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I hate those things.
I can’t believe “clamshell packaging” isn’t mentioned. Those damned things often have to be viciously attacked with something sharp… and then you cut yourself on the plastic as you attempt to pry it open.
I’ve done that so many times… Keys, scissors, screwdrivers, pens, knives… Worst product packaging ever.
I agree, clamshell packaging should replace bra… I am a guy and I can unhitch a a bra in a second or less… with one hand.
very good dave, now i have nothing to feel superiour about. ass.
Me too! I learned how to do that at 12 from Maxim magazine! You can bet the first girl I did that to was damned suprised.
and who said bragging on graphjam would never get you laid…
haha!
So truthful. I think those Airports could learn a thing or two from wrappers.
What a girly man: Can’t undo a Bra’s clasp.
girly-men are much better at it. Have you never seen a tranny dress up?
Yes. Lots of times
Seems to me that a tranny would be more of a manly-girl…
I agree with the sentiment, if not the wording. I would think a “girly man” would be significantly more likely to be able to unhook a bra. Still, anyone who can’t do it clearly has issues…
And what’s all this about CD wrappers being so difficult?? Start at the corners on the top or bottom edges of the case, where the wrapper is folded over to fit the shape of the case, and pull it open. Work smart, not hard.
Or just pull out a pocket knife if you don’t feel like wasting about 5 seconds.
Or just poke that little indent on the side that the plastic’s stretched over.
or burn it off.
if it’s a miley cyrus cd
If it’s a Miley Cyrus CD, it should be destroyed immediately and the person who bought it should be punched in the face. :]
Put it in the microwave! That’s the coolest thing EVER!
Are we still talking about the bra?
I have a new favorite graphjam member.
SPACEMAN SPIFF FTW!!!!! …and susie derkins lol
odd, I can remember the first and last name of an extra in an old comic, but i still manage to call my boss ‘Mom’…but only at meetings where I’m trying to look as mature and responsible as people twice my age.
Those awful hard plastic cases you have to hack away with a knife whilst inadvertently slashing your fingers open on the ragged edges of the bits you’ve managed to cut should have been on here somewhere. I think Jigsaw invented those.
“HELLO CONSUMER. IF YOU REALLY WANT TO ACQUIRE THE GOODS, YOU MUST LACERATE YOURSELF, OVER AND OVER.”
In 2006, when tech billionaire Mark Cuban sliced his hand trying to free a Seagate hard drive from its hard plastic packaging, he exclaimed on his blog, “WHO THE F*** DESIGNED THE PACKAGING ON THIS THING AND WHY DO THEY STILL HAVE A JOB !!!!!”
“Damn you and any other product manager who thinks wrapping impenetrable plastic around a product is a smart move,” he fumed. “It isn’t.”
Injuries arising from plastic packaging resulted in 6,400 emergency room visits in 2004, according to the Consumer Product Safety Commission. That’s probably about 6,399 more than injuries from opening CDs.
those damn packages were invented so that “as seen on TV” inventors could corner the market on goofy little letter openers designed specifically for opening “those hard to open packages”
I love how there is NO delicate way to open them… not even remotely, even if you take industrial scissors to all four edges there’s still that one little bit of sealed plastic death there to tear your hands all to hell… Punishment for capitalism I suppose.
I know. Remeber when toys (esp. Transformers) used to come in a styrafoam tray, inside an easily opened cardboard box?
Seriously. I think those probably account for a number of the scars on my hands that I cannot place.
Oh, god. I think you just solved the life’s mystery as to where I got the scars on my hands, too. I can’t go to any family gathering without someone asking why the scars on my hands have doubled since the last time they saw me. One of those curses of having children that want things that come in those devil packages.
I liked the ones Transformers, Ninja Turtles, and Power Rangers always came in–plastic covering w/cardboard backing. I got to where I could surgically remove those suckers, once upon a time.
Yeah, those are hard (no homo)!
DVDs are really easy to open.
Hello *name here*, I want to play a game…
If you want it, you gotta work for it! (I think that phrase applies to three of the four incidents listed..)
Yeah, nothing is more of a mood-killer than a guy fumbling around with the bra clasp. So sad.
Girls, listen to Lainie! If you are having a romantic night out, wear a bra with an easy front-clasp. However, if you are having a party night, wear one of those giant old lady comfort bras with 7 dozen clasps on the back so that, in an alcohol-induced love-fest, both you and the guy will get so frustrated that you will manage to avert a very awkward wake-up.
…why does that sound like the voice of experience?
just been with my hubby, but i have famale friends who don’t learn the first *or eleventeenth* time
Airport security is far easier to breach than most people realize. It’s just annoyingly intrusive, not actually good or secure.
When I was 9 years old I accidentally took a pocket knife onto a plane (it went through the x-ray machine, too). Once I realized I had it on the plane, I decided that since I had it I might as well use it…I carved my empty Sprite can into a slinky! The flight attendant walked by at least three times while I had the 3 inch knife in my hand.
The clamshell packagings are *much* harder.
What, no “cherry” jokes?
It’s not hard to breach a hymen, only to avoid causing pain to at least one party in the process.
That’s what the left side of the graph is for, stupid.
Congrats, you have utterly failed to to make an intelligible point.
Am I the only person on the planet that can open CDs and DVDs with a minimum of fuss (and usually no knife or scissors)? *prepares to be lynched*
No, you’re not the only one. I am quite capable of opening the packing of CD’s and DVD’ s unarmed.
oh, so you hire ninjas, too?
Yeah…that stuff is nasty. First it’s shrink wrapped, then they heat treat it so the plastic on the top is no longer really two separate pieces.
I am too, but if its plastic wrapped a knife saves me a few seconds of pulling.
Depends how long it took you to get the knife. ;P
I normally have one within reach.
I have a little two-incher that sits on my key ring attached to my belt. Course, I also have a 5-inch folding knife in a different pocket, but that’s in case I need to shank some vatos. Or, ya know, open a letter or screw down a flathead screw.
You know, airport security is really… very strange. I got 3 boxcutters through on my carryon (accidentally) with no problem, but I had zippered pockets and, well, that warrants a full-body pat-down…
There was a US Soldier who had wire cutters confiscated. Problem is, his jaw was wired shut, and the wire cutters were, in that case, a medical device, in case of vomiting, so he wouldn’t aspirate.
And he DID have a note from a medical provider for them. This was a while ago, but the incident left a bad taste in my mouth for airport security, especially since people CAN get things like boxcutters through.
heh… and they wonder why people don’t buy CDs anymore….
Those cd case things ought to come with a bandsaw or something.
Bras are easy, one handed, even a 6-hook one. Just takes a little practice.
6 hooks?! For the love of god, how big were those girl’s jubblies?? I have DDD’s and my bras only have 4 hooks!
Worked in a music store for several years. It’s really not that hard to open.
1. Locate the edge with all the ridges.
2. Locate an edge of a desk or similar 90 Degree Corner.
3. Press the ridged edge of the CD Case against the corner and rub furiously.
4. ???
5. Profit.
If you have problems with the adhesive strip holding the CD together, go back to Elementary School and master sticker technology.
There’s a trick, but it only works if the CD’s jewel case has a ridged edge. Just scrape it over an L-shaped (90°) surface, like a counter edge. Comes right off!
i think “cardboard box lightbulbs come in” should be on there. i think it’s funny a delicate piece of glass has 1/1,000,000th of an inch of cardboard protecting it from the other lightbulbs.. yet you need a large machete to get a cd out of it’s case.