Wednesday, January 19, 2011

Happy Tin Can Day!


On this day in 1825, Ezra Dagget and Thomas Kensott obtained the United States patent for storing food in tin cans. This is also a big day in my house because without cans, my cats would starve to death. While the US is the only country I know of that has a tin can holiday, no one knows how to celebrate the can like the Aussies! This country's "can and aerosol news" (sic) website http://www.can-news.com.au/home.asp has a link to the history of cans and canning that will allow you to download a .pdf about this subject that included a four page,8 x10, full color information comic strip on the role of cans in Australia. That is a serious commitment to cans. And you guessed it. You can prove to your friends you have finally lost it by sending them a Happy Tin Can day ecard. http://www.all-yours.net/c/xgallery/tincanpatent1.html Filling in for six foot inflatable Gumby today is a rare Gumby shaped shampoo bottle.

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