The next time you find yourself somewhere without a corkscrew, try the technique in this video before you buy one. If you’ve got a shoe and a wall, you might be able to tap the cork out with a few carefully controlled smacks.
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awesome! I’ll have to remember that
Mezmerized – but will it work in real life?
It actually does work. I was visiting my brother in Philly about three months ago, and we realized he didn’t have a corkscrew for the bottle we were about to open.
I grabbed my shoe, took the bottle and banged it against the wall repeatedly (esconsed in my shoe). It took about a minute, really not bad at all.
Now don’t go banging holes in your sheetrock walls. That wall looks like cement. Nice trick tho.
or make sure that there is a stud behinfd the drywall.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zv8RvNxy6uM
A more “real-life” example
Don’t try this with anything sparkling. The explosion is messy.
Most corks in sparklers don’t require a corkscrew anyway, just take off the wire cage, hold the cork, twist the bottle. The main exception being some Prosecco’s.
This is OLD NEWS!!!! (Oh, and it works) : D
I’ll have to try this…very shortly.
I call BS. What Frenchman doesn’t have a corkscrew with him at all times?
Will it bruise my grape juice ?