"Either I’m getting weaker or the food companies are putting the lids on jars tighter......” was posted on Twitter by Meghan on September 20, 2011. “Either I’m getting older, or companies are putting lids on jars way tighter these days” was posted on
“THE OLDER I GET THE TIGHTER COMPANIES ARE PUTTING THE LIDS ON JARS” (shown on an image) was posted on Facebook by Cracker Page #2 on May 15, 2021, and this image went viral.
Twitter
Meghan
@meghan321
Either I’m getting weaker or the food companies are putting the lids on jars tighter......
12:36 AM · Sep 20, 2011·Twitter Web Client
William j Barry
@williamjbarry
Either I’m getting older, or companies are putting lids on jars way tighter these days
10:02 PM · Jun 12, 2018·Twitter for iPhone
Facebook
Cracker Page #2
May 15, 2021 at 4;56 PM ·
(The following text is shown on an image.—ed.)
THE OLDER I GET
THE TIGHTER
COMPANIES ARE
PUTTING THE LIDS
ON JARS
Twitter
Ninik
@NinikPramas
The older I get the tighter the companies are putting the lids on jars.
10:03 AM · May 18, 2021·Twitter for Android
Facebook
Crazy World
May 18, 2021 at 2:42 PM ·
The older I
get, the tighter
companies are
putting the lids
on jars.
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