The questions-not-worth-their-own-question-thread III

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Smash the glass.

Alright, sorry, I should've been clearer: I do intend to eat the pickles. I'm not doing a logic puzzle.

I was going to say try tapping the side of the lid on the counter, then open with a rubber mat, but that works too!

Don't have a rubber husband or whatever it's called, but I'll try the first part, thanks. (Must be careful not to inadvertently follow Eran's suggestion while attempting yours, though.)
 
sometimes a towel works as well. You just need something to get a better grip on the lid.
 
Run it under a hot tap.

This one often works. Have you noticed that one person could struggle with a jar, giving it their all and then hand it to a person who opens it first try? :D This could be because the first person warmed the contents and thereby reduced the vacuum in the jar.
 
Give it to a fat kid and tell him the pickles are sugar-coated. But then arises the problem of removing the pickle jar from the fat kid...
 
Put on rubber gloves (the yellow ones, the kind you use when cleaning your bathroom). It works for me almost all the time.
 
How does one go about opening a pickle jar?

For the record, I've tried the usual method of jar-opening (use of the hands, and the arm acting as a lever) and have no gherkiny-goodness to show for it.

It really is as simple as getting a good grip and applying enough force. If you can't do it, build up your hand strength.
 
It really is as simple as getting a good grip and applying enough force. If you can't do it, build up your hand strength.

But I want those pickles nooooow :cry:

Still no luck, but I'ma keep at it! There is probably a way in which SCIENCE or EXPLOSIVES can solve this problem, or maybe RELIGION might help.
 
But I want those pickles nooooow :cry:

Still no luck, but I'ma keep at it! There is probably a way in which SCIENCE or EXPLOSIVES can solve this problem, or maybe RELIGION might help.

If it's kicking your ass that badly, take a drill and make a hole in the cover to relieve the pressure differential. If that doesn't work, get a strainer and put it over a large bowl and break the damned bottle.
 
Is it true that the Dutch own more of America than the Japanese?

It was brought up in an episode of the Drew Carey show that was made back in 1992 or so, so it might not be true any more but I'd like to know if it was true then or any time recently.
 
Here's a more serious question:
If China was carved up by the imperial powers in the 19th century instead of being forced to grant concessions, could today's China even exist? Or will there be several separate states side-by-side coexisting today?

It depends on which state you live in.
What state would be most tolerant of my plan?
 
Here's a more serious question:
If China was carved up by the imperial powers in the 19th century instead of being forced to grant concessions, could today's China even exist? Or will there be several separate states side-by-side coexisting today?

Impossible to say. The China of the 1930s and 40s may have been technically a unified nation, but in practical terms was not. Given a bunch of disparate warlords ruling regions lost to the commie revolution, said revolution could have as easily unified a technically sectioned nation as it did a de-facto sectioned nation.
 
Is it true that the Dutch own more of America than the Japanese?

It was brought up in an episode of the Drew Carey show that was made back in 1992 or so, so it might not be true any more but I'd like to know if it was true then or any time recently.

I actually remember that episode, or series of episodes where those Dutch guys were taking over Winford-Louder, though I havent seen the show in a while. Im not sure if it is or was true. The Japanese of course have a lot of investments in the US, especially when it comes to Hawaii. As for the Dutch, im not sure. I think they were just making a knock on the Dutch in those episodes, but I could be wrong.

What state would be most tolerant of my plan?

Maybe Alaska, or probably anywhere in Appalachia will do.
 
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I mean something like this.
 
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