Australians Struggling to Open Milk Cartons - 1976

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08/03/2020 at 01:30 • Filed to: None

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Kinja'd!!! Nauraushaun > Boxer_4
08/03/2020 at 02:34

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I definitely had this problem when I was a kid. I remember working in a supermarket, when Pura was able to get 1L of bottled milk on price parity with the carton.

Who the fuck buys a carton after that?

These bloody bastards

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Since I moved out of home I’ve been buying long-life milk with a plastic cap. Mostly so I don’t have to worry about using it in 3 days or giving it the smell test in 6. But I can’t say I miss the cartons.


Kinja'd!!! Nauraushaun > Nauraushaun
08/03/2020 at 02:36

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Fuck me they even had them in single use cartons for kids at school and stuff. Big M do it too.

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What kind of sadist unleashes that hell on a kid in the school yard? Gives him a carton to open every day?

This is bringing back memories I’d tried to forget


Kinja'd!!! Distraxi's idea of perfection is a Jagroen > Boxer_4
08/03/2020 at 02:46

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Sorry, but this is just too easy a free hit. I refuse to demean myself by taking the shot.

/Kiwi


Kinja'd!!! Svend > Boxer_4
08/03/2020 at 03:03

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Unless you got your milk delivered in glass bottles with the foil top, all milk cartons were like this. I’d say 80% of the time it opened how the milk guy suggested, though sometimes we’d use a knife to pull the lip out a little to help the situation.

Occasionally I'd open both sides, then pull on opposite corners to open, then reconstruct the spout. 


Kinja'd!!! DipodomysDeserti > Nauraushaun
08/03/2020 at 08:40

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I think you have to show proficiency in opening a milk carton before they l et you move on to kindergarten in America.


Kinja'd!!! Stef Schrader > Boxer_4
08/03/2020 at 09:21

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I hate these friggin’ things so much.


Kinja'd!!! pip bip - choose Corrour > Stef Schrader
08/03/2020 at 09:37

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why the hate?

it’s simple, not rocket science


Kinja'd!!! ranwhenparked > DipodomysDeserti
08/03/2020 at 09:39

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Nah, I used to stab them with a pocket knife until the dairy that supplied my school switched back to reusable bottles sometime around 3rd grade. Still remember how disgusting those buckets were, where everyone dumped our their leftovers before putting the empty bottles back in the crate


Kinja'd!!! This is what we'll show whenever you publish anything on Kinja: > Boxer_4
08/03/2020 at 10:19

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I think I know what’s happening... It’s hot as balls there. After le aving the store the cold carton gets condensation on the outside which wicks in through the seam at the edge, softening the paper. Since the paper loses it’s rigidity it collapses before the spout adhesive gives way.


Kinja'd!!! Who is the Leader - 404 / Blog No Longer Available > Boxer_4
08/03/2020 at 10:52

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I just never drink milk. Easy. 


Kinja'd!!! GLiddy > Boxer_4
08/03/2020 at 11:34

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I wonder if the presenter get the money shot on the first take? It was pretty obvious that he was trying for the milk facial.  His next story was probably an expose on opening a jar of olives.


Kinja'd!!! Jason Spears > Boxer_4
08/03/2020 at 15:05

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Here’s to the heroes discovering old video and film that seems tailor-made for Youtube.


Kinja'd!!! Nauraushaun > ranwhenparked
08/03/2020 at 17:31

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Haha use a DRAIN!


Kinja'd!!! ranwhenparked > Nauraushaun
08/03/2020 at 17:34

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We had two big plastic buckets in the middle of the cafeteria floor, all excess liquids went in there, and the kitchen staff dumped them down the sink at the end of the lunch period. They looked nasty, lots of stuff mixed together, mostly milk, but the coloration was not pretty.


Kinja'd!!! Nauraushaun > ranwhenparked
08/03/2020 at 18:32

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Ugh. Nooo thank you 


Kinja'd!!! Boxer_4 > Nauraushaun
08/03/2020 at 19:55

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Most milk around here in in blow-molded jugs for anything larger than a pint (473 mL). You can still find soy “milk” and things like coffee creamer and some juices in cartons, but they all have plastic caps these days .

We had the 1/2 pint milk cartons in elementary school - I didn’t usually have an issue with them.

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Kinja'd!!! Boxer_4 > GLiddy
08/03/2020 at 20:01

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For the sake of entertainment, I kinda hope it took multiple takes...


Kinja'd!!! Boxer_4 > Svend
08/03/2020 at 20:05

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It brings me back to elementary school. That’s about the only time I consistently encountered cartons.  They were usually fairly easy to open, though there was the occasional difficult carton.  


Kinja'd!!! Nauraushaun > Boxer_4
08/03/2020 at 22:03

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You guys must have some skills we Aussies haven’t picked up yet. Curious that it has the word “pint” on it. In Australia we use “pint” to refer to (about) a half litre of beer, but we never use it for anything else.

So nobody would ever, ever  use it for something intended for kids.


Kinja'd!!! BaconSandwich is tasty. > Boxer_4
08/03/2020 at 22:41

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Pfft, photoshopped. If this were really Australia, there would be spiders or snakes jumping out of those cartons.


Kinja'd!!! Stef Schrader > pip bip - choose Corrour
08/04/2020 at 01:52

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It should be simple in theory, but the cardboard always goes mushy or sticks together too much to make a clean break. Just give me a plastic hole that doesn’t put cardboard lumps into the first few pours, please.