# Campbell's soup is going DOWN! **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [January 22, 2005, 11:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/campbells-soup-is-going-down/286158 "2005-01-22T23:16:11Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Hi\_Neighbor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hi_neighbor/32/494_2.png) [@Hi\_Neighbor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hi_Neighbor)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2005, 6:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/campbells-soup-is-going-down/286158/41 "2005-01-24T18:45:03Z")
> [@kanicbird](#): > > The problem is that if you put warning labels on things that really don’t need them, then people will start ignoring all warning labels. Sharp edges on a can is sort of a no-brainer. A warning about the sharp edges would indeed be a no-brainer. I’m thinking more along the lines of a warning regarding the sudden, almost instantaneous movement of that particular razor-sharp edge. The pull-tab has given me no problems in my numerous past experiences. Let your guard down, however, and this sort of shit can happen! A warning on the can would be nice so lesser mortals such as myself can’t bitch about the lack of a warning when we cut ourselves. > [@lieu](#): > > So you came home and ate your Turkey Pot Pie soup after it had sliced you open. Would you have done the same if the soup had been Tomato? At that point, I probably would have! The windchill was below zero and I was running around in shorts. Anything warm to eat would have done the trick. Even if it was a little bloody 😃 > [@neuroman](#): > > I thought this might be a thread about how the Philadelphia Eagles were going to win the Superbowl and beat the “curse of the chunky soup.” Ugh. Well, the Eagles finally won. I have also been rooting against the Steelers the whole season. The weird thing is, during the Steeler’s game, there was a Campbell’s soup commercial starring Steeler’s QB Ben Roethlisberger. He was introducing the newest flavor of Campbell’s chunky soup, TURKEY POT PIE! You bastard, Ben! He got what he deserved for endorsing that dangerous weapon… ---
**Author:** ![Hi\_Neighbor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hi_neighbor/32/494_2.png) [@Hi\_Neighbor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hi_Neighbor)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2005, 7:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/campbells-soup-is-going-down/286158/42 "2005-01-24T19:04:49Z")
> [@Talon Karrde](#): > > I believe it says right on those pull-tab cans that you can still use a can opener instead if you want. I live in the generation of NOW, NOW, NOW! I want my soup 20 seconds sooner than I would normally have it if I had fumbled with a traditional can-opener! > [@Cheesesteak](#): > > This is not an issue about warning labels so much as about design. The pop top lids are very rigid, they do not flex to allow the user to easily start levering the lid open, then peeling it off the rest of the way. As such, if one isn’t especially careful, the lid can fly open rather than peeling off slowly, like other pop top cans do. I did not read this before my most recent post. You pretty much summed up my thoughts on this matter exactly. ---
**Author:** ![Liberal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/848f3c/32.png) [@Liberal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Liberal)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2005, 7:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/campbells-soup-is-going-down/286158/43 "2005-01-24T19:14:53Z")
> [@Neighbor](#): > > A warning on the can would be nice so lesser mortals such as myself can’t bitch about the lack of a warning when we cut ourselves. Dubious. You might likely bitch that it was not prominent enough, the wrong color, at the wrong place on the can, poorly worded, or written in the wrong font. But to be charitable, I’ll warn you in advance that it’s a bad idea to shove either the can or the lid up your nose. Unless I’m too late. ---
**Author:** ![Guinastasia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guinastasia/32/5751_2.png) [@Guinastasia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guinastasia)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2005, 8:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/campbells-soup-is-going-down/286158/44 "2005-01-24T20:20:53Z")
> [@Liberal](#): > > But to be charitable, I’ll warn you in advance that it’s a bad idea to shove either the can or the lid up your nose. **Lib** , I don’t know how you eat YOUR soup, but I scoop it into my mouth with a spoon. 😛 ---
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2005, 8:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/campbells-soup-is-going-down/286158/45 "2005-01-24T20:25:59Z")
> [@Mynn](#): > > They have to make the lids that thick - the thin ones on the microwave pot ones always tear for me. I don’t trust those microwave pots, not since I had one explode. Fortunately I hadn’t removed it from the microwave yet. ---
**Author:** ![gazpacho](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/6f9a4e/32.png) [@gazpacho](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gazpacho)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2005, 8:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/campbells-soup-is-going-down/286158/46 "2005-01-24T20:29:01Z")
I love these cans. I like the idea that I don’t need special tools to access the soupy goodness. I especially like to pop top on chicken stock. ---
**Author:** ![Miller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/miller/32/481_2.png) [@Miller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Miller)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2005, 8:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/campbells-soup-is-going-down/286158/47 "2005-01-24T20:33:03Z")
> [@lavenderlemon](#): > > There’s only one solution: home-made soup. More work but less salty and far more delicious. Oh, that’s good. The guy can’t handle a simple pull tab, and you think he should be futzing around with a kitchen knife? You know we have rules on this board against wishing death on a poster, right? ---
**Author:** ![35340](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/3/8baadc/32.png) [@35340](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/35340)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2005, 8:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/campbells-soup-is-going-down/286158/48 "2005-01-24T20:49:42Z")
> [@Lute Skywatcher](#): > > I don’t trust those microwave pots, not since I had one explode. Fortunately I hadn’t removed it from the microwave yet. If you only nuke it for 30 seconds, it’s not that big a deal - at least it hasn’t been for my bitty microwave oven. Generally we keep them around for emergency ration for the kid - he’s cranky and I don’t have time to cook the family meal before we put him down for sleepy time. ---
**Author:** ![ouryL](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ouryl/32/6067_2.png) [@ouryL](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ouryL)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2005, 8:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/campbells-soup-is-going-down/286158/49 "2005-01-25T20:09:40Z")
Stop whining. Next time, have mommie do it for you. :wally [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/campbells-soup-is-going-down/286158.md?page=2)