Zipped In

So what happens when your Mini-Me experiences a Something About Mary moment? There's an app for that! Ok not really, but there is an article because it can be "a painful predicament that can be made worse by overzealous intervention." Apparently mineral oil can be your best friend, fellas. Failing that there are 2 different zipper cutting methods. The fastest of which is the "cutting the closed teeth of the zipper" method, which will save you approximately 65.3 seconds of pain.

I love science :-)

Here's the journal article: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/2373840

and since you can't read much of it at all, here's the summary: http://www.ncemi.org/cse/cse1113.htm

Here's the abstract of the study comparing 2 methods: http://www.journals.elsevierhealth.com/periodicals/yajem/article/PIIS0735675705000719/abstract