Looks innocent, doesn't it? Just a lovely can of coke that has been fully enjoyed. A so called “empty” can.
And yet, as we all know - many of us to our cost, it is not empty at all. There is, after we drink all we can of the coke, a small hate of Coke still in the can. It exists in the murky world of the “aluminium void”, and its sole purpose is to sticky us, or our property - or both. Usually both.
Allow me to explain, with the aid of a further picture, and some carefully drawn diagrams. Really quite beautifully drawn diagrams, etched with a gossamer stylus onto the wings of angels.
The letter A points to the area of the Aluminium Void.
The Aluminium Void offers an area of several millimetres, where coke is blocked from exiting the can in the normal way. The angle required to liberate the coke from the Aluminium Void is quite impractical - especially whilst driving - and woe betide the individual who believes that he or she has been successful in liberating ALL the remaining coke. You are wrong. You are ALWAYS wrong.
Here, in cross section we see the hate of coke, trapped in the Aluminium Void.
The solution is obvious. Move the egress portal nearer, and almost flush with the outside of the can.
I do hope that the canned mineral water manufacturers of the world are listing to this earnest plea. I, for one, have been so annoyed, having thought I had emptied my coke can completely, only to have that inevitable dribble run over my car seat, or my hand - or both. Usually both.
Surely someone can fix this? Or is it just me who has noticed this problem?
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