Fran sez: > · Humbled by chidrens mouthwash! I couldn't get the > mouthwash to pour into my cup - a tube and seal in the > container kept the liquid trapped every time I tried to pout it! > unintentionally I squeezed the plastic bottle while picking it > up and saw the liquid start to fill the throat of the bottle - > Perhaps I should re-examine my life for similar anti spill > features instead of always assuming a flaw?
FWIW, I have a similar beef with the folks who designed apple sauce jars. For some asinine reason the screw off necks are inappropriately narrow making it nearly impossible to extract the last portions of "sauce" tenaciously clinging to the sides of the jar. A rubber spatula helps, but it's a messy dirty job any way you tackle it. A more appropriate design had long ago been successfully incorporated into the shape used in products like peanut butter jars, which are made out of plastic by the way. Peanut butter screw-top openings ARE the diameter of the top of the jar. No narrowing of the bottleneck. Therefore, absolutely no "bottleneck" problems extracting the last molecules of "butter" out of those plastic containers. I suspect it's an issue where the apple sauce product review board has simply not cared to ask its customers what they think about the shape of the antiquated jars. I think they need an uppity young lad fresh out of design school versed in the techniques of 3D modeling software, like RHINO, to shake things up a bit. Alas, I'm afraid the old guard will have to retire first before a brave new paradigm consisting of wide lids can be introduced. ;-) Thanks for the story, Fran. Regards Steven Vincent Johnson www.OrionWorks.com www.zazzle.com/orionworks
