I can make silly-ass jokes.

denbot

(9,901 posts)

12. I keep cheese-n-cracker packs in my big-rig's overhead cubby-hole.

Reply to justgamma (Original post)

Thu Jul 23, 2015, 06:39 PM

Jul 2015

I have to open the packages one handed, without crushing the surrounding cars, or enclosed crackers.

Not for the faint of heart.

Skittles

(153,318 posts)

13. I am fed up trying to open stuff in general

Reply to justgamma (Original post)

Thu Jul 23, 2015, 07:54 PM

Jul 2015

AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA

WinkyDink

(51,311 posts)

15. With a hammer.

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Thu Jul 23, 2015, 08:54 PM

Jul 2015

stage left

(2,967 posts)

16. Anybody said ax yet? nt

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Thu Jul 23, 2015, 09:21 PM

Jul 2015

Glassunion

(10,201 posts)

17. I'd try talking to them first.

Reply to justgamma (Original post)

Thu Jul 23, 2015, 09:31 PM

Jul 2015

Gain their trust. A good start would be not to call them a pejorative.

bluedigger

(17,091 posts)

18. I just navigate around them when they travel in packs.

Reply to justgamma (Original post)

Thu Jul 23, 2015, 09:41 PM

Jul 2015

Sometimes they can be distracted with a carefully placed can of chew.

Generic Brad

(14,276 posts)

19. Teeth

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Thu Jul 23, 2015, 09:44 PM

Jul 2015

Preferably my own.

DebJ

(7,699 posts)

20. I ask my husband to do it. I can never get the Ritz cracker packages open.... n/t

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Fri Jul 24, 2015, 12:28 AM

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PasadenaTrudy

(3,998 posts)

21. Kitchen scissors n/t

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Fri Jul 24, 2015, 03:02 AM

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olddots

(10,237 posts)

22. Blow torch , C4 or table saw

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Fri Jul 24, 2015, 03:09 AM

Jul 2015

ever think about the injuries caused by packaging ?

steve2470

(37,457 posts)

23. prayer and meditation nt

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Fri Jul 24, 2015, 03:17 AM

Jul 2015

malthaussen

(17,241 posts)

24. Huh? You mean you're supposed to take the wrapper off?

Reply to justgamma (Original post)

Fri Jul 24, 2015, 09:42 AM

Jul 2015

Who knew?

-- Mal

tonekat

(1,839 posts)

25. Razor Blades

Reply to justgamma (Original post)

Fri Jul 24, 2015, 11:10 PM

Jul 2015

Single edge, I buy boxes of them and keep them around my place to open CD's, packages, food containers, mail, those annoying bubble packs, etc.

valerief

(53,235 posts)

26. You shouldn't eat such simple carbohydrates as crackers. Problem solved! nt

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Sat Jul 25, 2015, 02:42 AM

Jul 2015

lastlib

(23,391 posts)

27. hey, this is DU--we don't need any racist jokes here!

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Sat Jul 25, 2015, 08:37 AM

Jul 2015

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