Request for Opening Instructions

[Richard Dimock <red -at- ELSEGUNDOCA -dot- ATTGIS -dot- COM>]

Mike, of the impenetrable packet, asked:


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Help!

My wife gives me these little outer space juice packets in my lunch.  You've
seen them--foil packets with a pointy little straw in a bulletproof
cellophane (whatever) wrapper glued to the packet.   The problem is you
can't get the goofy straw out of the wrapper without some serious weapons
and then the straw won't pierce the juice packet, even if you manage to
retrieve the straw in one piece.  You end up with more of the juice on you
than in you.

If anybody has figured out how to do this, please tell me.  It'll make my
day.

Mike Johnson
mcjohnso -at- slc -dot- unisysgsg -dot- com


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In days of yore, we techwriters always had just the tool for this problem:

ye olde X-acto knife.

Slice the wrapper, punch the hole.

I realize you keyboard jockeys don't need an X-acto knife for cutting and
pasting, but there ARE times when it still comes in handy.

You probably have a small screwdriver you use for computer cable connectors.
I'll bet that would scratch open the wrapper and punch the hole.

Here in the Los Angeles area, many citizens would use the S&W toolkit.
Just aim for a corner and blow a hole of the caliber of your choice.
Then pour into a civilized wineglass.

Dick Dimock             Awfully Senior Tech Writer (with X-acto knife) for

AT&T GIS                which overlooks what I say about

El Segundo, CA.         And I in turn overlook what AT&T GIS says about
                        my manuals.  A cool, sunny day in El Segundo, CA.