Thu 14 Feb 2008
I intended my first post to be a touching plea about censorship and free speech but this would have to wait for later, since then
something more important has happened: I had to eat!
So I tried to fix myself a nice a nutritious meal (6 hot dogs actually) and found out that I was out of Ketchup. Now I’m French-Canadian and not an American so I don’t put ketchup on everything and anything but hot dogs NEED ketchup.
So I went to the 7-11 (it’s quite late as I write this) and all they had was a ‘classic’ GLASS Heinz Ketchup bottle.
I just finished battling with it and am eating as I write this (keyboard cleanliness is for wusses) and a battle it was, of epic proportions. I had forgotten how frustrating those Glass Ketchup bottles could be. A little drop here and there, then you knock on the bottle and get a big batch covering your hand like if you had just went into a killing rampage in your neighborhood then you have start over for the next hot dog. (not that I ever went into a killing rampage nor that you could prove it)
WHO THE HELL at Heinz still think it’s a good idea to market those glass bottles? I mean, come on, the first time I saw those ‘squeezable’ plastic bottles when I was a kid I was convinced (and still am) that it was the greatest invention of ALL TIME, on par with Velcro (Velcro looks like a very good invention for a kid who hated lacing his shoes. But I’m ok going solo since I’m 11…. Ok ok it WAS my 12th birthday but I was born at night so I was STILL technically 11… but I digress).
Back to the plastic bottle: You just squeeze it and Voila! Perfect spread and quantity of ketchup everywhere, no longer do you have to clean the floor just to savor a few north-American delicacies.
Why but WHY do they keep making those glass bottles? Is glass cheaper than plastic? Me no think so. Keep it fresh longer? I doubt so very much. So WHY???? Nostalgia? Well maybe, but I don’t see anyone keeping a bucket full of polio virus for nostalgia sake.
What do polio and Glass ketchup bottle have to do with one another? Well, they were both a plague upon mankind for decades and if you wonder which one was worst, you have to remember that the polio problem was fixed at least 20 years BEFORE the glass bottle.
Does my 7-11 own the final batch of glass bottles made decades ago? Well I simultaneously hope for and against that (hope it’s so for the good of mankind but hope not for the good of my digestive track).
In conclusion, I don’t think there could be ANY reason to explain why Heinz still make GLASS ketchup bottles except for pure evil so in this, as with everything else, I blame the Muslims.
Good night.
February 14th, 2008 at 11:34 pm
Brilliant post Jean-Francois! I bet you didn’t know I had Hot-Dogs today too! What a coincidence
February 15th, 2008 at 5:20 am
Surely glass bottles are preferable to plastic. Plastic food containers, as well as those that contain face cream, sun cream, etc leach phthalates into the product.
” Phthalates, which are used to give flexibility to pvc (a.k.a. plastic-though it’s rarely labeled), turn up in bath and teething toys, shower curtains, upholstery, flooring, medical equipment, and countless other products, including cosmetics. Animal studies have linked phthalates to the same genital abnormalities that are now among the most common birth defects in American baby boys. “We’re not yet sure what level of exposure produces these adverse effects, but they are a real concern,” explains Dr. Paul Foster, a senior researcher at the National Toxicology Program.
Similarly inescapable is bisphenol A, which seeps out of polycarbonate plastic when it’s heated or exposed to acids and also as it ages. Sometimes labeled , polycarbonate is used in baby bottles, transparent reusable water bottles (but not the bottles water is sold in), food packaging and utensils, coffeemakers, kitchen appliances, and numerous other products. Bisphenol A also forms the epoxy resins used to line food cans and is in dental sealants. It mimics the effects of estrogen and has been linked to prostate cancer and precancerous breast tissue in animal studies. Low doses have prompted chromosomal abnormalities in human uterine cells in vitro. And, as shown by recent headline-grabbing studies, bisphenol A also appears to cause mice exposed in the womb to be predisposed to obesity.”
http://lists.dep.state.fl.us/pipermail/pharmwaste/2007-October/001377.html
February 25th, 2008 at 10:14 pm
I love glass bottles don’t knock em!
March 15th, 2008 at 4:45 pm
I’ll trade you. Condiments in glass always taste better, and they contain less estrogenic chemicals. Plastic is a stain on the earth. There are fields of plastic waste in the oceans that stretch for miles. Plastic sucks. It even makes a sucking sound.