# NHL Hockey Prospect invents a Better Mousetrap **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [March 28, 2012, 4:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nhl-hockey-prospect-invents-a-better-mousetrap/617053 "2012-03-28T16:04:33Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![notfrommensa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/f14d63/32.png) [@notfrommensa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/notfrommensa)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2012, 4:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nhl-hockey-prospect-invents-a-better-mousetrap/617053/1 "2012-03-28T16:04:33Z")
Well actually a better jar for peanut butter, mayonnaise etc. Ottawa Senators prospect Darren Kramer [spreads word of peanut butter solution](http://ca.sports.yahoo.com/blogs/jrhockey-buzzing-the-net/ottawa-senators-prospect-darren-kramer-spreads-word-peanut-153830053.html) Clever and Why I didn’t I think of that! ---
**Author:** ![Leaffan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/leaffan/32/299_2.png) [@Leaffan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaffan)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2012, 4:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nhl-hockey-prospect-invents-a-better-mousetrap/617053/2 "2012-03-28T16:13:21Z")
I can’t view the video at work, and am not able to picture what’s going on. So, what’s going on? ---
**Author:** ![notfrommensa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/f14d63/32.png) [@notfrommensa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/notfrommensa)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2012, 4:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nhl-hockey-prospect-invents-a-better-mousetrap/617053/3 "2012-03-28T16:32:46Z")
a two part Jar. the top half screws into the bottom half like a lid. the lid screws onto the top half. After the half the contents are consumed, throw away the top half of the jar and screw the lid to the bottom half. I use a rubbermaid spatula to get the contents out of the bottom of the mayo jar, but I can see the usefulness of this container. ---
**Author:** ![Leaffan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/leaffan/32/299_2.png) [@Leaffan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaffan)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2012, 4:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nhl-hockey-prospect-invents-a-better-mousetrap/617053/4 "2012-03-28T16:38:39Z")
Ah. From a cost perspective, I can’t see this catching on. ---
**Author:** ![kaylasdad99](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kaylasdad99/32/3398_2.png) [@kaylasdad99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaylasdad99)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2012, 4:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nhl-hockey-prospect-invents-a-better-mousetrap/617053/5 "2012-03-28T16:44:33Z")
Not to be a naysayer, but if foodstuffs are going to be sold in this jar, they’re going to need to solve the problem of making the joint between the top and bottom sections hermetically sealed. Also have little warnings right below the lid: _“Do not purchase if this seal is broken.”_ And halfway down: _“THIS seal too.”_ ---
**Author:** ![Jenaroph](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e8c25b/32.png) [@Jenaroph](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jenaroph)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2012, 4:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nhl-hockey-prospect-invents-a-better-mousetrap/617053/6 "2012-03-28T16:44:35Z")
But the commercial is hilarious! “Aw, shit! This is the worst peanut butter jar ever!” ---
**Author:** ![Leaffan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/leaffan/32/299_2.png) [@Leaffan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaffan)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2012, 4:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nhl-hockey-prospect-invents-a-better-mousetrap/617053/7 "2012-03-28T16:47:44Z")
> [@kaylasdad99](#): > > Not to be a naysayer, but if foodstuffs are going to be sold in this jar, they’re going to need to solve the problem of making the joint between the top and bottom sections hermetically sealed. > > Also have little warnings right below the lid: > > _“Do not purchase if this seal is broken.”_ > > And halfway down: > > _“THIS seal too.”_ Or you could, you know, buy two small jars of peanut butter. ---
**Author:** ![Cat\_Whisperer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cat_whisperer/32/4839_2.png) [@Cat\_Whisperer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Whisperer)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2012, 4:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nhl-hockey-prospect-invents-a-better-mousetrap/617053/8 "2012-03-28T16:53:56Z")
> [@Jenaroph](#): > > But the commercial is hilarious! > > “Aw, shit! This is the worst peanut butter jar ever!” I wouldn’t turn the volume down on commercials if they were all like that! 😃 ---
**Author:** ![notfrommensa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/f14d63/32.png) [@notfrommensa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/notfrommensa)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2012, 4:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nhl-hockey-prospect-invents-a-better-mousetrap/617053/9 "2012-03-28T16:57:58Z")
> [@kaylasdad99](#): > > Not to be a naysayer, but if foodstuffs are going to be sold in this jar, they’re going to need to solve the problem of making the joint between the top and bottom sections hermetically sealed. > > Also have little warnings right below the lid: > > _“Do not purchase if this seal is broken.”_ > > And halfway down: > > _“THIS seal too.”_ I understood that is not two seals, just one container, that is three parts. Bottom Half Top Half which is thrown away after half the contents are consumed Lid. ---
**Author:** ![Leaffan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/leaffan/32/299_2.png) [@Leaffan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaffan)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2012, 5:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nhl-hockey-prospect-invents-a-better-mousetrap/617053/10 "2012-03-28T17:00:54Z")
> [@notfrommensa](#): > > I understood that is not two seals, just one container, that is three parts. > > Bottom Half > Top Half which is thrown away after half the contents are consumed > Lid. Yeah but it’s going to sit on the store shelf for weeks, and then in the cupboard for weeks. ---
**Author:** ![ZipperJJ](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zipperjj/32/211_2.png) [@ZipperJJ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ZipperJJ)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2012, 5:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nhl-hockey-prospect-invents-a-better-mousetrap/617053/11 "2012-03-28T17:36:17Z")
That would be super handy for those of us who let their dogs lick out “empty” peanut butter jars. My dog has a super long tongue but she still can’t get to the bottom of the small-ish jars I buy, so I have to wait until she has it halfway clean then rip it from her mouth, cut it in half and then hold it while she licks to make sure she doesn’t cut her tongue off. If I could give her the top half when I’m done with it and the bottom half when I’m done with it later, we’d be a happy household! ---
**Author:** ![Hal\_Briston](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/a9a28c/32.png) [@Hal\_Briston](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hal_Briston)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2012, 5:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nhl-hockey-prospect-invents-a-better-mousetrap/617053/12 "2012-03-28T17:49:40Z")
> [@Leaffan](#): > > Yeah but it’s going to sit on the store shelf for weeks, and then in the cupboard for weeks. And? I don’t see how this is any different from what we have now. At any given time, there’s only one seal in use. Either there’s enough peanut butter in the jar that you’re using the top seal, or you’ve used enough that you’ve removed the top half of the jar and are now using the bottom seal. ---
**Author:** ![Moonlitherial](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/4bbf92/32.png) [@Moonlitherial](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Moonlitherial)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2012, 6:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nhl-hockey-prospect-invents-a-better-mousetrap/617053/13 "2012-03-28T18:02:58Z")
> [@Hal\_Briston](#): > > And? I don’t see how this is any different from what we have now. > > At any given time, there’s only one seal in use. Either there’s enough peanut butter in the jar that you’re using the top seal, or you’ve used enough that you’ve removed the top half of the jar and are now using the bottom seal. Never underestimate the idiots. What happens to the guy who opens it at the middle when it’s still full? ---
**Author:** ![Leaffan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/leaffan/32/299_2.png) [@Leaffan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaffan)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2012, 6:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nhl-hockey-prospect-invents-a-better-mousetrap/617053/14 "2012-03-28T18:05:12Z")
> [@Hal\_Briston](#): > > And? I don’t see how this is any different from what we have now. > > At any given time, there’s only one seal in use. Either there’s enough peanut butter in the jar that you’re using the top seal, or you’ve used enough that you’ve removed the top half of the jar and are now using the bottom seal. I dunno. Are you legally allowed to sell peanut butter packaged in non-hermetically sealed containers in the US? ---
**Author:** ![Cat\_Whisperer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cat_whisperer/32/4839_2.png) [@Cat\_Whisperer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Whisperer)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2012, 6:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nhl-hockey-prospect-invents-a-better-mousetrap/617053/15 "2012-03-28T18:12:27Z")
My peanut butter has a seal inside the lid - it doesn’t look like it would be a big deal to have two seals. ---
**Author:** ![Jenaroph](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e8c25b/32.png) [@Jenaroph](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jenaroph)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2012, 4:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nhl-hockey-prospect-invents-a-better-mousetrap/617053/16 "2012-03-31T04:04:01Z")
> [@Moonlitherial](#): > > What happens to the guy who opens it at the middle when it’s still full? “Aw shit! This is the worst peanut butter jar ever!” ---
**Author:** ![Hari\_Seldon](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hari_seldon/32/5173_2.png) [@Hari\_Seldon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hari_Seldon)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2012, 12:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nhl-hockey-prospect-invents-a-better-mousetrap/617053/17 "2012-03-31T12:47:15Z")
Peanut butter may be too stiff, but I have never understood why mayonnaise and mustard are not packed in toothpaste tubes the way they are in Europe. Ketchup too, except you don’t see that in Europe. I dislike the ordinary bottles; they are impossible to empty. And I hate those squeeze bottles. ---
**Author:** ![Boyo\_Jim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/87869e/32.png) [@Boyo\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boyo_Jim)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2012, 11:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nhl-hockey-prospect-invents-a-better-mousetrap/617053/18 "2012-03-31T23:55:16Z")
I have an improvement. The real problem isn’t so much the depth of the jar, but the fact that the knife or spoon or spatula point doesn’t conform to the bottom or the curved area between the bottom and the sides. So find a flexible rubberish material that will conform to the contours of your utensil as you scrape out the dregs around the bottom and in the side walls. ---
**Author:** ![ShibbOleth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/848f3c/32.png) [@ShibbOleth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ShibbOleth)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2012, 4:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nhl-hockey-prospect-invents-a-better-mousetrap/617053/19 "2012-04-01T04:30:51Z")
> [@kaylasdad99](#): > > Not to be a naysayer, but if foodstuffs are going to be sold in this jar, they’re going to need to solve the problem of making the joint between the top and bottom sections hermetically sealed.\* The bottom half “seal” could be the outer label, with a perforation that could be broken by unscrewing the bottom half of the jar. That would prevent tampering, which is the main point. I think it’s cool that this kid thought of something clever, although the utility wouldn’t be that great for me personally. We tend to steer clear of the huge jars. ---
**Author:** ![Tangent](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tangent/32/3098_2.png) [@Tangent](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tangent)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2012, 7:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nhl-hockey-prospect-invents-a-better-mousetrap/617053/20 "2012-04-01T07:03:39Z")
This seems like a solution in need of a problem. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nhl-hockey-prospect-invents-a-better-mousetrap/617053.md?page=2)