Can you get your hand to the bottom of a Pringles can? (poll)

[WhyNot]

@Mona_Lisa_Simpson

Ha. I am not thin, never have been and people at work look at me funny when I request “small gloves.” Small fit best, but if I have been wearing gloves for a while (doing a whole set of change rounds on the floor) I will move up to medium just because as my hands get sweaty, then washed etc between patients it takes too long to put on small. (By “long” I mean more than 3 seconds). When it comes to sterile gloves I am kind of sunk, usually size 7 is as small as they have, and I would prefer smaller.

Exactly! I really need “small and a half.” And I’m a big woman, too. Just tiny hands. I look alarmingly like one of those prehistoric Venus figurines.

[Thudlow_Boink]

Okay, so how many people got their hand stuck in a Pringles can as a result of this thread?

[48Willys]

@WhyNot

Uncle Julie?!

We have a family member of lore who flew small aircraft up in Canada and the Northwest US, who had legendary large, strong hands like yours. Reports are that he could drop a quarter through his wedding band and it wouldn’t even “clink” on the way through. He got himself into a spot of trouble once, so they say, being out alone and doing some repairs to his plane which required “finger tight” bolts…his version of finger tight broke bolts, so was usually something he had to ask for assistance with. As that sounds a wee bit exaggerated, I’m betting that he, like you, simply couldn’t *reach *some of the small fiddly bits to fasten them.

He would not have been able to fit his hand in a Pringles can, I’m certain.

He & I probably at least know of each other. The general aviation comunity is fairly small compared to other form of trasport. Although I do not recall any man named Julie. There was a Julie Small in BC, IIRC, She was a good pilot & a fair mechanic.

[WhyNot]

@48Willys

He & I probably at least know of each other. The general aviation comunity is fairly small compared to other form of trasport. Although I do not recall any man named Julie. There was a Julie Small in BC, IIRC, She was a good pilot & a fair mechanic.

Short for Jules, I believe. He’s probably passed, as he was of my grandfather or great grandfather’s generation. Last name of Thibedeaux.

Hey! He came up on Google! Can’t read it on my phone, though. Arctic Bush Pilot: From Navy Combat to Flying Alaska's Northern Wilderness ... - James Anderson, Jim Rearden - Google Books

[wolfman]

Not even close. I have to pour near the top then scissor with my index and middle fingers to extract a chip.

[WhyNot]

@WhyNot

Short for Jules, I believe. He’s probably passed, as he was of my grandfather or great grandfather’s generation. Last name of Thibedeaux.

Hey! He came up on Google! Can’t read it on my phone, though. Arctic Bush Pilot: From Navy Combat to Flying Alaska's Northern Wilderness ... - James Anderson, Jim Rearden - Google Books

ARGH! It’s missing the last page of his tale! But he sounds like a pigheaded cheapskate with more courage than sense. Fits right in the family tree…must be the guy.

[BrotherCadfael]

My hands are 2XL. No f’n way!

[Lanzy]

I managed three fingers, so …no.

[Suburban_Plankton]

I don’t have a Pringles can at the ready for testing purposes, but based on my recollection I have no problem reaching to the bottom.

[GrandWino]

“A little word of advice, my friend. Sometimes you gotta let those hard-to-reach chips go.” - Dante Hicks

[cmyk]

With more difficulty than I could when I was a kid, but I still seem to be able to in times of sheer desperation.

(male, here)

[Arrendajo]

I’ve never tried, but I’ll bet I could. I can get my hand into some pretty small spaces. The trick is lube – plenty of lube.

[Little_Pig]

@GrandWino

“A little word of advice, my friend. Sometimes you gotta let those hard-to-reach chips go.” - Dante Hicks

[Snowboarder_Bo]

I can reach the bottom of the can, but it prolly doesn’t qualify as much of a can anymore when I do.

[Projammer]

While I’m not in the same league as 48Willys, XL nitrile gloves are still skin tight for me. Best I can do is contort my hand enough to get 4 fingers in to halfway between the 2nd and 3rd knuckles.

[48Willys]

@WhyNot

Short for Jules, I believe. He’s probably passed, as he was of my grandfather or great grandfather’s generation. Last name of Thibedeaux.

Hey! He came up on Google! Can’t read it on my phone, though. Arctic Bush Pilot: From Navy Combat to Flying Alaska's Northern Wilderness ... - James Anderson, Jim Rearden - Google Books

Adds “Arctic Bush Pilot” to my book wish list.

James Anderson & Noel Wien were some of the pilots I read about as a youngster. Your uncle would have been one of my heros, had I known about him as a kid. He sounds like many of the bush pilots & crop dusters that I have known. Do you know whatever happened to him?

[48Willys]

@WhyNot

Short for Jules, I believe. He’s probably passed, as he was of my grandfather or great grandfather’s generation. Last name of Thibedeaux.

Hey! He came up on Google! Can’t read it on my phone, though. Arctic Bush Pilot: From Navy Combat to Flying Alaska's Northern Wilderness ... - James Anderson, Jim Rearden - Google Books

Adds “Arctic Bush Pilot” to my book wish list.

James Anderson & Noel Wien were some of the pilots I read about as a youngster. Your uncle would have been one of my heros, had I known about him as a kid. He sounds like many of the bush pilots & crop dusters that I have known. Do you know whatever happened to him?

[DinoR]

Male who usually wears L to XL gloves so the fingers fit and I can…just barely. It’s absolutely pointless as it’s almost impossible to remove a chip once my hand gets to them though.

[Broomstick]

My hands are unusually broad for a woman of my size, I can’t physically fit my hand into the can and my fingers aren’t long enough to reach the bottom.

[AnthonyElite]

Ladies, please PM me if you can get your mouth to the bottom of the pringles can.

What?!