church key 'beer-can opener' is obsolete

[Dennis R. Preston]

And a tab which catches in your moustache and pulls the danged hairs out!

dInIs

>Ron Butters asks:
>>Why would one need an opener for a beer can? Today they are all self-opening,
>>and have been for decades.
>~~~~~~~~
>If I must drink from a can I'd much rather it be opened by the old-style
>triangular punch, which produces a reasonable facsimile of a lipped rim,
>than by the self-opener that produces a round hole leaving a flange that
>delivers dribbles.
>A. Murie


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