The butterfly would flutter for a few moments, sink to the bottom of the jar, and slowly expire.
But the reality is that she opened the jar out of simple curiosity and not as a malicious act.
Former and current Google interviewers have told me that the best answer they've heard is: Jump out of the jar.
The jar, a different one this time, contained no cockroach, and the hat held by Wardlaw was different as well.
Investors no longer guess how many jellybeans are in the jar, but what other people's guesses might turn out to be.
They just about get away with it, which is more than can be said for the interpretation of Thin Lizzy's Whiskey In The Jar.
Similarly, pass up the free food samples at the supermarket and the jar of jelly beans or cookies in the coffee room at the office (unless they're in individual packages).
Now, when I was a kid and I got caught with my hand in the cookie jar, I sort of turned red, shrugged my shoulders and take my hand out of the cookie jar.
Klots, recommended a more complicated method of transfer that involved holding the handle between one's thighs, grasping the bag just below the butterfly, slipping the jar into the net, and coaxing the butterfly into the jar.
Now, you know, when I was a kid, and I got my hand caught in the cookie jar -- (laughter) -- well, my face sort of turned red and I took my hand out of the cookie jar. (Laughter.) Not Governor Romney.
While more people stopped by in case of the 24-jar display, the number that bought was 10-times less than the 6-jar scenario (3% vs. 30%).
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The killing jar was introduced in the 1850s, after the royal physician used chloroform to ease the delivery of Queen Victoria's eighth child, and net-wielding country vicars across Great Britain realized they could amass their collections of marbled whites and Camberwell beauties without overt violence.
The coins, mainly bronze Nummi, were found in layers within the clay jar, with those at the top dating from between 333-335 AD, and the coins at the bottom at least 10 years older.
The living room now has cedar walls from an old barn and is filled with works by local artists and knickknacks on the walls and shelves, from the Collings custom acoustic guitar Ms. Prettyman bought when she first started doing well to the glass jar Mr. Mraz used to hold the ring he proposed to her with.
They raided the cookie jar on an industrial scale, till they were morbidly obese, but their parents - the regulators - saw them as the picture of health.
The obituary didn't jar the stock: Even though it was an official obit, there were plenty of disclaimers on top from the reporter who was warning editors not to press the "print" button.
They looked as sheepish as the kid caught with his hand in the cookie jar.
Each juror, starting with Edwards, li fts the lid on the glass jar and takes a deep sniff.
Sometimes you have to think outside the pickle jar and take a chance.
When you get home, your self-control is so exhausted that you kick the cat or reach for the cookie jar.
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As any parent can tell you, the fruit bowl always needs to be easier to reach than the cookie jar.
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Fannie Mae lied about its finances and policies and paid politicians who supported the GSEs and raided the cookie jar for itself.
There ought to be at least a nickel's width of clearance between the whirring blades and the bottom or sides of the blender jar.
Thirty years later, a friend of mine dabbed some spot remover on a sofa, and I instantly recognized the smell of the killing jar.
More than half of all revenue comes from the tip jar.
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One day, she had a meltdown when she realized the glass jar that was used for her proposal had been sitting by her sofa for months.
Not one has been a blockbuster, although Davison says Home Depot (nyse: HD - news - people ) is doing a private-label version of the Magna Jar.
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