2006-09-10 20:36:05 · 13 answers · asked by Hirni, the brain 3 in Education & Reference ➔ Trivia
This trick will hold you in good stead for many years of beer drinking. The cheap, flat-sided lighters work best, but any of the common disposable types, or for that matter any similarly sized and shaped hard object will work.
Step 1: Firmly grasp the top of the neck, such that the web of your thumb is flush with the bottom of the cap.
Step 2: Insert your lighter between your first finger and the bottom of the cap. The proper position is centered between the base of your finger and your first knuckle, with the lighter perpendicular to your finger-bone, and straight out from the bottle. You should be able to hold the lighter in place with the pressure between your finger and the sharp edge on the cap.
Step 3: Now, this is the important part. While grasping the bottle's neck firmly, use your other hand to leverage the lighter down (kind of like trying to wrap the lighter's free end around your finger), using your finger as the fulcrum. The leverage should enable you to quickly and smoothly pop off the cap without causing any pain. If your finger is hurting you when you apply pressure, try readjusting your grip on the bottle.
This can be slightly difficult the first couple of times you try it, but just a little practice, and you'll never have to ask, "Does anyone have a bottle-opener?" again.
2006-09-10 20:47:14 · answer #1 · answered by Prince V 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
This one works on glass bottles but it cuts the bottle in half:
- soak a piece of string in gasoline or kerosene
- tie the string lengthwise along the bottle i.e. over the bottom down one side, over the top, down the other side
- set fire to the string
- after it burns out (~10 seconds), it will have heated the bottle up only along the line where the string was. Now, tap the bottle sharply against a step or edge and it will cleanly break along the line.
(My brother and I tried this, it works.)
2006-09-10 20:52:22 · answer #2 · answered by smci 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
just use a bottle opener. Not really "profound", but cheap. lol
2006-09-10 20:37:59 · answer #3 · answered by catwomanmeeeeow 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
My Swiss Army knife has a bottle opener, and if that doesn't work, there are 16 other tools to try.
2006-09-10 20:38:17 · answer #4 · answered by knewknickname 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
A 2-inch nail buried half-way into wood and with the nailhead bent is good enough to pop that bottlecap.
The lighter method is good... so is the spoon, and for some, even their teeth! Sheesh...!
2006-09-10 21:09:57 · answer #5 · answered by Bummerang 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Just take a thick rubber band, and it works like magic.. I use it all the time it works on jars the same way.
2006-09-14 12:33:00 · answer #6 · answered by lennie 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
take a so called "bottle opener"
2006-09-11 07:38:55 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Throw it against a brick wall, that will open it.
2006-09-11 11:04:27 · answer #8 · answered by Julie A 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
glass cutter?
another bottle upside down?
2006-09-10 20:43:12 · answer #9 · answered by novangelis 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
jar it in a door and twist or cover it with a rag and twist as hard as you can
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2006-09-10 20:38:46 · answer #10 · answered by absoluteao 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋