aarrrggghhhhh! NO corkscrew!

[g3rrd]

... just finished all the peeling and prep work everything ready to go.

Sitting here on my lonesome and relaxing before the mad rush.

Time for my first glass of red wine and nO $^*** corkscrew to be had anywhere!

Now do I chance being a little further gone than planned and open the bottle of Jamesons?

[Red Kite]

g3rrd said:

... just finished all the peeling and prep work everything ready to go.

Sitting here on my lonesome and relaxing before the mad rush.

Time for my first glass of red wine and nO $^*** corkscrew to be had anywhere!

Now do I chance being a little further gone than planned and open the bottle of Jamesons?

er, next door neighbours?
999?

[BB-Q]

I'm guessing you were never a boy scout/girl guide?

I always have a spare available in my overnight bag- I cannot imagine the trauma you must be suffering right now!

Edited by BB-Q on Thursday 25th December 13:29

[Crusoe]

Deft flick with a small sword should solve the problem

[g3rrd]

BB-Q said:

I cannot imagine the trauma you must be suffering right now!

Red Kite said:

er, next door neighbours? 999?

Neighbours are ste, wouldnt give them the opportunity of saying no!

... must go flashing blues have just screeched to a stop outside...

[g3rrd]

Crusoe said:

Deft flick with a small sword should solve the problem

Strangely enough the phantom corkscrew pilferer has also taken my small sword...

[XJSJohn]

This has happened to me before on occasion ....

Philips screw driver, just push the cork into the bottle.

Be careful as there will be a lot of back pressure then suddenly it will go but workes every time there is a cricis!

[fizz876]

When at uni...came accross this problem a fair few times.. All you needed was a Bic pen and push the cork into the bottle.....

[BoRED S2upid]

Push it into the bottle or smash the top off of the damn thing. You WILL get into that bottle.

[Obi Wan]

Crusoe said:

Deft flick with a small sword should solve the problem

Is that a euphemism for penis?

[matt12023]

push cork into bottle, then biggish knot on end of string push past cork till knot under cork, then pull it up so knot wedged under cork, pull up, job done

[ali_kat]

Check it isn't a screw top!

Push the cork in with a Phillips screwdriver - in fact, you can just screw the screwdriver into it and pull the cork out

[Red Kite]

He hasn't been back. I reckon the Jamesons won.

[TheEnd]

There was a curious trick where you would repeatedly tap the bottle, and the cork would make its way out, but that might only work on fizzy pop.


http://www.wikihow.com/Open-a-Wine-Bottle-Without-...

LOL, sword method is at number 3...

how many people have more swords that corkscrews?

[g3rrd]

Afraid still here stone cold sober. Its one of those dammed false cork things.

Proving to be a tad stubborn, I can not shift the sod*ing thing. Jamesons it is!

[ali_kat]

Def screwdriver

[TheEnd]

g3rrd said:

Afraid still here stone cold sober. Its one of those dammed false cork things.

You mean a screw top?

[AngryS3Owner]

Just do what I did and watch the nice bottle of red roll out of the boot of your car onto the concrete drive, that opened it pretty fast

[Mill Wheel]

g3rrd said:

Afraid still here stone cold sober. Its one of those dammed false cork things.

Proving to be a tad stubborn, I can not shift the sod*ing thing. Jamesons it is!

Got a drill?
Failing that, I'm at a loose end until the in laws turn up - I could drive over with my Swiss Army pen knife which HAS a corkscrew. I'm in Cumbria!!

[Disco_Dale]

Wood screw and a pair of pliers. Don't knock the cork into the bottle with a screwdriver. Thats grim.