How do you open envelopes?

[Syringer]

If it's from a business or something, I go from the flap..if it's personal and likely to be licked, I go from the side.

 

[amcdonald]

I don't open my own mail, I have my dog do it in case there's any anthrax. he's expendable.

 

[Lonyo]

I use a letter opener on the longest edge.

 

[Gunslinger08]

Rip a corner off, tear across the top.

 

[dighn]

i tear it up from the flap

 

[Zim Hosein]

Originally posted by: amcdonald
I don't open my own mail, I have my dog do it in case there's any anthrax. he's expendable.

:Q

 

[LordRaiden]

Blowtorch? Flame thrower? Large shreader?

Oh wait, you said open, not obliterate. 😉

Yeah, knife.

 

[Electric Amish]

Usually the flap with my pocket knife.

I used to rip the edge, but got too many inserts that were exactly the same width as the envelope.

if it's personal and likely to be licked, I go from the side.

Jesus! Paranoid much?

 

[pyonir]

Originally posted by: Lonyo
I use a letter opener on the longest edge.

 

[atom]

I have a fridge magnet/letter opener.

 

[GroundZero]

bandsaw

 

[bandana163]

I always use steak knives. Opened in a single cut!

 

[blackdogdeek]

manually rip flap

 

I stick my finger under the flap and rip the adhesive.

 

[SCSIfreek]

with my hands!!! 😀

 

[shekondar]

Depends. If it's a credit card ad, I open it with my paper shredder.

 

[Bootprint]

Down the middle, then tape the contents back together...

 

[NikPreviousAcct]

I run my finger under the flap and rip straight to the top of the envelope. Then I stick my finger into the recently made hole and pull down the length of the top of the envelope. This leaves the flap still glued in place and the top of the envelope opened.

 

[SarcasticDwarf]

4" switchblade

 

[sharkeeper]

I have a RTG powered (15 kilocuries of plutonium-238) 808nM pump (125W CW!) with a custom collimator sitting on my desk. We CNC machined a nice rip fence specifically for envelopes. It can open over 5,000 letters per hour. $600,000 taxpayer extended warranty still in affect.

-DAK-

 

[Howard]

Little Boy Bomb Mk. 4

 

[tw1164]

Originally posted by: pyonir

I use a letter opener on the longest edge.

 

[Encryptic]

Originally posted by: jumpr
I stick my finger under the flap and rip the adhesive.

 

[RossMAN]

Originally posted by: tw1164

Originally posted by: pyonir

I use a letter opener on the longest edge.

This is my preferred weapon of choice.

 

[pyonir]

Originally posted by: RossMAN

Originally posted by: tw1164

Originally posted by: pyonir

I use a letter opener on the longest edge.

This is my preferred weapon of choice.

The one I use is a Brass one that was personalized (engraved), i got for free from Hot Deals a couple years back. 😀