Years ago my mother-in-law mentioned to us that she was having problems getting can openers to work. she couldnt get them to attach to the side of the can easily and then when she turned the handle on the side they would either spin or dig in and not open the can. my wife found an automatic can opener. All you did was set the can opener on top of the can and push a button. we tried it at home and it worked perfectly.
We gave the can opener to my mother-in-law. A short time later she called us complaining that the can opener was stuck to the top of a can and would not open it. We went over to see what the problem was. Sure enough the can opener was stuck to the top of the can. It is not an exaggeration to say that the top of the can was approximately the size of a silver dollar. It was the smallest can I've ever seen. The curvature of the can was so small that the blade on the can opener had pierced the top and gotten stuck on the tiny lip of the can.
I wrestled with it for several minutes to pry it loose. It is unclear if she ever used the can opener again. We never heard any more about it.
If there is a moral to the story feel free to comment.
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