We're having a nice, relaxing four day weekend. Aside from the minor annoyance of the HOA forcing a nationalistic display in my yard, it's been heavenly.
So last night, I decided it was a good time to drink the raspberry lambic beer I had stashed in the fridge. I snag my trusty bottle opener, pop the top – and stare in dismay at the cork blocking my enjoyment of raspberry goodness.
A cork?!? We don't own a corkscrew. We don't drink wine. The closest thing to wine I ever drink are wine coolers, and they definitely don't have a cork.
Guess I need to go buy a corkscrew.
Corks suck. :( Every time I come across one (which rarely happens, because I don’t drink wine either, but occasionally I cook with it), I have to go hunting for my ancient Swiss Army knife.
Do you have a large screw and a claw hammer? Sounds crazy, but in a pinch in a few times I have screwed a large screw well down into the cork and used the claw part of the hammer to pull out the cork. Sometimes it works cleanly and sometimes it breaks the cork to bits … but the end result is the same, you get to drink the goodness you were trying to get at. :D
LOL – I love it!
But, we went out today and picked one up. Every bar needs a corkscrew, right? Even if we don’t drink wine?
Wicked cool bar. Yup, if you own a bar like that, I think having a cork screw is mandatory. :D
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A corkscrew is very handy not only for opening bottles, but also for poking out the eyes of annoying family members.
I’m just sayin’.
My boss got me a really nice bottle of wine for Christmas and I have yet to drink it because I don’t own a corkscrew and I keep forgetting to buy one!
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