# Coors cans upside down?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coors-cans-upside-down/243280>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [May 3, 2004, 2:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coors-cans-upside-down/243280 "2004-05-03T14:15:43Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 6\
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**Author:** ![beagledave](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/6de8d8/32.png) [@beagledave](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/beagledave)\
**Post date:** [May 3, 2004, 2:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coors-cans-upside-down/243280/1 "2004-05-03T14:15:43Z")

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Why are the cans always upside-down inside a case of Coors?

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**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\
**Post date:** [May 3, 2004, 2:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coors-cans-upside-down/243280/2 "2004-05-03T14:29:33Z")

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They aren’t upside down…you are! 😃

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**Author:** ![beagledave](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/6de8d8/32.png) [@beagledave](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/beagledave)\
**Post date:** [May 3, 2004, 2:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coors-cans-upside-down/243280/3 "2004-05-03T14:30:43Z")

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To clarify…the six pack plastic rings are affixed to the bottom of the cans…not the top.

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**Author:** ![Blackdragon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/9dc877/32.png) [@Blackdragon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Blackdragon)\
**Post date:** [May 3, 2004, 2:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coors-cans-upside-down/243280/4 "2004-05-03T14:33:13Z")

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It’s senior friendly? Or worse, child friendly.

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**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\
**Post date:** [May 3, 2004, 4:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coors-cans-upside-down/243280/5 "2004-05-03T16:04:33Z")

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Dude, where are you? Around here (California) Coors has always been packaged in cardboard carriers for the cans, not plastic rings.

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**Author:** ![Meeko](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e495f1/32.png) [@Meeko](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Meeko)\
**Post date:** [May 4, 2004, 4:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coors-cans-upside-down/243280/6 "2004-05-04T04:04:46Z")

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Slight hijack;

Do some soft drink brands sell “9 packs”… where there is an additional row of 3 rings, to form a square?