Pluggers by Rick McKee for November 22, 2024

Rubber coated gloves for the easy stuff and Vise Grips® for the tough ones!

Carton cartoon eh.

H. habilis, “Handy man” invented the stone knife to open blister packs. (Apparently using the scientific name for genus man is banned by Go Comics)

My vote goes for the vice grips ;-)

Channel locks here.

Pluggers like the non-stick pizza scissors.

My wife has an app for that — me. (although I sometimes have to use the pliers myself ;)

Yep, I have pliers, you name it! A small hammer too.

When pulling the ‘Safety Seal’ from the spout of a milk or juice carton, you have to be careful not to squeeze the carton too tightly. Same with opening thin-walled water bottles.

Careful with that milk carton, Plugger! You don’t want to inadvertently commit lactomangulation by handling those pliers too fiercely.

Same here! I’ve also been known to bash along the edge of a stubborn jar lid with a knife to loosen it.

From today’s Comics Curmudgeon:

As a coastal elitist, I guess I’m not really conversant on plugger standards of masculinity, but before today I would’ve assumed that “you’re so feeble you need household tools to open a simple carton of milk” would be the sort of thing they’d use to make fun of me, not something they’d proudly declare, in the newspaper in front of God and everyone, to be something that defined their pluggerdom.

Got a thing mounted under a cabinet, two steel strips bent, toothed, and arranged in two V shapes to grab all common kitchen lids and some uncommon ones, too.

Nope…under the kitchen sink!

Gnaw, I just use my teeth and a little persistence.

I keep scissors for the human-proof chip bags.

Since I had submitted a similar suggestion, I am glad to see so many have the same problem.

Vise grips, needle nose pliers, large bottle grips, small cap grips, etc

I keep those little lobster dealies in my tool box to open bottles of glue etc. Never liked seafood, so finally found a use for them.

I pack a multi tool in my bathrobe… never know if I’ll happen upon a fresh container of creamer on my way to my morning coffee!!!

I find a blow torch comes in handy for jars with a metal lid… (in case someone thinks I’m serious, I’m not… lol!)

Another plugger skill is using a butter knife to open a pickle jar.

Scissors, pliers and a blowtorch.

For the real challenges, I keep a pair of metal shears. Jaws of Life take up too much cabinet space.

LOL… hope he cleaned that tool after working on those rusty bolts…

A long Channel pliers, and a needle nose… and a long, large flat blade screwdriver.

Also good for pulling grandchildrens baby teeth.

I have clean needle nose pliers for pulling fish bones, and channel locks for plastic drink bottles.

Kitchen shears often have a section with dull teeth for just such purposes. Wide mouth jars need a special tool (available in most kitchen supply aisles).