# Bad, bad, bad Hot knees and a bad, bad, bad little Flower! **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [March 15, 2025, 7:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bad-bad-bad-hot-knees-and-a-bad-bad-bad-little-flower/1015604 "2025-03-15T07:33:59Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 5\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2025, 7:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bad-bad-bad-hot-knees-and-a-bad-bad-bad-little-flower/1015604/1 "2025-03-15T07:33:59Z")
Driving to town my knees were boiling. You see, I have on capris and the sun was glaring down on my ultra-white over wintered knees. I was growing skin cancers every minute. I made Ivy go in the Pit-stop and grab me a small thingy of sunscreen. I opened it. Threw the top in my bag. Uh oh! There’s a little thing on the top of the tube. I looked closely. It’s a cute little flower. Umm. It won’t break. It won’t turn. It doesn’t flip. I’m fixing to try my teeth. Ivy says “nooooooo!” She throws my hoodie over my knees, “See? Fixed it.” She’s such a smart ass, sometimes. So I took a picture of the little flower. Sent it to a genius I know. “Look on the top of the screw off cap, there’s a tiny flower shaped wrench, built in” Well, I never… Geniuses are smart asses sometimes. 😀 ---
**Author:** ![Spoons](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spoons/32/3141_2.png) [@Spoons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoons)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2025, 8:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bad-bad-bad-hot-knees-and-a-bad-bad-bad-little-flower/1015604/2 "2025-03-15T08:07:52Z")
🎶 _Hot knees,_ _Check 'em and see_ _They got a temp of one-hundred-and-three,_ _C’mon sunscreen, and do all your work—_ _But the flower wrench is a really weird quirk …_ 🎶 Hope you got a smile, **Beck**! ---
**Author:** ![Die\_Capacitrix](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/die_capacitrix/32/9_2.png) [@Die\_Capacitrix](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Die_Capacitrix)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2025, 10:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bad-bad-bad-hot-knees-and-a-bad-bad-bad-little-flower/1015604/3 "2025-03-15T10:23:54Z")
> [@Beckdawrek](#): > > “Look on the top of the screw off cap, there’s a tiny flower shaped wrench, built in” Elmex toothpaste (local brand) has this feature. > **[how to open toothpaste tube – Dental Revelations](https://dentalrevelations.com/tag/how-to-open-toothpaste-tube/)** > > Posts about how to open toothpaste tube written by Dental Revelations Similar to tomato paste which comes in a metal tube. The plastic lid has a sharp point to puncture the aluminum seal. ---
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2025, 5:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bad-bad-bad-hot-knees-and-a-bad-bad-bad-little-flower/1015604/4 "2025-03-15T17:30:07Z")
I knew about the pokey thing on some tubes. This one was a conundrum. ---
**Author:** ![VOW](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/vow/32/3043_2.png) [@VOW](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VOW)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2025, 8:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bad-bad-bad-hot-knees-and-a-bad-bad-bad-little-flower/1015604/5 "2025-03-15T20:56:31Z")
Isn’t there enough shit in the world already? A _flower wrench???_ I’m gonna go crawl back under my rock again. ~VOW