Just want to get suggestions from personal experiences or from ideas anyone has heard about. Thanks.
2007-06-02 06:40:09 · 14 answers · asked by Anonymous in Food & Drink ➔ Beer, Wine & Spirits
Use a cigarette lighter.
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.
2007-06-02 06:44:27 · answer #1 · answered by dw_ryan 3 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Nothing works like a good, old-fashioned "church key" opener, but here are some other things that I've used in emergencies:
a Bic cigarette lighter
a belt buckle
an automobile seat belt buckle (these work REALLY well)
the edge of a formica or stone countertop. Don't use a wooden table; you'll scratch the wood.
a nutcracker (the metal kind, not the wooden-soldier kind)
Although it's been mentioned here already, I don't recommend using your teeth. Nothing says "manly man" like crying because of a cracked tooth.
2007-06-02 07:07:56 · answer #2 · answered by What the Deuce?! 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Slip the bottle cap under the sting of the washing room counter. Has worked for me in a pinch! Or, you are able to basically call homestead projects and ask them to deliver you a bottle opener . . .
2016-10-09 07:53:27 · answer #3 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Pry it open with something (even a butter knife!), or just align the cap on a counter or table and give it a good whack with your hand. Just don't use your teeth!
2007-06-02 06:46:00 · answer #4 · answered by chefgrille 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
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2017-01-25 02:43:32 · answer #5 · answered by Judy 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Using a lighter or the edge of a table.
2007-06-02 06:47:00 · answer #6 · answered by prekinpdx 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Expand the fluted skirt of the cap with any flat blade like a screwdriver.!!!
2007-06-02 06:45:04 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
be a man and use your teeth. Or you can just try the edge of a hardwood table
2007-06-02 06:44:28 · answer #8 · answered by justin 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I have used coins in a pinch, quarter works best for me.
2007-06-02 09:05:27 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Twist it off unless your drinking corona
2007-06-02 06:45:30 · answer #10 · answered by Derrick D 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋