How to open a wine bottle without a corkscrew

[gravenewworld]

Of course it takes a Frenchman to figure this one out:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=0CCl17__Hok

 

[ThomasT]

Of course it takes a Frenchman to figure this one out:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=0CCl17__Hok

This seems to be an ingeniously simple application of the laws of physics. But I'm not sure. Have you tried it?

 

[Greg Bernhardt]

I wonder if it depends on the type of wine? Any translations? :)

 

[Jimmy Snyder]

Zut alors.

 

[gravenewworld]

This seems to be an ingeniously simple application of the laws of physics. But I'm not sure. Have you tried it?

Not yet. Might try it on a cheap bottle of cooking wine sometime if I remember. There's another video on the side where they essentially do the same thing, but instead of using a shoe, use a phonebook and slam the wine on it.

 

[ThomasT]

Not yet. Might try it on a cheap bottle of cooking wine sometime if I remember. There's another video on the side where they essentially do the same thing, but instead of using a shoe, use a phonebook and slam the wine on it.

I'll try to remember to try both methods tomorrow.

 

[lisab]

 

[Greg Bernhardt]

I'll try to remember to try both methods tomorrow.

make a video :)

 

[Monique]

I wonder if it depends on the type of wine? Any translations? :)

I'd only use white, at least for the first few tries

 

[ThomasT]

make a video :)

I will (sometime this evening probably). Good suggestion.

 

[ThomasT]

 

[gravenewworld]

Good job.

 

[Jimmy Snyder]

That's nothing, the real trick is to put your shoes on after you've had a bottle of wine.

 

[ThomasT]

Good job.

Thanks. And thanks for posting this thread.

That's nothing, the real trick is to put your shoes on after you've had a bottle of wine.

 

[lisab]

It looks like both Thomas and the OP used a solid surface - vertical, in both cases. But would it have to be vertical? I would think not.

 

[ThomasT]

It looks like both Thomas and the OP used a solid surface - vertical, in both cases. But would it have to be vertical? I would think not.

I used the wall next to my side door, because I didn't want to damage any inside walls. I wondered about just hitting it on my floor, which is tile throughout the house, but thought it easier, and safer, just to hit the outside wall. Anyway, you've asked an interesting empirical question. We anxiously await the results of your experiment.