On 6/9/2014 12:03 PM, Pete C. wrote:
>
> Sqwertz wrote:
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>> On Mon, 09 Jun 2014 09:37:26 -0500, Pete C. wrote:
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>>> I'm just old enough to remember when pull tabs on soda/beer cans were
>>> replaced with the flip tops...
>>
>> That wasn't that long ago. 1978 or so. IIRC. You'd pull off the tab
>> and then drop it into the soda for lack of anything better to do with
>> it. And no, nobody I ever knew ever accidentally swallowed or choked
>> on one.
>>
>> -sw
>
> Worse, people would toss the tabs on the beach and you'd cut your foot
> Flip tabs eliminated that problem.
>
Jimmy Buffett (Margaritaville)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EQc2qCfj1Yg

"I blew out my flip flop, stepped on a pop top..." :-D

Jill