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It works. How to remove a cork that is stuck inside the wine bottle. (Original Post)
Baitball Blogger
Aug 2014
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Scuba
(53,475 posts)1. A hammer is faster.
Baitball Blogger
(46,684 posts)2. I looked like a genius when I got the cork out on the first try.
Bonus: No clean up using the plastic garbage bag method.
Scuba
(53,475 posts)3. That is pretty slick.
Baitball Blogger
(46,684 posts)4. The hard part was empting the botle.
<hick>
sir pball
(4,737 posts)11. Or a saber..
OffWithTheirHeads
(10,337 posts)5. Why would I leave a cork in a wine bottle?
Open bottle, drink wine, throw empty away.
To quote W.C. Fields "We were lost in the wilds of Afganistan. Lost our corkscreww and were forced to subsist on food and wter for several days"
Baitball Blogger
(46,684 posts)6. Too bad W.C. Fields didn't have access to the internet.
OffWithTheirHeads
(10,337 posts)7. Cool!
arcane1
(38,613 posts)9. GMTA!
liberal N proud
(60,332 posts)12. Now that could be useful
I have been in traveling and needed to open a bottle of wine without a corkscrew.
Baitball Blogger
(46,684 posts)13. Make sure you pack a good pair of leather winchesters.
arcane1
(38,613 posts)8. If there's no opener, you can press the cork through to open it. Or...
you can do it this way:
OffWithTheirHeads
(10,337 posts)10. I ALWAYS have an opener
vanlassie
(5,663 posts)19. I did that in a hotel room once!! After googling in desperation!
PoliticAverse
(26,366 posts)14. See this problem is why you should only buy wine with screw on tops...
NightWatcher
(39,343 posts)15. Hell, buy it by the box. Those screw tops can be tough too
Baitball Blogger
(46,684 posts)18. I think Roscato has a screw on top.
Somedays, that's the only wine I can handle. And even only a few sips.
Eyerish
(1,495 posts)16. Oh my...he's purdy...
oh yeah...that's a cool trick too
Baitball Blogger
(46,684 posts)17. For one night, he was my personal Neil deGrasse Tyson