Have you ever opened a wine bottle in an unorthodox way?!1 Corked or uncorked!1

[UTUSN]

Using all tools, appropriate or not, that us post-Neans can muster?!1


Then, afterwards, what about pieces of cork in the drink?!1

[Danger Mouse]

1. By smashing it over my relative's head. No pieces of cork in the drink...

but sometimes pieces of skull and brain matter. Still, it adds body.

[skygazer]

2. I used to knock the neck off on the edge of the bar

Then drink from the jagged edge before tossing the whole thing against the wall with a crash and beating up several people in the place.

But that was in my quieter youth. :P

[kedrys]

19. You have to score it with a really sharp blade first

*then* knock the neck off, drink from the jagged edge, toss against the wall, beatings optional. :P

[BrotherBuzz]

3. In a pinch, I would push the cork into the bottle with my finger....

then hold it upside down to let the cork float up while my middle finger stoppered the bottle. No cork in the wine glass, but we had to drink the whole bottle because we were corkless.

[Orrex]

5. If you ask me, it sounds like some kind of fraternity hazing

[BrotherBuzz]

6. Are Cub Scouts considered fraternities?

I kid you not, we held our Cub Scout meetings in a real genuine wine cellar; I learned the cork trick in that cellar.

[Orrex]

7. Be Prepared

Seriously, that's a great anecdote--thanks for sharing!

:hi:

[Orrex]

4. Locking

No sex threads.

[harmonicon]

8. not wine, but mead

Years ago, a friend and I were visiting the friend's brother in London, and we went to do some touristy things, including the tower of London. When we saw the line, we new we needed a few drinks, so we went to a pub and drank for awhile. We faced the line and inside with pleasant drunkenness, but it wore off, so we needed more booze, because we wanted to see more exhibits. The only booze available was in the gift shop: shitty bottles of mead. So, we bought a bottle of mead and hunted around for a stick. I was then able to somehow gouge out the cork with the stick, and we drank the mead wrapped in the giftshop bag. It was awesome. We were loaded. I have a nice picture of that somewhere.

[jberryhill]

9. I had a girlfriend that would just suck the cork out

Sigh... I wonder whatever happened to her.

[rcrush]

10. Wine comes in bottles?

I thought it only came in can form. Boxes for special occasions!

[KatyaR]

11. Many, MANY years ago, New Year's Eve, NYC--

we had a bottle of wine but no corkscrew. A friend used a wire coat hanger to break the cork up; unfortunately, most of it ended up in the bottle.

Nothing like a little "corky" wine with which to celebrate. (Think of it as extra fiber!)

Actually, it's one of my best memories--that was a great New Year's Eve.

[backwoodsbob]

12. wine bottles have corks?

:shrug:

[TrogL]

13. smashed the top off it, drank from it, cut my lip all to hell

[tigereye]

14. yes and yes

I think we used a screwdriver or an awl, or knife, or something equally desperate and foolish.

[Heidi]

15. I have opened a bottle of wine with my Swiss Army knife and drained the cork away,

and rebottled the wine, I'm ashamed to say. x(

[EFerrari]

16. When desparate, I've used a flathead screwdriver and a tack hammer.

:rofl:

[fortyfeetunder]

17. corkscrewed the cork into pieces and filtered off the cork...

one fine wine...

[jmowreader]

18. How about a quarter-inch lag screw?

I had a bottle of wine that needed opening. I had no corkscrew...but I had a box of quarter-inch lag screws. I drove one into the cork, then pulled the cork out with a pair of vise grips. Works great.