# Maybe not a "great debate".... (Jars v Bottles) **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [October 26, 2017, 2:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/maybe-not-a-great-debate-jars-v-bottles/799888 "2017-10-26T14:16:11Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![kopek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kopek/32/337_2.png) [@kopek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kopek)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2017, 2:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/maybe-not-a-great-debate-jars-v-bottles/799888/41 "2017-10-27T14:52:01Z")
> [@Leaffan](#): > > A bottle has a neck: a jar doesn’t. Yet another for this. To me, to be a bottle, the mouth has to be quite a bit smaller than the basic body of the container to the point where it would be an effort to remove solids or fully empty it without washing it out. Jars have a mouth of, or near to, the body diameter. ---
**Author:** ![Randolph](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e5b9ba/32.png) [@Randolph](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Randolph)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2017, 3:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/maybe-not-a-great-debate-jars-v-bottles/799888/42 "2017-10-27T15:26:53Z")
> [@Leaffan](#): > > Milk comes in a bag. ☺ We call them **cows** in the States. ---
**Author:** ![CurtC](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ce73a5/32.png) [@CurtC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CurtC)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2017, 3:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/maybe-not-a-great-debate-jars-v-bottles/799888/43 "2017-10-27T15:28:14Z")
> [@El\_Kabong](#): > > Vial? Yeah, me too - that’s not a bottle (to me). ---
**Author:** ![chappachula](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/d2c977/32.png) [@chappachula](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chappachula)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2017, 4:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/maybe-not-a-great-debate-jars-v-bottles/799888/44 "2017-10-27T16:46:33Z")
> [@](#): > > Originally Posted by Leaffan View Post > Milk comes in a bag. > [@Randolph](#): > > We call them **cows** in the States. But outside the US, milk really does come in [bags](https://www.google.co.il/search?hl=en&tbm=isch&source=hp&biw=1164&bih=835&ei=OmLzWYiRGYqma_SkjegD&q=%22bag+of+milk%22&oq=%22bag+of+milk%22&gs_l=img.3..0l7j0i30k1l3.2679.7998.0.8367.17.15.2.0.0.0.283.2497.0j8j4.12.0....0...1.1.64.img..3.10.1859....0.KO2hq9ZPZnE) ---
**Author:** ![StraightTalk](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/straighttalk/32/9982_2.png) [@StraightTalk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/StraightTalk)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2017, 7:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/maybe-not-a-great-debate-jars-v-bottles/799888/45 "2017-10-27T19:31:34Z")
> [@Thudlow\_Boink](#): > > You pour aspirin out of the bottle. You stick a knife into the jar to get the peanut butter out. I like this… pouring out vs. dipping in I also appreciate the participation here. No, this isn’t going to change the world. But it is a fun conversation. ---
**Author:** ![Bryan\_Ekers](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bryan_ekers/32/183_2.png) [@Bryan\_Ekers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bryan_Ekers)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2017, 8:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/maybe-not-a-great-debate-jars-v-bottles/799888/46 "2017-10-27T20:19:29Z")
By the way, if the OP wants to get this thread back to GD, try steering “bottle vs. jar” toward “fetus vs. baby.” ---
**Author:** ![LSLGuy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lslguy/32/5813_2.png) [@LSLGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LSLGuy)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2017, 8:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/maybe-not-a-great-debate-jars-v-bottles/799888/47 "2017-10-27T20:26:08Z")
Well you can put a fetus in a jar, but I’m not sure you can put a baby in a bottle. OTOH, you can put a bottle in a baby and you can put baby oil in a bottle. There’s got to be a controversy somewhere in here. Gee, this is harder than I thought. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![doreen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/858c86/32.png) [@doreen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/doreen)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2017, 4:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/maybe-not-a-great-debate-jars-v-bottles/799888/48 "2017-10-31T16:41:33Z")
> [@Beckdawrek](#): > > What about the difference between jars and glasses?. In the south it is a glass of jelly and you may drink your tea from a mason jar. Go figure… > /hijack, sorry! I wonder if the “glass of jelly” has to do with “jelly jar glasses” . Back in the 70s ( and probably before then) jelly was sold in jars that were used as glasses after they were empty. Welch’s in particular, would decorate the glasses/jars with cartoon characters. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/maybe-not-a-great-debate-jars-v-bottles/799888.md?page=2)