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Keeping shampoo bottles sealed in airplanes.
2004-07-13, 1:46 PM #1
I'm going on a trip to england for three weeks, and I'm packing my bags now. Now, it has been brought to my attention that shampoo bottles often pop open during the flights, because of the air pressure changing.

Does anyone have any tricks of stopping this? My mom wants to duct tape the lid on, and then put it in a thousand zip lock bags.. I want to know if there's anything simpler.

Thanks!

[http://www.teatreeoil.co.jp/items/shampoo.jpg]

Bottles like this.

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2004-07-13, 1:48 PM #2
Don't... bring... shampoo? I never bring my own, I just use the shampoo supplied where I'm at. [http://forums.massassi.net/html/tongue.gif]
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2004-07-13, 1:49 PM #3
One ziploc-bag should do...or you can steal all the hotel shampoo.
>.>
<.<

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[This message has been edited by SAJN_Master (edited July 13, 2004).]
Think while it's still legal.
2004-07-13, 1:49 PM #4
Maybe he needs special shampoo.

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2004-07-13, 1:50 PM #5
they do sell shampoo in England.
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2004-07-13, 1:52 PM #6
Yeah, suuuuuuure they do. And I bet they sell TOOTHBRUSHES as well?!?! Bwaaaaaahahaha.

That was a horrible joke. [http://forums.massassi.net/html/frown.gif]

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2004-07-13, 1:54 PM #7
don't worry about it, you've made a whole range of rubbish jokes today.
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2004-07-13, 1:54 PM #8
i don't get it...

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2004-07-13, 1:56 PM #9
Bags of chips do the same thing*, it's funny to watch them expand and then blow up. Try it.

*NOTE this only works on unopened bags.

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2004-07-13, 1:57 PM #10
i've never been on a plane.

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2004-07-13, 1:59 PM #11
Quote:
<font face="Verdana, Arial" size="2">
We buried the body of our favorite mate
In an empty piano crate
In a purple sweater and green wool cap
He looked like an eggplant dressed like that

The captain recited a eulogy
And lowered the sacrifice into the sea
Took out our silk cuts and had us a smoke
And drank a toast to our sinking boat

Death you cannot cheat
Death you cannot cheat
Unless you're rotten as british teeth

The hole in the boat continued to feed
It guzzled the unbottled briny sea
Captain said to lighten the load at any cost
But the ship kept taking on more than she lost

Death you cannot cheat
Death you cannot cheat
Unless you're rotten as british teeth

The boat disappeared into the sea
Swallowed by the meal on which she did feed
Captain stood on his crew submerged
To be plucked from the heavens by a helicopter
</font>


It's just an old joke, all the old cartoons and lots of movies always portray the British as having horrible teeth. Austin Powers for example.

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Think while it's still legal.
2004-07-13, 2:01 PM #12
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<font face="Verdana, Arial" size="2">Originally posted by DeTRiTiC-iQ:
they do sell shampoo in England.</font>


Liar, everyone knows Brits don't wash.

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2004-07-13, 2:01 PM #13
Ooook. Nine completely unhelpful posts.

I need shampoo, or else my hair turns into a sentient afro who's sole purpose in life is to be the bane of my existance and to destroy all I hold dear.

I can't steal the hotel shampoo because I'm not staying in a hotel.

While I'm surprised that you Brits have discovered shampoo this soon into your meager evolution, I'm not sure when I'll be able to get my hands on a bottle, and if I don't wash my hair with shampoo... <see above.>

Now... onto the helpful posts! Go forth, valiant steed!

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2004-07-13, 2:03 PM #14
afros are pimp.

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2004-07-13, 2:07 PM #15
WTF Pimp. Do you need to reply in every topic, starting with 'I don't understand'?!
DO NOT WANT.
2004-07-13, 2:07 PM #16
yeah.

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2004-07-13, 2:10 PM #17
zell: if your hobby is "impressing the ladytypes." then why are you cussing at me? pshhhh

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2004-07-13, 2:12 PM #18
put it in a screw cap bottle.

shampoo is transferrable.

bottle dont go pop.

everyone happy.

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2004-07-13, 2:12 PM #19
Heh. That's not my hobby. I wrote that at least a year ago, and it was kind of, you know, a joke. Plus, I'm not cussing at you, really. Asking a question.

Damn, I gotta go change that 'hobby'. It sucks. :/
DO NOT WANT.
2004-07-13, 2:13 PM #20
Yogurt.. your a meanie. : )

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2004-07-13, 2:15 PM #21
Nay lassie.

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2004-07-13, 2:16 PM #22
Quote:
<font face="Verdana, Arial" size="2">Originally posted by Septic Yogurt:
Nay lassie.

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huh?



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2004-07-13, 2:18 PM #23
Right.
Steps to fixing this thread:


1. Go to Gas station.
2. Fill up several containers with gasoline.
3. Pour around thread.
4. Light a match.
5. ???
6. Profit!

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2004-07-13, 2:19 PM #24
Hahahaha. Nice.
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2004-07-13, 2:20 PM #25
Why do they pop exactly? Is it because the shampoo expands under pressure and doesn't fit in the bottle? If that's it, you could just put it in 2 half filled bottles. Or, you could just shave your head.

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2004-07-13, 2:21 PM #26
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<font face="Verdana, Arial" size="2">huh?
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2004-07-13, 2:25 PM #27
yeah well poop on you.

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2004-07-13, 2:27 PM #28
Profit!!!


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2004-07-13, 2:29 PM #29
Burned, pwned, and schooled multiple times, Kieran! 'Poop on you'... owch! [http://forums.massassi.net/html/rolleyes.gif]
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2004-07-13, 2:30 PM #30
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<font face="Verdana, Arial" size="2">Originally posted by Flexor:
Why do they pop exactly? Is it because the shampoo expands under pressure and doesn't fit in the bottle? If that's it, you could just put it in 2 half filled bottles. Or, you could just shave your head.

</font>


I assume that the air pressure decreases as you go up, and that causes the air to expand and take up more volume, causing the lid to pop off. I told my mom we should just open the lid.. because it's the kind you push down on and there's the little whole on the other side that comes up, but she said that it would just leak everywhere. *shrug*

And seb- I profit. Not you.

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2004-07-13, 2:35 PM #31
Quote:
<font face="Verdana, Arial" size="2">Originally posted by Flexor:
Why do they pop exactly? Is it because the shampoo expands under pressure and doesn't fit in the bottle? If that's it, you could just put it in 2 half filled bottles. Or, you could just shave your head.

</font>


The air pressure inside a plane changes as you ascend. As you go higher, the air pressure drops (thinner atmosphere). I think planes have systems to compensate for this (correct me if Im wrong) but its never perfect. That is why your ears "pop" during flights. Same thing happens with sealed containers, the air pressure on the inside is greater than the outside and the container pops open.

I agree with the person above who said to transfer your shampoo into a container with a screw cap lid.
2004-07-13, 2:44 PM #32
Have I been saying shampoo this whole thread? Oops. Silly me. I meant conditioner.

I transfered the shampoo into the screwlidcaps, but the conditioner I use is like molasses and won't pour out. It just sits on the top of the container... *stab*

Anyway. I'm just going to take Det's suggestion and buy some conditioner while I'm there. Thanks.

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2004-07-13, 2:49 PM #33
Your mom's original idea will probably work too. I don't think the pressure difference will be so great that tape (especially ducttape) won't be enough to keep the lid closed. You don't need 1000 ziplock bags however. One will do.
2004-07-13, 2:50 PM #34
all this argueing for no purpose, thanks a lot dud [http://forums.massassi.net/html/tongue.gif]

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2004-07-13, 2:55 PM #35
I wouldn't say no purpose. You've all aggrivated me to no end. (In a funny way)

And not really. I mean.. it's the same thing. Kinda.

And I was exaggerating with the 1000 bags. We were going to use three tops.

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2004-07-13, 2:57 PM #36
my mom took shampoo with her every time we flew up to annapolis... never had a problem like that :O

just stick it in a ziplock bag. pressure shouldn't change that much... if it does I'd think there's got to be a hole in the plane. [http://forums.massassi.net/html/wink.gif]

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2004-07-13, 2:58 PM #37
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<font face="Verdana, Arial" size="2">Originally posted by PimpQueenLars:
yeah well poop on you.

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Listen, I don't hate you or anything....but you had better be blonde, drunk, or high.

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2004-07-13, 2:58 PM #38
Oooooh another thought: simply bring a full bottle, i.e. one with no air in it. That way, there is no air to expand and pop the top off.

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2004-07-13, 3:01 PM #39
Uh, I just got back from Sweden...none of my shampoo busted open and neither did anything else that was sealed...

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2004-07-13, 3:10 PM #40
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<font face="Verdana, Arial" size="2">Originally posted by PimpQueenLars:
i've never been on a plane.

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Me neither.
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