I always though it was so you could use a carabiner to buckle it to your belt.
Syrup used to be stored in large, thick, clay jugs, a gallon or more. These vessels were pored by means of resting them on your shoulder and hooking a finger (or two!) into the loop for control.
These smaller bottles have vestigial loops.
Next you’re going to tell me we drank honey straight from the full-sized bear, aren’t you?
Proper drinking technique demonstrated (on left):
Now it’s just good enough for hanging a fancy price tag.
one of my uncles told my nephews it was because canadians have a sixth, tiny finger on each hand, it’s how you can tell they’re from canada. they believed this for years, but I guess it’s easy to lie to 5 year olds
And sideways vaginas. Even the men.
I’m sure that you’re speaking from a position of knowledge, but I fear how you gained it. (v)
And pouches on their tummies
to hold the syrup bottles, YES
Shut up! That’s a national secret!
ack, the mounties are at my door! on mooses!
You hoser! Take off eh!
So you can string them on a necklace.
Walk through a forest with a couple dozen empties strung around your neck and trees know what the fuck is up.
I think the shape is supposed to be reminiscent of a gallon jug, where the handle actually fits a grown human’s finger. By scaling it down we’re left with a handle that feels idiotic.
Oh like landau bars on hearses
Theres actually quite a few examples of this kind of thing in the automotive world.
Such as?
Spoilers for one
And those little hole/grille things on the sides in front of the doors that are like fake exhaust ports.
There so you can hook them to a Carabiner and carry them with you. As is tradition.
It’s like no one has heard of hiking syrup before.
There are those h o wonder, and those who DO. and we are the men that DO.
Wait do non-canadians not have the little sixth digit on their hands for carrying these bottles??
Dew claws?
Sadly, no…Our heads also don’t flap about when we talk. Makes it really obvious when you’re an American trying to pass yourself off as Canadian abroad.
Hey! Screw you buddeh!
I’m not your buddeh, guy!
You can get by with just a pinky but it’s tough when you’re still young and in school. Kids can be so mean.
Made for Tommy Shriggly. Can I get a little clap?
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is-is it not where you hold it with your prehensile penis?
Oh, my sweet summer sausage.
I mean… That’s how I’ve been using it. 🤷
I mean that’s not what it was designed for but if it works for you…
Shit who even knows what it was designed for.
Its a useless leftover from when the containers were stone jugs.
They still are. Just melted stone.
Silica is a mineral. aka Quartz and it will melt. Stone jugs are made from clay and is vitrified not melted. its fired in a kiln like brick.
You must be fun at parties!
No I actually mean that, I would listen to this shit drunk until way early morning.
You must be fun at parties!
Same I bet they just laugh and laugh.
Screw that geology rocks!
Well, “vitrified” literally means made glassy, and the process involves melting the silicates in the clay, so there are some similarities.
Only in process and loosely at that. Vitrified clay or brick if you prefer is much harder than silica glass.
What were they for on stone jugs, if they were just as small? Or were they not?
The jugs were not that small and the loop was much bigger. I had my first drink of alcohol out of a stone jug. It was moonshine and the jug had originally been a maple syrup jug.
Hah! Dumb stone agers!
Vestigial handle?
It looks like it’s for a keychain or carabiner. In case you want a hip flask of syrup, I guess.
You mean Canadians don’t have them attached to their belts like a hip flask?
As is the fashion of the time!
I’d rock that with a beefy retractable lanyard reel (?)
it’s to keep the butthole from closing around the top in a manner that would be dangerous.
Behind every OSHA directive there is a harrowing tale.
You’re telling me I’m supposed to stop before the loop?
depends on where you start. ;)
Depends on skill level really.
Same thing with tiny coffee cups. What the fuck is up with that. I can pinch it sure, but I don’t wanna.
Dunno origin, but id throw a rope or small chain into loop and attach next to saddle of my horse or maybe belt of my pants, so i’d keep it around all the time. It’s for carrying.
Do you even have a horse? Or pants?
Yes
