Derf's Grotto

[Susie924]

From the "Did you know" file:


Rick Evans, a graphic designer based in Underhill, Vt., wrote in to point out the little impressionable tabs that appear on the ends of boxes of aluminum foil and plastic wrap. My quick informal survey confirms what Rick himself found: that approximately 0 percent of the American population is aware of the existence of these tabs.


That’s an approximate percentage, mind you. Rick Evans knows they exist, and what they’re for. And so does his mom. Do you?


These little tabs are called end locks. Their appointed task is to hold the roll of foil or plastic wrap steady inside the box as you pull on it.


Say goodbye to the endless toil and frustration of the roll coming out of the box as you pull. Or the roll flopping around the box, especially as it shrinks, and floating up against the cutting blade as you pull, causing you to clutch and bend the box to hold it in place.


Just press in the tabs the first time you use the roll, and presto. Welcome to a whole new world.