New issue that could divide America: a 5-year FLASHBACK blog!

(Originally posted June 18, 2007)

The plastic stuff you cover food with to keep it fresh in the refrigerator, it needs an official name.

Most people call it "plastic wrap" but a lot of people call it "cling wrap."  America needs to decide.  Maybe we can settle it during the next election.

Here are some plastic/cling wrap FACTS:

- It was invented in 1953 (I RESEARCHED this!)

- It has a thickness that ranges from 7 to 15 micrometers

- The box has a sharp edge that you can cut yourself on

- Women (and probably some men) have made dresses out of it and worn them in PUBLIC!

- When you finish off a roll, you can look through the cardboard tube and pretend to be a pirate (looking through a telescope)

I seem to remember that everybody used to call it "Saran Wrap" all automatically (like people say "Kleenex" when they mean any brand of tissue) but then the Glad company got Tom Bosley as their spokesperson and they took off real huge.  Glad seems to be the pioneer in the field of plastic/cling wrap now.

BONUS facts:

- In Australia and New Zealand, "Glad Wrap" has ALREADY become the default name!

- In England they call this product "cling film," because they have a stupid name for everything over there

Finally here is a sneak preview of a RAP that I am composing about WRAP.  (Rap/wrap get it?)

WHEN YOU CAN'T EAT ANOTHA BITE
WRAP THAT SHIT AND SEAL IT TIGHT

IN-VI-SI-BLE
DURABLE AND SAFE
THE GREATEST INVENTION SINCE MEN WERE APES

ON THIS WRAP YOU CAN DEPEND
IT'S MORE CLINGY THAN YO EX-GIRLFRIEND

That's all I got so far.


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