# That Serrated Metal Edge On Boxes Of Alumimum Foil? **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [January 10, 2004, 3:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/that-serrated-metal-edge-on-boxes-of-alumimum-foil/223773 "2004-01-10T03:02:57Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 5\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![jjimm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ba8739/32.png) [@jjimm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jjimm)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2004, 3:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/that-serrated-metal-edge-on-boxes-of-alumimum-foil/223773/21 "2004-01-12T15:35:18Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by GuanoLad \* > **When I first came to Australia, I saw that the foil and plastic wrap boxes don’t have the metal serrated edge that I was used to - it’s just ripple edged cardboard.** We have that in Ireland as well. And it is possible to cut one’s finger on the shit, as I have done. Imagine the biggest motherfucking paper cut in the world. Aiiieee. :eek: ---
**Author:** ![Homebrew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/c89c15/32.png) [@Homebrew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Homebrew)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2004, 4:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/that-serrated-metal-edge-on-boxes-of-alumimum-foil/223773/22 "2004-01-13T16:54:18Z")
> [@voguevixen](#): > > I guess you have to get one of those horrible wrap dispensers like you see in 1950’s houses that mount to the wall. Blech. What do you mean _horrible_? They’re practical and decorative. I always know here my foil, wrap and wax paper are and they don’t clutter my limited kitchen drawers. I highly recommend them. ---
**Author:** ![Ponder\_Stibbons](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ponder_stibbons/32/343_2.png) [@Ponder\_Stibbons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ponder_Stibbons)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2004, 5:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/that-serrated-metal-edge-on-boxes-of-alumimum-foil/223773/23 "2004-01-13T17:32:02Z")
> [@GuanoLad](#): > > That was a board glitch. I clicked the button once, doggone stupid hamsters. Blasphemer!! Do not bad-mouth the hamsters, or they will destroy the board and replace it with … Aiii!!! Too late! Too late! ---
**Author:** ![dogbutler](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dogbutler/32/428_2.png) [@dogbutler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dogbutler)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2004, 4:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/that-serrated-metal-edge-on-boxes-of-alumimum-foil/223773/24 "2004-01-15T04:05:26Z")
> [@Ponder Stibbons](#): > > Blasphemer!! Do not bad-mouth the hamsters, or they will destroy the board and replace it with … Aiii!!! Too late! Too late! Nope,someone just figured out what 42 is the answer to. ---
**Author:** ![Grelby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a5b964/32.png) [@Grelby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grelby)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2004, 4:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/that-serrated-metal-edge-on-boxes-of-alumimum-foil/223773/25 "2004-01-15T04:19:31Z")
In sixth grade, I was at a small conference of a sort (regularly organized retreats held for young Quaker folks like me) and helping the cook to bring in the groceries. On one of my trips, I picked up an industrial size, and I mean REALLY BIG roll of plastic wrap. Like, BJ-Wrap or something. And I’m walking along, bringing it in, when I slip or something and _zzzzzzzt!_ The slide as I dropped it, combined with the weight of all the frickin’ plastic wrap, was enough to make the serrated edge put quite a slice in my left wrist :eek: It all turned out okay in the end (though I also managed to fall off of a deck railing just minutes later - I was kind of a dumb kid) but I still have the scar, about seven years later. Frickin’ metal edges. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/that-serrated-metal-edge-on-boxes-of-alumimum-foil/223773.md?page=1)