You're hungry and wistful for your childhood, so you grab a can of Ravioli from the cabinet.
The new cans have made it ever so much easier to open by having a pop-top, like those fine products from Kal-Kan. But to avoid making it too easy, they have also added a layer of tape over the pop-top. That's right, the E-Z OpenTM flip-top is securely fastened with industrial strength Scotch tape. This should make for a very rewarding experience - gratification is within sight, but it doesn't come for free! You don't want to just be handed a meal, do you?
Since the tape is oh-so-thin, and the underlying glue is oh-so-thick, you are pretty much guaranteed that no matter what seemingly handle-like flap of loose tape you can find, you will only be able to peel it off in wisker-thin strips along the outside edge.
So you grab the nearest ice pick and begin gouging monstrous holes in the side of the can. That's right, throw your shoulders into it, man! It doesn't matter that you're up to your elbow in tomato sauce, or that it is mingling freely with the blood you're losing to the jagged edges of tin -- this is about the liberation of ravioli!
Once you've punctured the frayed paper face of Chef Boyardee like a tin New Carissa, you find that by bending the can into a U-shape, you can squeeze most of the contents out into a pan, looking something like an oozing pile of tomato-based toothpaste. In the time it has taken you to get to this point, you could have gone through the Burger King drive-thru at least four times, but damn! the satisfaction of a challenge met!
Thank you, Chef Boyardee! Lunchtime hasn't been this fun since Capri Sun strapped rubberized straws onto puncture resistant Mylar bags!