On Monday, December 14, 2015 at 8:03:17 PM UTC-10, isw wrote:
> If a can has something thick or gloppy inside (Campbell's Cream of
> Tomato Soup, for example) and has a pull-tab opening top (Campbell's
> again), getting the stuff out is a real pain because of the wide rim
> that you have to work around while hoping not to cut your rubber spatula
> to shreds on the sharp edge.
>
> The lid on cans with pull-tab tops are generally set further down than
> regular lids -- far enough that a standard opener won't reach it. For a
> while, you could just turn the can over and go in through the (normal)
> bottom, but more recently all the cans are deep-drawn and have no
> openable bottom.
>
> So the question is, is there a can opener -- top or side entry -- that
> is known to remove the top from pop-top cans?
>
> Isaac

As I recall, you can remove the top of a soda can. People with evil intent in their hearts will use these openers to make containers to hide their stuff. Being pure of heart, I used the openers only for good -to make cases for electronic projects - and also to open cans, of course.