Bizarre Fact 103 Poem by Kim Barney

CAN OPENERS! ! ! ? ? ? It IS kind of a 'bizarre fact', but couldn't you have used a limerick to express it? ? ? Come on, Kim! ! : )

I used to have a type of can opener which folded, and was about an inch long, and, I think, was issued to U.S. soldiers at one time and could be worn around their necks with 'dog tags'.

Woahh interesting. When my openers don't work i resort to knife and hammer it down to open. Kudos!

I agree with you, Kim. Bizarre Fact indeed!

The food's in this can (in the can it does hide) . But I've failed to open can; I have so tried. My belly does grumble; with my knife I do fumble. After two weeks of trying I died. : ( bri

(cont.) .hese early openers were basically variations of a knife, though the 1855 design continues to be produced.'

Although preservation of food using tin cans had been practiced since at least 1772 in the Netherlands, the first can openers were not patented until 1855 in England and 1858 in the United States.. (cont.)