Cardinal Folly
New member
A little brain teaser bourne out of the distaste that so many people have for modern appliances. Hopw many times have you heard, ` I don`t know why they changed it, the old one worked perfectly well?`
Deighton i think that was to do with the less quick witted members of society dropping either the ring pull into the can as they opened it and than swallowing it later, or because they could cut themselves on the sharp edge. Either way you had to be pretty stupid to hurt yourself.
Some of you seem to be getting caught up on the idea of someone recording the event. My wee nephew used to tell me 6 months after he badly fell and cut his leg that he had cut his leg.This despite the fact that there was now nothing to see on his leg but properly healed skin. It was a big thing to him and he wanted the world to know about. History isn`t always about what you see in the newspapers or on the television.
Deighton i think that was to do with the less quick witted members of society dropping either the ring pull into the can as they opened it and than swallowing it later, or because they could cut themselves on the sharp edge. Either way you had to be pretty stupid to hurt yourself.
Some of you seem to be getting caught up on the idea of someone recording the event. My wee nephew used to tell me 6 months after he badly fell and cut his leg that he had cut his leg.This despite the fact that there was now nothing to see on his leg but properly healed skin. It was a big thing to him and he wanted the world to know about. History isn`t always about what you see in the newspapers or on the television.