Ok this has bothered me now to the point of creating a post....

Which direction (clockwise or counter-clockwise) do you twist a Twist Tie in order to seal something (i.e. bread bag, garbage bag, ets.). I always twist the tie clockwise to "seal" something because almost everything turns clockwise to close, seal, turn off, or stop. Yet when I buy something from the store it more often than not comes with the tie twisted counter-clockwise. And then after sealing something at home with a clockwise twisted tie, I will then later find it re-sealed in a counterclockwise direction after my son has goteen into it.... It's just one of those things that bugs me, kind of like the rolling direction of toilet paper rolls.

yeah, I've been wondering where those factories find all the left-handed people to put them on the bags. It's aggravating, for sure.

I usually clip off any twist ties, why does you son twist them counter-clockwise?

wanna have some fun.. Grab a loaf of bread, twist tie it first normally, then pinch it in the middle a little, and twist it up the other way too.. REALLY PISSES PEOPLE OFF! lol..

quote Originally posted by FieroRumor: I usually clip off any twist ties, why does you son twist them counter-clockwise?

When I asked he said "why does it matter" ?.........I guess it really doesn't but for some reason it still irks me.

BTW... I am left handed, but, do not twist them counter-clockwise...

quote Originally posted by Jonesy: wanna have some fun.. Grab a loaf of bread, twist tie it first normally, then pinch it in the middle a little, and twist it up the other way too.. REALLY PISSES PEOPLE OFF! lol..

Oh, you are evil.....................I like it. Clockwise for me.

Jim

EVERYONE needs to teach their kids at a young age - "Lefty loosie righty tighty!" This goes for twist ties as well!

quote Originally posted by Cheever3000: yeah, I've been wondering where those factories find all the left-handed people to put them on the bags. It's aggravating, for sure.

It's about time you right handers get just a glimpse of what us lefties have to put up with! lol

Doug (a proud left hander)

quote Originally posted by doug.s: It's about time you right handers get just a glimpse of what us lefties have to put up with! lol Doug (a proud left hander)

Freak!

Jim

quote Originally posted by doug.s: It's about time you right handers get just a glimpse of what us lefties have to put up with! lol Doug (a proud left hander)

Racist!

I don't have any set way. I guess it just depends on how my hand is situated when I grab it as to which way I spin it.

quote Originally posted by Jonesy: wanna have some fun.. Grab a loaf of bread, twist tie it first normally, then pinch it in the middle a little, and twist it up the other way too.. REALLY PISSES PEOPLE OFF! lol..

YES!!!! I used to do that to my Sisters all the time growing up!!

quote Originally posted by jimbolaya: Freak! Jim

I feel the love!

Take it off, throw it away, twist clockwise and tuck under.

Steve

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quote Originally posted by 84fiero123: Take it off, throw it away, twist clockwise and tuck under. Steve

*like*

Throw the twist tie in the sink, grab the bag, spin it, put the tounge under the bag on the counter.....

Twist tie goes in trash.

quote Originally posted by MidEngineManiac: Throw the twist tie in the sink, grab the bag, spin it, put the tounge under the bag on the counter..... Twist tie goes in trash.

/agree, though I suspend the article in the air and spin the main part clockwise while I hold the top of the bag, which I guess put's a counter clockwise twist in the bag.

You can do what my boys do. Open bread, leave twist tie off, leave lid off PB & J jars, and then deny everything, even with the evidence on their breath and lips.

Jim

I braid them as a weightloss booster.....for my wife!
I'm going to hadies for sure.

Clockwise, and the turns must be neat and tight!

But on the other hand, who uses twist ties after the initial opening?!?!

Ask an electrician which way to twist wires.

quote Originally posted by spark1: Ask an electrician which way to twist wires.

Funny you mention that, because I twist electrical wires and twisty-ties the same way: clockwise. And I'm a lefty.

quote Originally posted by spark1: Ask an electrician which way to twist wires.

That would have to be clockwise so you can thread a wire nut on them...

How many hold the bag end and spin the bread?

People can still afford bread?

quote Originally posted by maryjane: People can still afford bread?

It's what I get paid in...

quote Originally posted by 84fiero123: Take it off, throw it away, twist clockwise and tuck under. Steve

I've been wondering what we had in common. Now I know.

I use spark1's method, fold the end underneath and place the bread away. My wife spins it, then folds the end of the bag back over the bread. Save the little plastic closers from the bagles bag. Twist the bag and then just slide them on.

quote Originally posted by spark1: How many hold the bag end and spin the bread?

Me.

right tighty lefty loosey

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quote Originally posted by jimbolaya: You can do what my boys do. Open bread, leave twist tie off, leave lid off PB & J jars, and then deny everything, even with the evidence on their breath and lips. Jim

Hey that's my 17 y/o

Maybe we have so manny (pun intended) imigrants from the southern hemisphere, that opposite is now the correct direction

quote Originally posted by doug.s: Doug (a proud left hander)

"Look, Doug, I'm not a bigot. You know the kind of books I've written about the civil rights movement in this country. But when I get on the plane, I got to tell you, if I see people who are left handed and I think, you know, they are identifying themselves first and foremost as 'south paws', I get worried. I get nervous."

quote Originally posted by FieroRumor: "Look, Doug, I'm not a bigot. You know the kind of books I've written about the civil rights movement in this country. But when I get on the plane, I got to tell you, if I see people who are left handed and I think, you know, they are identifying themselves first and foremost as 'south paws', I get worried. I get nervous."

Be afraid, be very afraid...we will take over the universe and you will bow before us.

quote Originally posted by InTheLead: right tighty lefty loosey

GREAT DATING ADVICE,

quote Originally posted by FieroRumor: "Look, Doug, I'm not a bigot. You know the kind of books I've written about the civil rights movement in this country. But when I get on the plane, I got to tell you, if I see people who are left handed and I think, you know, they are identifying themselves first and foremost as 'south paws', I get worried. I get nervous."

You're fired Rumor! You just violated our behavior policy for PFF.

Jim

next thing you know some one is going to post a thread about left handed screw driver
and short circuit fuses

Another South Paw here and the twist tie goes back on clockwise. And the TP comes off the TOP of the roll, not the bottom of the roll.

No more than two spins on the twist tie damnit

Opened a new bag of hamberger buns earlier tonight.......it was sealed twisted counter-clockwise with about 8 twists! Arrrrrgg!