Answers to the Food Container Quiz
1 When it's ajar (Jar)
2 Rick Stein
3 Bottle (Bottle & Glass= Arse) to lose ones bottle(nerve) is to lose control of ones sphincter
4 Pot
5 Pan
6 Tankard
7 Bin (bread receptacle)
8 Jean Boht (pronounced 'Boat' as in 'Gravy Boat')
9 Cup
10 Lunch-box
11 A Schooner (a paticular sherry glass)
12 Hamper
13 Mug
14 Bag
15 Glass*
16 Jug
17 Packet
18 a flag-on (actually, a royal house with The Queen in residence flies The Royal Standard, but that does not quite fit the connection!)
19 Demi-John (a one gallon fermenting bottle for wine)
20 A newspaper. at one time the preferred way of wrapping 'take-away' fish and chips. Waxed cardboard containers in some places are still printed to imitate a newspaper.

Glass=barometer:
"The glass is falling by the hour
The glass may fall forever.
And even if you break the glass
You'll no hold up the weather" (can't remember who wrote it!)

CHEERS

Nigel