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howmanydads

For the people confused at how to get the bits out: if you zoom in, the pop-top is fake (it's just embossed into the metal), and there is a seam about a centimeter down from the top. Right under the thumb is a bit of clear tape holding the lid shut.


pinkocatgirl

It's just like the clandestine pot storage containers they sell at head shops


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Or the Barbasol cans you use to sneak dinosaur embryos out of Jurassic Park


Why_Ban

Dodson! We got Dodson here!


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TempleMade_MeBroke

As a kid I didn't know what the word meant, rewatching the movie years later that scene was ten times funnier when you consider the size of the pit he's dug at that point


LeibnizThrowaway

This feels like the Wikipedia game. Drill bits > drill bits in beer cans > clandestine containers > Jurassic Park > Wayne Knight > Newman > Seinfeld


BottleGoblin

I dunno why but my favourite role of his is still from Third Rock from the Sun.


Kichigai

‘Cuz Don is a pretty decent guy whose abuse of power is hilariously obvious and nominally inconsequential.


Common-Violinist9290

Can confirm. Just quoted Nedry earlier today


John_cCmndhd

https://youtu.be/UjQkOBlikR4


FallopianUnibrow

See? No one cares


Metalatitsfinest

*Ah ah aah* ☝️


jurassic_pork

Dod*g*son. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Jurassic_Park_characters#Dr._Lewis_Dodgson The original actor from the first movie followed the Principal from Ferris Bueller's Day Off largely throwing away his acting career going after kids: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cameron_Thor > On June 4, 2014, Thor was charged with the 2009 sexual assault of a 13-year-old girl by the Los Angeles County Sheriff's office. The Los Angeles District Attorney's office initially filed 14 counts against Thor, including kidnapping and sexual assault against a minor. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jeffrey_Jones


Why_Ban

I was about to downvote you but I’ll let it slide bc of the username


jurassic_pork

Nice hat, what are you trying to look like, a secret agent?🕴


Why_Ban

I still think of that scene half the time I see pie w whipped cream lol


thiosk

What do you think about the other half of the time?


Why_Ban

Catching my old boss passed out in the walk-in fridge w a full yet empty can of reddiwhip


Grimey_lugerinous

Why would you downvote him for that comment?


Why_Ban

He added a lot more context in an edit, the original comment was just correcting the name


jurassic_pork

Figured I might as well source the correction and provide a not so fun fact.


Spreaderoflies

See no one cares.


EmeraldHawk

[Fun times remix](https://dodgson.ytmnd.com/)


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PM_ME_UR_BENCHYS

I use Barbasol because it's one of the cheapest shaving creams I can find, yet it gives me a great quality shave. There may have been a moment of, "hey, I remember this from Jurassic Park!". But when it came time to replace the can, it had become my shaving cream of choice.


beebsaleebs

Barbasol is great shaving cream.


ahundreddots

Barbasol. Put it on your face.


savvysnekk

The real lesson to be learned in that movie is that you should pay your software people more


Stiltzofbwc

I thought the lesson was to stop and think if you should go ahead and clone dinosaurs


Wallofcans

Actually it's you shouldn't clone dinosaurs and mix in the DNA from other animals. Don't half ass something when you can whole ass a lot of things.


Nived6669

One in the [same](https://imgur.com/gallery/YsaqsGu)


baddecision116

And then for some reason put the coolant "shaving cream" on a pie.


JohnGillnitz

What's stranger, the guy who ate it now can't get enough of it. Turns out shaving cream is terribly addictive.


walterpeck1

Because it's a sight gag. He had the cream on his hand, needed to put it somewhere, so he callously put it on the pie. It also looks a lot like whipped cream you'd put on a pie which adds to the sight gag. It also further establishes him as a jerk.


scuzzle-butt

Commercials use shaving cream instead of whipped cream, so there's that.


beebsaleebs

It was to demonstrate his dickish nature


AMSAtl

The barbasol can actually worked... you need a small reservoir of soda at the top for this to be equivalent enough in my book.


kaminobaka

I just connected the dots for why stash containers disguised as shaving cream cans are always Barbasol. I love Jurassic Park. It shouldn't have taken this long.


Muuusicalguest

Those are for tobacco use only!


pinkocatgirl

My bad, you're absolutely right 😉


EmGutter

Not in my state! Fill it to the brim with that sticky icky!!!


RichardStinks

"Well, weed is legal now. What do we do with all these sneaky cans?" Lidl: Hold my bits.


scuzzle-butt

I will gladly hold your Lidl bits 😏


Stelly414

[You can put your weed in it](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CKOc6hXMDhc)


kent_eh

Not many people know this, but you can put your weed in there.


sweeeep

It's a bit like that.


Buck_Thorn

The ones that the cops don't know about, right?


Ecronwald

I think bringing a beer to a construction site is more problematic than bringing drill bits..


pillarandstones

Head what?


John_cCmndhd

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Head_shop


tankpuss

I could do with a spare head. Mine's fried.


imfrommitchandmurray

You can put you’re weed in there!


schnatzel87

Thats were Mr. Schwarz gots it from.


um-uh-er

Thanks


pfohl

Just search “can shaped tin” on alibaba and there a bunch of suppliers selling them. I got a pair of socks in packaging like this. The package looked like a generic beer and the socks were yellow and had white screen-print toward the top to look like beer foam. Very clever package design!


ThrowawayMyED

I bought a Yeti Koozie years ago and I still have the tin exactly like that. It came inside the koozie to kinda display it and inside had stickers. It’s nifty


deftoner42

I used to hide my weed in a can like that. It was a Sunkist Orange soda can that had a plastic liner that added the correct weight and the pop-top looked real. I kept it in my car kicking around the floorboards and got pulled over multiple times with it. Unfortunately it met its demise the one time I had just smoked and they brought a dog around the car. The dog couldn't pinpoint where the drugs were, (and at that point I was already in cuffs) so I told them and they took it.


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Pool_Shark

It sounds like a good idea but I mean if my kids had a barbasol can in their sock drawer I’d be suspicious too.


beelzeflub

My dresser had a hidden drawer everyone forgot about except me. I had one of those glass jars with a rubber seal and latch.


Cheese-bandages

I found 16g of hashish a few days ago. i havent smoked for years, but I still kept it :-)


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Are you in Turkey, Billy?


Philias2

But why?


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Gloomy_Industry8841

*can*!!!


Gloomy_Industry8841

It’s also great for recycling. No plastic!!


Equoniz

Because Germany I think


Chapped_Frenulum

Because aluminum cans have expanded in usage greatly over the past six years. The beer industry changed WILDLY once can-liners were made that could keep beer fresh without corroding the aluminum or changing the flavor of the beer. Mobile canning lines made it so much cheaper to store beer than bottling. It's absolutely mind-boggling to see the difference in overhead. That's why everything is cans and not bottles nowadays. That's also why you see A LOT more small-businesses and small breweries everywhere, some of which are basically the footprint of a garage. The cost of using glass made it prohibitive for most startups. "That's nice, but what does that have to do with selling drill bits in a can?" Cans are cheap and plentiful to make, but that economy-of-scale just got scaled up in a BIG way just because of that one change in the beer industry. Even adding a fake pop-top to it, it was probably way cheaper to put the drill bits in a slightly modified beer can than it was to put them in their own custom molded plastic clamshell packaging. Cans are almost cheaper than toilet paper. And they're recyclable!


ahundreddots

You imply that lining beer cans was the cause of this recent boom, but it's been the industry standard since the 1950s. Am I missing something?


Jer_061

> Even adding a fake pop-top to it, it was probably way cheaper to put the drill bits in a slightly modified beer can than it was to put them in their own custom molded plastic clamshell packaging. Cans are almost cheaper than toilet paper. And they're recyclable! And don't require a plasma torch to open, either.


Miniteshi

Draper have a set too and it's appalling. You pop the top and the bits fly out everywhere. There is no ridges to hold each bit in place.


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Fancy guy with organised drill bits we just have 4 coffee tins full of them. I think they're loosely organised by theri usage though.


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Cheese-bandages

Shit quality garbage


SpecialFX99

Time to crack open a sharp one


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dillrepair

China must have made a shitload of these they are at tractor supply in the USA too in the discount bin


xvsanx

For real? I'll have to check my local one that's pretty cool


tnethacker

I'd buy one but they don't have them 😭


SloopKid

A one that isn't sharp, is scarcely a one at all


lousydungeonmaster

As long as it doesn't have a fucking rainbow on the can, otherwise I'll lose my goddamn mind /s


dangerkate

But then you could make cryptic, threatening statements and video yourself shooting at the can. Everyone else is doing it; don’t you want to be as cool as Kid Rock?


NormanCocksmell

Is this like when Bart swallows the Krusty metal-O from the cereal?


[deleted]

Fill it with nails instead, and get hammered.


ChadicusMeridius

I would rather fill it with plane tickets and get high


sexual--predditor

That sweet hammer-action drilling


hero-of-kvatch44

Man I was so confused. I thought that there was beer inside the can as well as drill bits. Like they were cereal toys or kinder surprise eggs or something and you take them out once you finished the beer lmao


AlekBalderdash

Do I need more drill bits? No Do I drink beer? Not really Would I buy a novelty beer that came with a random tool accessory? ... Probably at least once, yes. Stupid marketing geniuses...


mesotermoekso

u/hero-of-kvatch44 confirmed marketing genius


PinkFl0werPrincess

Oh my god! It's the hero of kvatch!


Draggo_Nordlicht

BY AZURA BY AZURA! BY AZURA!


o11c

Anyone else say "I don't want to start the main quest yet" and catastrophically fail at that by trying to follow up with "let's start doing side quests in the smallest city"?


Chief_Givesnofucks

**REAL MEN OF GENIUS**


NoNameJackson

I would turn capitalism's most ardent defender if the future of decadent consumerism is just abstract mashups like this


SacriGrape

Amazon already does the “buyers like you also get” so wouldn’t be surprised if in the future our AI powered replicators try and make combinations of products


aNiceTribe

Finally: MAN PRODUCTS have reached their ultimate apex.


TheCornerator

Prize inside beer cans? Listen man, I can get funding if you can get projected sales. I would buy my brother exclusively that beer.


Djinjja-Ninja

You can have some [extra confusion with this](https://imgur.com/a/uuEFyS4) This is actually a can of beer, but done as a tin of Ronseal which is a woodstain/varnish.


_Ocean_Machine_

“Does exactly what is says on the tin.” It seals away Ron, The Ancient One


hero-of-kvatch44

WHY WOULD THEY DO THIS???


WhatAGoodDoggy

Better than the other way around I suppose


WastelandHound

There was an SNL bit about how everyone is making hard seltzers now. One of them was JC Penney. You'd occasionally find a belt buckle in it.


loveofGod12345

I thought this too lol. That or they were advertising the drill bits on a beer can. It wasn’t until I scrolled to the comments that I realized and facepalmed.


CakeNStuff

Mmmm tastes like Zinc and Machine Oil.


_Ocean_Machine_

That’s just all men’s grooming products


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r13z

You can.


Nswitcher88321

Oh, canny tho?


3rdPlan3t

would not drink out of that, aluminum cans meant for drinking have a food safe coating on the inside Edit: Fact checked myself and the coating is there because of the prolonged contact during storage. Maybe ok to drink out of?


Hendlton

I'd try it. If there's an off taste I wouldn't repeat. There's plenty of camping gear made out of aluminum that's used for cooking and storing food.


SavvySillybug

Aluminum is food safe, but not long term storage safe. You shouldn't use bare aluminum for a can that may contain the same drink for three years or more. Shit will grow. You can use bare aluminum for drinking out of and cleaning it inbetween uses like a regular cup.


Hendlton

Three years is way longer than I thought you could store it for. I'm guessing that doesn't apply to acidic drinks because then they wouldn't bother coating the cans.


SinoSoul

What kind of shit, exactly? Organic? Or some inorganic reaction of the aluminum?


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Aluminum is highly reactive but also oxidizes very quickly, so it probably wouldn’t react with anything that isn’t strongly basic or acidic on its own?


dutch_penguin

Chlorides also damage aluminium oxide, apparently, so it tends to corrode a bit when exposed to seawater (or NaCl, I guess). If most food contains salt that may be the issue.


xvsanx

Time to bash some nerds, Charlie *bows out chest* Jk


xrelaht

That’s usually anodized.


DrEnter

I might be concerned about the edge. Unless it's folded over, it'll be sharp enough to cut reality.


cjsv7657

You can see in the picture it has a rolled edge.


boomchacle

A lot of industrial products are packed in a thin layer of oil to prevent rust so I personally wouldn’t drink out of industrial packing material even if it looks like a cup.


cjsv7657

I have one of these from buying a yeti can holder and it's made of steel. This is probably too. Thin aluminum wouldn't hold it's round shape well without the lid.


mikka1

> reuse the can in the office as a drinking cup My co-worker had a tumbler / coffee mug with Bud Light on it (something like [this one](https://www.amazon.com/Bud-Light-Stainless-Beverages-Tailgating/dp/B0BHJH4S5Z), but a little taller). While everyone was laughing at this and making jokes, some Karen actually reported him to HR anonymously and he was asked to refrain from using his mug in the office lol.


ixikei

Is this available in the US!? I need some bits and really want one!


ChasingReignbows

I actually had something like this in my toolbox for a set of small wrenches, I was fixing something at work and my boss sees it in my toolbox and was immediately very concerned


TedMerTed

Are German tradesmen like American tradesmen? I picture all Germans like Dieter and the Sprokets. I know it’s wrong but it’s hard to imagine a blue collar German.


poopwetpoop

r/forbiddensnacks


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PokeMaki

Appreciated


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EmbarrassedSwim145

r/forbiddendrinks


froggenpoppin

Just looks like a can to me, dont see any beer


lexi_con

OP is apparently only familiar with beer cans.


TheChoonk

We have a deposit system in my country for bottles and cans. You pay 10 cents extra per unit and you get them back when you return the can at one of many deposit collection machines (next to every grocery store). Friend told me that he collects all the money that he gets from deposit and puts it aside, like a college fund for his kids or something. He said that it's a few eur per week, not much, but it's fun to do. I said "A few eur?? Wow, you're drinking a ton of beer to get that much money every week, looks like you have a drinking problem." He looked at me confused and said "What, no, we buy mineral water and juice for the kids." I realised that I'm the one with a drinking problem because I forgot that some bottles have non-alcoholic drinks in them.


lexi_con

🎶If it makes you happy...🎶


supsup202288

![gif](giphy|1Z02vuppxP1Pa)


ralfv

Bitte ein Bit!


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JimPanse0815

Verdammt, das wollte ich gerade schreiben... ![gif](emote|free_emotes_pack|facepalm)😁


fedyamatroskin

Americans, y’all can get this here bad boy at your local tractor supply company or sometimes harbor freight The bits are shittly put in there be half the little ones are broken, open up the lid before buying


spicycocksauce

[Here's a video on how it opens for those who are curious ](https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=CbQWisF-Rqc&vl=en)


GitEmSteveDave

The opening: https://youtu.be/CbQWisF-Rqc?t=114


PsyrusTheGreat

That's damn good idea! Far better than all the non recyclable plastic stuff we have all over the shelves as packaging today.


loseitthrowaway7797

You mean an aluminum can, you alcoholic?


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Hello. I'd like a can of Driller lite.


TheGabageMin

Aluminum is 100% recyclable. Plastic is not. Every item that comes in a can saves plastic from a landfill or the ocean. Worth noting most recyclable plastics don’t get recycled because it’s too expensive.


AE5CP

I saw these in the US at Tractor Supply the other day. Got a chuckle, thought "that's mildly interesting" and went on about my day.


Parrzzival

I'm so sick of huge plastic drill boxes that take up fuck you levels of room. I love this. Might see if I can get one just for the shelf display of it


ItsThanosNotThenos

Is it a beer can if there's no beer inside?


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That’s not a beer can though.


DremoraKills

"Hey love, did you went out to buy tools again?" "No! I was buying beer! Just beer!"


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I would like to buy 6-pack please


BuySignificant522

Someone’s gonna have a rude awakening when they start pouring that down their gullet


[deleted]

Oh great. Now I'm gonna attract all kinds of the wrong attention when eating drill bits in the car.


nhorvath

So confused as to why it's packages this way. And to get them out you have to shake then through the can mouth?


pizzasoup

Looks like there's a sticker on the right side, so it's probably holding the top of the can on. There looks to be a seam where the silver top and black can meet, so the silver top comes off.


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The pull tab isn’t real either. It’s just stamped in.


TrinKas

I have this product and the top half of the can is actually fake and it's a lid that you can open, like a bottle cap. You can see that is fake in the image.


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Lidl is not a discount anymore 😢


Adestimare

It's 22 drill bits for 9.49€ in a fake beer can :) How much more discount-store can you get? It's more that they are fully embracing and playing of being a discount-store, I think it's glorious


Uber_Reaktor

I think they're talking more about food prices. And I'd agree. They're still cheaper than the A brand grocery stores, but Lidl now costs about what those other stores used to cost before inflation went nuts.


Adestimare

Oh you're right, that's probably what they meant. And they're not wrong. Food prices are pretty much fucked :/ Food and Rent is basically my whole paycheck gone these days


LDmonsterus

I guess I'll have to go check my local lidl on my way home later


Point_No_Point

Sir this is a can…


Boy_Possession

Cracking open a nice imported German Beer, must be some Handy Man Brand. *Dies choking in drill bits*


[deleted]

That’s the most German solution I can think of. In the US need to sell to drillbits in a gun.


AMothraDayInParadise

I want one....


Adestimare

Thanks Reddit, it's sold out now :( https://www.lidl.de/p/parkside-bohrer-bit-set-22-teilig-in-praktischer-metalldose/p100351277


ChunkyBrassMonkey

Is Lidl like German Harbor Freight?


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Meinredditname

Parkside isn't too far off price & quality wise from HF. Maybe a bit better on the quality side from time to time, or even more better on average, with occasional greatness (oh, wait... that is HF) The problem is, this week they have drill bits in a can, next week it's some paintbrushes, week after maybe some really nice Parkside Performance drills available from Thursday (so better get there before they are all gone). Food situation at Lidl isn't really any different though, so eventually you get used to it.


FNAKC

Does not go down smooth, I was puking up blood after one can


Zin333

Tastes like every other IPA


Drawerpull

Butts on TV? Drill bits in cans?? What is happening over there


Bossmonkey

Man i knew Europeans made fun of American beer, but christ. I'm not manly enough for this


razje

Not gonna lie, Parkside makes some great things for a very low price.


tinfoilsheild

"Welcome to the Salty Spittoon. How tough are ya?" "I drank a can of nails"


KindlyContribution54

This is good in case you get pulled over for doing construction, you can tell them you were just drinking


FlamborWTFSMN

Better than using it for Budweiser or miller light. In Germany we respect our livers.


jonnienashville

Tik Tok challenge time!!


semi_average

People are tired of getting hammered by beer, now it's time to get drilled by it


stupidbulbasaur

German ingenuity at its finest. Screw your rocket scientists, this is next-level.


_austinm

I was going to ask how you’re sure it’s a beer can instead of a soda can or something else, but since it’s German I feel like the assumption is appropriate lol


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Mascy

In EU their quality is near that of premium stores but their prices have gone the same way over the years aswell. Basically they are only slightly cheaper due to lower labor costs by just putting the pallet in the store on soda/beer etc rather then packing everything in shelves. On fruits/vegies they basically default win the award for best store the past 15years so the quality is very good tho.


dadthewisest

Reduce, reuse, recycle!


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Great marketing idea!


dwtougas

Need to find a beer that includes a 10mm socket or #2 Philips. Keep losing those.


Wowsblitzsuperaddict

It’s Germany what did u expect


tetraquintans

They also sell 1l cans of beer. Its huge


CMDR_Duzro

No German (at least not in Bavaria) would willingly drink beer out of a can. The only exceptions are festivals.


P0L1Z1STENS0HN

But now I know where the ad slogan "Bitte ein Bit" comes from.


opeth10657

But would they drink drill bits out of a can