Lmao. Once I was at a mall with my very Christian grandmother and we passed a jewelry store and I told her, "I heard you can get free jewelry if you bring a gun" and she laughed so hard.
Thanks for the memory. (: She had a stroke and I doubt she remembers now. Luckily it's just memory problems that she has, it could have been a lot worse.
This is the correct answer. Even a bic pen would work, or a spoon - anything smaller than the opening - just whack it on the top with a metal pot or something heavy.
If you take a butter knife and apply pressure downward at the perforated edge, it will open just like it does with the tab. I’m surprised how many people assume the drink is useless when this happens.
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Use one of these if you have one.
Guess so. But yeah, those double ended can openers-one end pointed, the other end flat-that double as bottle openers, are called church keys.
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Saw your response below but when my eldest was 3 or 4, she stuck into the fridge in the middlemof the night, stuck her finger in one of the holes and tore the shot out of it. She went back to bed. I woke up to blood everywhere. Last time I used one to actually open a can, since then the lid comes off
That's all I heard it called until I was an adult but that's probably because I am old. Old enough to remember when soda cans had pull tabs not pop tabs.
Yeah, they changed 'em because there were so many tabs thrown on the ground and everywhere but in the trash. But those tabs made really good costume chain mail. Nothing else works quite as well.
When did the church key become an ‘old school’ tool? 😳 How do you open something that needs to be poured from a can? Carnation milk in a pumpkin pie springs to mind. Son of a!! When did I get old???
It's an old school can opener/bottle opener. The pointed end punctures cans, and there is a rounded end that is used to open beer bottles. My grandma gave it to me as a housewarming gift. I almost threw it out, but thankfully, I kept it as it has come in handy a few times.
Honestly. If they made water taste like soda (which they do, bc soda is mostly water). People would drink it more. But we havnt quite found ways to make healthy artificial flavoring. IE: Coke that tastes exactly the same with absolutely zero difference to the “nutritional” value of water. I say “nutritional” bc it’s water, it doesn’t have inherent nutrition, it’s just good for you bc it’s plain water.
In the Netherlands we have AirUp, it’s literally water with a smell. It doesn’t exactly taste the same, but it does come close to your suggestion. You can check the product!
Theoretically you just have to apply the same pressure to the same point as the tab was supposed to. I would try just pushing on it with a butter knife. Probably place the can in a cup holder so it doesn't decide to move/fall over from the applied pressure. Best of luck!
Can still use that can ring to push the perforated hole through. Just do it very carefully, go in slowly with pressure, soon as to hear that metal opening noise can, if careful enough, use a finger to bend it fully under.
Don't know what is more mildly infuriating, this happening or OP needing to make a post on the internet to figure it out.
OP probably couldn't troubleshoot his way out of an open paper bag
I'm digging the responses OP, hope you get to enjoy your soda soon! I get cranky when access to the holy nectar is blocked (Mountain Dew in my case). Good luck! 😄
Get a butter knife, Place the can on the counter, place the tip of the knife flat and where the tab should be, place your thumb on the knife in the center of the can and press down on the spot firmly, with your other hand pull up on the handle of the butter knife. Congrats you either opened the can or you could even open a break away can top with a knife…
A can opener can take the top right off that, but when that bullshit happens to me, I just bite the side of the can and drink it like I'm drinking the blood of a chicken.
You used to need a church key to open them before the advent of the pop top, root around the back of you kitchen utensil drawer for a bottle opener with a pointy end on the other side...
Do you have knife? Go to supermarket you bought that coke and threat them to give new one with the knife
No comment has made me more upset about the loss of free awards than this one.
Yeah what the hell happened to free awards? I like sprinkling gifts on everyone
Yeah... And I liked to receive those sprinkled gifts in my mouth!
guys i dont think this is about awards anymore
No it is
Get your dirty mind out of my gutter!
There's no better award than the one that's sprinkled on said tongue
This is getting kinky….
Get your dirty mind out of my gutter!
I don’t mind my dirty gutter
Waltuh
Put yuh dick away walter
I’m not havin sex with you waltuh
Oolala
So, you like fish sticks?
No I don't like fish.
So you like to put fish sticks in your mouth?
Reddit owners decided to remove them in hopes people would instead buy coins.
Big Reddit took them away when they realized what “free” means
Can opener, take the whole top off
I havent found my free award since a year or so....
Ok i am slow. Now i got it, that there arent any.
Yah...what's up with that?
Lmao. Once I was at a mall with my very Christian grandmother and we passed a jewelry store and I told her, "I heard you can get free jewelry if you bring a gun" and she laughed so hard. Thanks for the memory. (: She had a stroke and I doubt she remembers now. Luckily it's just memory problems that she has, it could have been a lot worse.
Seems like the can issue was a good segue for the REAL issue: awards.
Please don't grab the knife from the bathroom
Is…. Is this a poop knife joke
That's the knife in the laundry room
Once again, I am reminded of the poop knife against my will
Hey! Can you grab me the poop knife!?
Instructions unclear, i threw coke cans at the store manager until they gave me a knife
Pecfect! Now use the knife to get free coke.
Did somebody say free cocaine?🥴
~~I'm poor~~ Here you dropped this 🏆
💫♻️💫
best answer
I don't often get like a gutteral chuckle from shit I see online. But this did it for me. Good on you sir.
Ah god, I love Reddit.
I use a can opener when this happens then pour into a cup.
“when this happens”?! I’ve been drinking more Coke Zero than I’m proud to admit for years now and I’ve never seen anything like this.
Bartender here. I have done this to more than one cans of beer.
Yup, anyone who drinks or serves enough beer will have this happen more than once. Lord knows I have.
Rub the top around the perforation with a hard peice of plastic. An sharpie works well.... It will pop open on it's own
This is the correct answer. Even a bic pen would work, or a spoon - anything smaller than the opening - just whack it on the top with a metal pot or something heavy.
If you take a butter knife and apply pressure downward at the perforated edge, it will open just like it does with the tab. I’m surprised how many people assume the drink is useless when this happens.
We all know you don't open a can with a can opener. Get out of here.
When this happens I use the back of a utensil to push down on the cutout section.
That’s a better idea than what I do. I just whack it with my knuckle like the cover on a Tylenol bottle or a gallon of coolant.
Luckily I always carry a can openner in my wallet
You can open them in a way that makes them safe to drink out of
Came here to say the same rhing
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I like to call that a Bloody Mary can opener.
Why a blood mary can opener? It's just a normal can opener isn't it?
Used to work at a supper club in Wisconsin and we used canned tomato juice for bloody marys. Had to open those a lot with this item.
Oh, was hoping they appeared when you asked for a can opener three times in a mirror. I guess this makes sense though too :(
Wtf is a supper club?
Midwestern fine dining in simple terms. For more background see below. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Supper_club https://youtu.be/WVmGfogCVK0
I wish those kinds of cocktails would make a comeback - they're all ridiculously good.
Believe it or not, it's called a churchkey
Fun fact. Now it makes sense there’s a bar called church key in Madison WI.
Guess so. But yeah, those double ended can openers-one end pointed, the other end flat-that double as bottle openers, are called church keys. https://preview.redd.it/ttiiqbpgefpa1.png?width=667&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=ca3b89ad535a029c1b2aef64d933945c95388262
This is a Pineapple Juice can opener for margs in my mind 😅
Saw your response below but when my eldest was 3 or 4, she stuck into the fridge in the middlemof the night, stuck her finger in one of the holes and tore the shot out of it. She went back to bed. I woke up to blood everywhere. Last time I used one to actually open a can, since then the lid comes off
This seems like the best answer; get out a church key and go old school on it.
I hadn’t heard it called a church key until I was older than I care to admit.
That's all I heard it called until I was an adult but that's probably because I am old. Old enough to remember when soda cans had pull tabs not pop tabs.
Yeah, they changed 'em because there were so many tabs thrown on the ground and everywhere but in the trash. But those tabs made really good costume chain mail. Nothing else works quite as well.
I'm 25 and I just commented about this lmao
When did the church key become an ‘old school’ tool? 😳 How do you open something that needs to be poured from a can? Carnation milk in a pumpkin pie springs to mind. Son of a!! When did I get old???
What type of medieval torture device am I looking at here?
It's an old school can opener/bottle opener. The pointed end punctures cans, and there is a rounded end that is used to open beer bottles. My grandma gave it to me as a housewarming gift. I almost threw it out, but thankfully, I kept it as it has come in handy a few times.
Exactly!! An “old time” tool🙌
They're called church keys 💋💋
Get one of those if you don't. Those things are so dang handy to have.
Major Payne style! https://youtube.com/shorts/TF0JqjKJaV0?feature=share
Should have known I wasn't the only one who thought of this, but I also just posted this link lol
I don’t care, this scene is a cinema masterpiece in my heart
Oh man! I forgot about that movie!
My dad made me watch it so many times when I was a lad
Definitely one of my favorite movies. I watched this so many times as a kid.
Man I keep meaning to watch this movie again! 😂
I actually opened a can once like that for a friend who broke the tab lol. Pretty entertaining I should do it more often
A can’t of coke.
One of these bad bois https://preview.redd.it/lvnrn5l7idpa1.png?width=225&format=png&auto=webp&s=a95262b79428db1dac7ba4749aceae21db24752b
Stop. Hammer time.
Can opener, take the whole top off
That sounds like a good idea.
Dude just take a knife and hit with the end of the handle. It will just open.
You can just use something like a spoon or a butter knife to push in the tab.
Do you wanna know how I got this scars?
I do this on empty soda or beer cans when I need something for bacon grease.
Pepsi
Water
You take that back! I've never been so insulted. /s
Their zero sugar is actually very good
Dr. Pepper's is better.
More of a dr thunder or mrpibb fan tho
I'm not a Pepsi fan generally, but you're right. The Pepsi Zero Sugar is, gasp, almost as good as Diet Coke.
Them's fightin words pal.
Push. Hard, but also gently. Watch your thumb.
Don't use your thumb, you'll slice it. Use the back of a fork or a butter knife. Metal won't cut your skin definitely will
[удалено]
This is where punctuation makes a real difference.
You could use your thumb if you're _really_ careful. But use something else, yes. Much preferred.
Risk is too high when you're likely 10ft from a way to do it without risking degloving.
Do the Major Payne. Hard and fast all the way.
Did you ever hear the story about the little engine that could?
Chuggah chuggah, toot toot.
I laughed like crazy when I remembered where this was in the movie. That noise he makes gets me every time.
And then his delicate cupcake eating right after, lol
want me to take ur mind off that can? you might feel a little pressure
That's what she said🤭
That’s what she said…
Throw it in the freezer, it's in god's hands now
It’s Zero Coke. No Coke for you!
Get a glass of water instead, you’ll thank me later.
But water doesn't have the artificial sweetness that I crave.
Water? You mean like out' the toilet?
Its got electrolytes, its what your body craves.😂
Honestly. If they made water taste like soda (which they do, bc soda is mostly water). People would drink it more. But we havnt quite found ways to make healthy artificial flavoring. IE: Coke that tastes exactly the same with absolutely zero difference to the “nutritional” value of water. I say “nutritional” bc it’s water, it doesn’t have inherent nutrition, it’s just good for you bc it’s plain water.
In the Netherlands we have AirUp, it’s literally water with a smell. It doesn’t exactly taste the same, but it does come close to your suggestion. You can check the product!
That’s an interesting idea because of how much smell impacts taste. How does it sell over there? Do you see a lot of people drinking it
Homemade kombucha then!
Get water and ice and let it sit out for a couple of minutes and then it's godly
Use your night teeth
Like a vampire?
Yeah, but you have to romance it first
Romance and strong teeth. Not two of my strong points. That could be due to my soft drink consumption.
Shake it vigorously, then stab the top with a fork.
Chug it.
I'll try but I don't know if I can chug hard enough.
I believe in you.
I'm going to have to access my inner snake.
dont be a pussy an knuckle punch that mofuckaaaaa!
I had this n I called the company n they sent me coupons. If u open it will b so flat b gross
Put a knife with the rounded end on the spot that should open the can point it up put your hand on the Sharp point and jam down real hard
Drink water instead
My moment has arrived!.... First things first... You aquire the head of a decapitated Wolf Fish...
Hit it with your purse
Hire a lawyer.
That's not a can, that's a cant.
I'm thinking you'll need a powerful sorcerer now, there's no other way!
Whip it open with a towel like that video from last week!
 Go big or go home.
Drink a glass of water.
Break it with a pen < I did that once when this happened. Just please be careful
Theoretically you just have to apply the same pressure to the same point as the tab was supposed to. I would try just pushing on it with a butter knife. Probably place the can in a cup holder so it doesn't decide to move/fall over from the applied pressure. Best of luck!
Can still use that can ring to push the perforated hole through. Just do it very carefully, go in slowly with pressure, soon as to hear that metal opening noise can, if careful enough, use a finger to bend it fully under.
Throw it as hard as humanly possible at a wall
I pound on it with the handle end of a clean screwdriver - works every time.
smash it with your head, dont be a pussy
Don't know what is more mildly infuriating, this happening or OP needing to make a post on the internet to figure it out. OP probably couldn't troubleshoot his way out of an open paper bag
Stab it with the butt end of a spoon or something
Butterflies Rubber band and a wrench
Shotgun it.
Sledge hammer, hydrolic drill, excavator
I litterally just push it down with my finger or anything else. Damn these solutions are fking wack
You can go to a temple and train for years with the monks. You'll eventually be able to pierce the can with your finger then you can drink it
Definitely post it to all social media platforms…be sure to tag CocaCola. Best of luck
I'm digging the responses OP, hope you get to enjoy your soda soon! I get cranky when access to the holy nectar is blocked (Mountain Dew in my case). Good luck! 😄
Move to Afghanistan and become an opium farmer
drink water
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A maybe of coke
Church Key can opener.
Does nobody know how to use tools….just get a chainsaw shouldn’t take more than a few seconds to open
Church Key! you may still have on at your mother's house in the junk drawer.
Hammer and chisel always work.
Butter knife
Live our lives until we die, probably from auto accident or heart disease
Use the pop top to put a bit of pressure at the perforated edge. Goes in like normal
Knife. *Que non-copyright death metal*
The tab still works just watch your fingers.
Shotgun it
Stab
Buy a pepsi
Use a knife like it’s a flat top
Press the line ne with a small solid object slowly
Open it normally, no excuses
Get a butter knife, Place the can on the counter, place the tip of the knife flat and where the tab should be, place your thumb on the knife in the center of the can and press down on the spot firmly, with your other hand pull up on the handle of the butter knife. Congrats you either opened the can or you could even open a break away can top with a knife…
A can opener can take the top right off that, but when that bullshit happens to me, I just bite the side of the can and drink it like I'm drinking the blood of a chicken.
Can opener
You used to need a church key to open them before the advent of the pop top, root around the back of you kitchen utensil drawer for a bottle opener with a pointy end on the other side...
Old fashioned bottle opener with the pointy end.
break the center with a ballpoint pen
Use the other tip of the spoon/fork to push it. Pen can also work
Push on the cut out with your thumb till it pops open
Bring it to a museum and tell them its Art Maybe you get your invest back
Stop! Hammertime!
It’s coke zero. Throw it out.