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Sasquatch's avatar

The real answer is that the tabs are a design improvement initiated by Old Bay Seasoning to facilitate crab consumption.

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Kathy Arnold's avatar

I spent 2 weeks as an archeology volunteer in the Cook Islands (sand & more sand!). Umu kai nearly every day -- no wandering pig or goat was safe. And the seafood of every kind of was incomparably fresh and good. Imagine our surprise when the old Navy vet in our group whipped out an Old Bay tin and sullied this perfection! We could not persuade him to try the fish as is, and he said he never went anywhere without his tin.

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Gary E Masters's avatar

It could have been a bottle of catsup.

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Sasquatch's avatar

Aye-yi-yi!!!

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Mike Creveling's avatar

For the munificent god crowd, I'd add that the color change ⅓ the way up the Washington Monument is the high water mark from Noah's flood!

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Melissa's avatar

I'm sure it has to do with the crabs getting involved with Sylvester McMonkey McBean.

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Dale of Green Gables's avatar

Don't believe the Southern Maryland Blue Crabs have tabs on their bellies.

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Guy Brandenburg's avatar

Yes they do

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Dale of Green Gables's avatar

Well, you're one up on me. Never saw them without their uniforms.

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Lynn Brezina's avatar

I would have liked different answer options, like, "None of the above", or "A coincidence".

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Stephanie's avatar

Or humans evolved for the express purpose of eating crabs.

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Seth Christenfeld's avatar

are you sure those aren't just the crabs' genitalia?

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Suzanne S Barnhill's avatar

But are we in Belgium? If so, it must be Tuesday.

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Joseph Mat Schech's avatar

…if it’s Wednesday, this must be Rome…

Thanks for the ear worm!

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Jon Gearhart's avatar

I'm not getting the reference. Please explain.

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