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Cling film or tin foil?

Dave!

In primary school, what did you use to wrap/cover your lunch?

Obviously both have benefits, cling film keeping the package air-tight and bread fresh, and tin foil being able to double as a missile and/or football when you're finished with it.

Was there a social hierarchy spawned from, or perhaps just illustrated by, this dichotomy? It's a fact that cling film is not as cool as tin foil, so this must surely have been a factor in determining popularity or social standing.

So, which did you use? And how did it affect your life? I'm thinking of doing a longitudintal study to get to the bottom of this issue. Feel free to share any stories that you feel may be relevant.

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Kiera

I honestly cant remember so it must not have been a big deal.

orourkeda

A Lunch box

JONJO THE MISER

:eek:Cling Film or Tin Foil, no recession in your house i see.

m5ex9oqjawdg2i

Where is the option for both?

TerrorFirmer

I always instinctively use tin foil. For the first time in my life, I'm now stopping to ponder.

iPlop

Sammiches DO NOT stay fresh and they get warm unless they're wrapped in tin foil.

MaybeLogic

I tried chasing the dragon on cling film one time, but it ended a molten mess.

That said, I can chew cling-film without causing an electric shock to my fillings.

Pros and cons.

Gummy Panda

tinfoil.

I hate cling film near food. I always felt tinfoil was fresher.

Azureus

In school, it was cling-film.

Now I spoil myself with tinfoil. Mainly because cling film annoys me! That and im cooler now :cool:

Ruu_Old

Brown paper bag or the wrapper from whatever sliced pan we had (Mr.Brennan)!

Opinicus

Tin Foil.

Cling film made my sandwiches sweat. Nothing worse than soggy sandwiches

inb4 inevitable soggy biscuit comment.

Gummy Panda

Kiera wrote: »

I honestly cant remember so it must not have been a big deal.

Thats cause you were a bully and stole the other kid's lunches!

cml387

Ruu wrote: »

Brown paper bag or the wrapper from whatever sliced pan we had (Mr.Brennan)!

+1 there old bean.
None of your fancy cling film in our day.And jam sandwiches.Or maybe no jam, just butter.

MistyCheese

Ugh, I hate tinfoil!

PeterIanStaker

I was the guy who used to walk home for lunch. aka "The Freak"

Rockn

We got milk and sandwiches in primary school. And once a week... buns!

strokemyclover

Mainly tin foil but cling film had its advantages....when sandwiches were left under the desk over a weekend you could see a rainbow of mould explode as you threw the scrunched up sandwich at someone's head.

I was a very bored student at Trinity!

LambsEye

Tinfoil.

I had a big time nostalgia trip when I came home recently. I realised that I'll NEVER taste a taste like my lunch roll again. Because it has to sit in your bag for a couple of hours and ferment. Even if I put a roll in a bag and left it now, it still wouldn't be the same. It wouldn't be infused with the smell of my books and school and SLIGHTLY squished from being picked up and thrown down every few minutes.

Sigh.

My legend ma used to get up and make us fresh rolls in the oven in the morning. Same lunch every day:

Crusty roll loaded with ham and butter.
Club Milk
Piece of fruit.
Euro for a can of coke + crisps/chocolate bar.

F*ucking Delish wha.

Alter-Ego

LambsEye wrote: »

Tinfoil.

I had a big time nostalgia trip when I came home recently. I realised that I'll NEVER taste a taste like my lunch roll again. Because it has to sit in your bag for a couple of hours and ferment. Even if I put a roll in a bag and left it now, it still wouldn't be the same. It wouldn't be infused with the smell of my books and school and SLIGHTLY squished from being picked up and thrown down every few minutes.

Sigh.

My legend ma used to get up and make us fresh rolls in the oven in the morning. Same lunch every day:

Crusty roll loaded with ham and butter.
Club Milk
Piece of fruit.
Euro for a can of coke + crisps/chocolate bar.

F*ucking Delish wha.

Mammys boy!

I got a slap and some peanut butter smeared on a playing card.

seaniemoylan

still use tinfoil on my hang sangidges to this day:D

LambsEye

Alter-Ego wrote: »

Mammys boy!

I got a slap and some peanut butter smeared on a playing card.

Mammy's GIRL. I guess she was guilty because we'd no Da or sumink.

alwaysadub

Tin foil. Or my lunch box. Depending on whichever was handiest.

phasers

eh, a sandwich bag. Inside a pink lunchbox.

Ham sandwich (pb&j on a good week), carton of Amigo juice and a penguin bar. lunch of kings.

Dravokivich

phasers wrote: »

eh, a sandwich bag.

Used them too, still do.

EverEvolving

Tinfoil all the way. I have wasted too many precious minutes trying to unravel cling film, it drives me nuts when people don't unwrap it properly and you have to go searching for the start and unravel it around and around until it is an even sheet again.

ArtSmart

cling film hats get too messy after a while.

tin foil all the way.

Son Of A Vidic

Tin foil was the way to go, you could also put it on your head when needed to stop 'them' from reading your mind.

McChubbin

Use tin foil. Then when it rains, you can craft a dainty hat out of it.

Latchy

Always used aluminium foil roll on moi sammichjas and use to keep salads and just opened packets of food , like cheese and bacon ' fresh' .

JONJO THE MISER

McChubbin wrote: »

you can craft a dainty hat out of it.

Why aren't you a dainty little bugger.