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Basic Survival Skill

Posted: Thu Mar 26, 2015 3:48 pm
by Ian
I watched part one of BBC series 'Back In Time For Dinner' last night.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b0 ... er-1-1950s

I ended up crying for laughter over their attempts to open a tin can at footage10:19. How can they not know how to use a tin opener? The final open tin is obviously not the one they started with.

We have a couple of 'Swing-away's' which I believe are the best going and among the back ups is a:

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I wonder what they would have done with that and I can even open a tin without an opener, this works well:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sbxKbI9Ik4o

Surely opening a tin is a basic skill everyone has? It must have been a set up.

Re: Basic Survival Skill

Posted: Thu Mar 26, 2015 3:54 pm
by Tommygunn
I would refer the honourable gentleman to the popular television programme "the only way is Essex" and further suggest that, in the event of it being necessary, it would be referred to as "natural selection"

Re: Basic Survival Skill

Posted: Thu Mar 26, 2015 4:15 pm
by Christel
Tommygunn wrote:I would refer the honourable gentleman to the popular television programme "the only way is Essex" and further suggest that, in the event of it being necessary, it would be referred to as "natural selection"

lol lol Well said.

Re: Basic Survival Skill

Posted: Thu Mar 26, 2015 4:20 pm
by Airbrush
That's what a big f*** off knife is for. green55

Re: Basic Survival Skill

Posted: Thu Mar 26, 2015 8:10 pm
by Les
Ian wrote:Surely opening a tin is a basic skill everyone has? It must have been a set up.
They never had to learn how to use a can opener ....... McDonald's do it for them.

Re: Basic Survival Skill

Posted: Thu Mar 26, 2015 8:21 pm
by Doz
Unbelieveable...

Re: Basic Survival Skill

Posted: Thu Mar 26, 2015 8:50 pm
by whoowhoop
You will likely find that most of such "incidents" are contrived to make the series more watchable. It normally depends on what the agenda is.

Re: Basic Survival Skill

Posted: Thu Mar 26, 2015 9:41 pm
by bigfathairybiker
And that woman is definitely out of Alien...

Mark

Re: Basic Survival Skill

Posted: Fri Mar 27, 2015 12:08 am
by snayperskaya
The only things that comes out of "tins" in our house are either 54r or x39....

Re: Basic Survival Skill

Posted: Fri Mar 27, 2015 7:53 am
by bradaz11
snayperskaya wrote:The only things that comes out of "tins" in our house are either 54r or x39....
who doesn't like a good tin of baked beans or tuna/salmon! pilchards on toast = yum. all tinned