“I could easily have referred to it as a ‘ring pull’ can, but that always makes me feel weird. Anyway, I was at Dis Chem earlier and they’re selling these Pepsi cans with the old pull tab mechanism. Quite retro!”

My first memory of opening a can by myself was in the garden at our house in Pinelands. I shook the can, pulled the tab and sprayed Coke all over our dog. Because hey, that’s what kids do. You just do weird shit, like this:

Kids love animals, and also love messing around with them. Anyway, here’s the can I bought for R5,95 in Cavendish:

Very cool, but how cool would it be if craft beers were served in pull tab cans? Ultimate hipster scene. Instagram that and BOOM your jeans shrink 13 sizes.

I mean, not to say there isn’t any hipster in me. After all, I DID edit that photo on my phone. And yes, those are Wayfarers in the picture.

FML.