How to open a can without any tools

[WanderLost Radical]

So I just stumbled on this video, and I thought it could be useful to you guys!
Check it out!
My flash player is too much of a dick to let me get the audio, and the subtitles are in french, so in case the audio is also in french:
All you need to do is to scratch the top of the can against asphalt/concrete/whatever, and then squeeze the top and it should pop out...
But the video itself is pretty much self-explainatory

Could be useful if you just got your stuff stolen and find cans in a dumpster

 

[kaichulita]

Sweet! I've had this problem before but never knew what to do so I didn't bother opening it until I found can opener or knife. Thanks man

 

[Tude]

I've seen vid or vids posted here before that has the same concept, but not this one. But hey this guy makes it look real easy! Cool! Hehe - and I've been in that position (camping, not traveling) before. But with hammer and screwdriver - you can do whacha have to do in order to eat, although somewhat messier hehe. Thanks!

 

[WanderLost Radical]

But with hammer and screwdriver - you can do whacha have to do in order to eat, although somewhat messier hehe. Thanks!

Ahaha yeah, and not everyone would think to bring an hammer for camping lol

 

[Desperado Deluxe]

Yea I thought of this technique when I saw the thread title. I havnt had much luck with it tho because it seems tedious and I've always had a can opener or something. Id probly try to puncture it with a sharp rock if I was in the woods.

 

[wombatt]

I've done this a few times before its easy but takes a while and the noise bothers some. I prefer rubbing against smoother concrete brcause it takes less strength and repositioning but on more rough concrete you can open the can faster.

 

[pdxpsych]

Sledgehammer

 

[Tude]

Ahaha yeah, and not everyone would think to bring an hammer for camping lol

hehe - Used to camp on the fly - be riding around and yeah lets stay here - hell got a tent in the back - but lo and behold nothing to put the stakes in the ground. Enter stumbling around in the dark trying to find a decent sized rock hehe. Doing that a couple of times led to purchasing ye ole "car hammer". Hehe and the group we hung with for many years relied on that car hammer as well.

 

[West]

I was eating with some shwilly kids once and an inebriated punk spent nearly 10 minutes scraping a can on concrete trying to show me "the real man way to open a can." He didn't figure it out and we ended up using my can opener :')

Edit: so now I know wtf this kid was trying to do

 

[Ras]

And cat gonna survive too!

 

[Westy]

Don't forget the P-51!

 

[Rob Nothing]

perfectly doable opening with a knife. just gotta find one you aren't trying to keep honed.