{"id":796,"date":"2007-03-08T13:47:00","date_gmt":"2007-03-08T13:47:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/danigirl.ca\/blog\/?p=796"},"modified":"2007-03-08T13:47:00","modified_gmt":"2007-03-08T13:47:00","slug":"the-canadian-est-invention-ever","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/danigirl.ca\/blog\/2007\/03\/08\/the-canadian-est-invention-ever\/","title":{"rendered":"The Canadian-est invention ever"},"content":{"rendered":"

It’s a reliable sign of the end of the Canadian winter. No, not the lengthening days, the appreciable warmth of the sun on a frosty day, not even the first day you decide you can safely leave the house in shoes rather than fur-lined mukluks. Spring is truly on the way when the already long (but impressively fast-moving) queues at Tim Hortons lengthen appreciably each year with non-regular Timmy’s fans in the first few weeks of March. It is that annual late winter rite, the Roll Up the Rim to Win <\/a>contest, that brings them out of the woodwork.<\/p>\n

I’ve been lucky so far this year, at least compared to last year when I fruitlessly rolled up more rims than I could count for bupkis. This year, I’m on my third free coffee. And you know I love free. Over the course of the year, I drink hundreds of cups of Tim Horton’s coffee, and they buy my loyalty with three free coffees a year. Not a bad strategy on their part.<\/p>\n

But I’ve been thinking about this whole Roll Up the Rim thing. I mean, is that not the least hygenic contest you can possibly think of? I’m going to slobber all over this paper cup, then I’m going to tear off a bit and hand it over to the clerk. I’m surprised the folks at Tim Horton’s aren’t wearing latex gloves while this contest runs.<\/p>\n

How do you roll up your rim? I’m a chewer, myself. I work my lower incisors in under the rim and do a back-and-forth kind of mastication to loosen the roll, and then pull it up. It’s not too pretty, so I try to remember to use my thumbnail and the side of my index finger, rather than my teeth, if I’m in polite company.<\/p>\n

And then I read about this guy <\/a>in this morning’s Citizen<\/a><\/em>. He invented a Rimroller, “a plastic device the size of a bottle opener that cleanly slices open and unrolls a rim in one fluid motion.” They’ll be selling it at Lee Valley Tools <\/a>(one of my favourite stores for gadgets and whimsical indulgences) for the most excellent and affordable price of $1.95. Get yours here<\/a>!<\/p>\n

Canadian ingenuity. Ya gotta love it.<\/p>\n

Edited to add: Now you too can win your very own Rimroller! See this post <\/a>for details.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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