Untying the Knot

Free Information October 17th, 2007 The Scientific Method

So I went to New York to buy some apples. Yeah I know its a long way, but these are really good apples.

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So I went to New York… to buy some apples.

Yeah I know it’s a long way, but these are really good apples.

Anyway once I got home I found out somebody at the fruit stand tied the bag way too tight.

Nice and safe. Okay it was me. But it’s still really annoying.

It is not my fault, they’re really cheap plastic bags.

I could tear it open, but then there’d be a hole in my bag. And then I’d have to get another bag… and then I’d have to tear another hole… and…

It’s a vicious cycle. Around and around.

Like you’ve never done it. Pulling so hard your forehead vein pops out, grunting, groaning.

I think that’ll do it.

So next time it happens, try this to get it open.

Twist the end of the bag, hard. Put all that angry frustrated energy into it. Get it as tight as you can because the tighter it gets, the more rigid it is, and lets you push it back through the knot.

And it works for all kinds of knots, not just plastic bags.

That’s not coming out.

It’s so tight.

Transcribed by: Caitlin Y.

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4 Comments

  • 1/23/11 @ 16:49

    designertoxophilite [22]

    I still love this episode! =D
  • 9/11/08 @ 17:02

    Grace

    Wow, I actually already knew that. Sweet.
  • 7/17/08 @ 15:46

    Allan

    Wow.....seriously, where DO you find this information?
  • 5/14/08 @ 6:35

    Meandering

    Where in the world did you figure this out? I tie the bag so thier a loop and I ...

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