Didn't pop cans used to have tabs that completely came off?

[SRUAlmn]

I just clicked on this thread to see where the OP was from, but it doesn't really say. I grew up saying 'pop' and now that I live in Maryland I have been teased to no end and have been converted into a 'soda' person. I was just curious what parts of the country use which word. I'm originally from Western PA- a Pop area


PS- My 'generation' (I'm in my 20's) grew up saving them and they were to be used for a free kiss

 

[HollyJoy]

I remember them!!!!

 

[kwdietrich1]

Originally posted by SRUAlmn
I just clicked on this thread to see where the OP was from, but it doesn't really say. I grew up saying 'pop' and now that I live in Maryland I have been teased to no end and have been converted into a 'soda' person. I was just curious what parts of the country use which word. I'm originally from Western PA- a Pop area


PS- My 'generation' (I'm in my 20's) grew up saving them and they were to be used for a free kiss

I grew up saying 'softdrink'. (born in NC) Now that I'm living in PA I have been converted into saying 'soda'

 

[HauntedMansionFreak]

Tennessee here and we call everything 'Coke'.

If it's Mt. Dew - we call it coke
If it's Pepsi - we call it coke
If it's Dr. Pepper - we call it coke
and guess what? If it's coke - we call it coke.


I have no idea why the south does that - but thats our take on things.

 

[cvemom]

Beware your answers...your're showung your age.

 

[SC Minnie]

I remember them too. DD10 loves Jimmy Buffet and a couple of months ago she was singing the song and asked what a 'pop top' was. It was a little strange having to explain that. Made me feel VERY old!

 

[SeaSpray]

Originally posted by MosMom
My husband and I were having a discussion about the "stepped on a pop top" line in Margaritaville. He asked what a pop top was. He doesn't remember when pop tops came completely off, I do. He thinks I am dreaming things up.

I can remember stepping on one at the pool as a kid and slicing my foot open.

Who is right?

Oh man.....it's official....I'm OLD.

How young must you be to NOT remember pop tops??? LOL

 

[Cindy B]

I remember them as well.

 

[Doug123]

Do you remember when soda used to come in hollowed out boulders stored in caves for freshness. Ahhh, those caveman times were the days...

 

[Towncrier]

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[pirateofthecarolinas]

Here's some trivia.

I know one of the people that designed the new pop top that stays attached. He lived in my neighborhood growing up and I was good friends with his daughter. He worked for RJR in Winston-Salem which also owned Reynolds Wrap and Aluminum Products. Too many people were getting hurt by the removable tabs and it also created litter.

Lori

 

[Dodie]

OMG. I feel so old after reading this post. I can't imagine that there are people who don't remember pull off pop tops. How old are these people? When did they change pop tops? I remember it happening, but it doesn't seem that it was so long ago.

Add me to the list of people who had a nasty cut on the foot from one I stepped on at a lake beach one time. Yuck.

 

[tkd lisa]

My kids asked me about that line in Margaritaville, and it definitely made me feel old. I also remember making crafts from the pop tops in the 70s. And I sliced my foot while watching fireworks by the river in Cincinnati one time.

SRU Alum, I grew up in Central Indiana, and called it Pop too. We even had a Pop Shoppe (note the extra p and e, making it a "classy" store!) I also now live in MD, and I've mostly gotten used to calling it soda.

 

[wasabi girl]

I'm one of those who got a cut foot on a pop top at the lake one summer. My Dad worked for the Pepsi company and when the new tops came out he brought home some empty cans for us to see how they would work. We thought they were so cool! I grew up in Michigan where everything was pop, I'm in SC now and everything is coke.

 

[elgerber]

I think I may still have a couple of these in a memorabilia box I have upstairs in my closet . Do you guys remember the mini-cans they had (well they still have them, but the tops are different) and you had two little holes you poked in? Nothing actually pulled off, but you had a bigger hole to drink from and a smaller hole to let the air in??

Erika

 

[HauntedMansionFreak]

I'm 30 and don't remember the tops being any way other than what they are right now. Of ocurse, I grew up on iced tea - mom never really bought alot of cokes......maybe thats why.

 

[GeorgeG]

I'm feeling pretty old right now...

Yup, pop-tops was pretty high tech at one time. Replacing them with what we have now probabloy saved more blood and pain than seat belts.

To clarify, a "church key" was slang for a can/bottle opener and you had to poke a triangular hole in both sides of the solid top of the can, the second for venting. The bottle opener end is still popular since imported beers don't have twist-off caps.

I'm also reminded of the original pop-tops on the Coors beer cans: two buttons you would push in, a larger one to drink from and a smaller one for a vent.

Like another poster said, it doesn't seem like all that long ago...