Tragedy Averted

[echnidna]

My daughter just broke the corkscrew and couldn't open the bottle of wine.

Ah well - out to the shed and drill a 10mm hole right through the cork.

Relief

[Bluegum]

Just goes to show, nececity is the mother of invetion.

[tameriska]

I can't talk, couldnt find the can opener one day.

Anyone else opened a can of soup with a hammer and chisel?

[Terry B]

My daughter just broke the corkscrew and couldn't open the bottle of wine.

Ah well - out to the shed and drill a 10mm hole right through the cork.

Relief

So what was wrong with pushing the cork into the bottle just like every student learns to do.

[echnidna]

She's at the age she knows more than the old man so I just humor her

[Skew ChiDAMN!!]

I can't talk, couldnt find the can opener one day.

Anyone else opened a can of soup with a hammer and chisel?

[sheepishly raises hand]

and Baked Beans, Spaghetti, the Dog's tucker... until someone bought me a can-opener for me burfdy.

[journeyman Mick]

Can't say I've ever drilled out a cork or opened a can with a hammer and chisel, but a 14gauge hex head roofing screw driven into a cork (broken or otherwise) makes it real easy to pull out with a pair of multi grips and cutting the rim off a can is almost as fast and neat with a pair of aviation snips as with a good can opener.

Mick

[craigb]

So what was wrong with pushing the cork into the bottle just like every student learns to do.

Persically!

Bit of a worry if you have to rely on an old woodie before you can get a drink.

[javali]

I can't talk, couldnt find the can opener one day.

Anyone else opened a can of soup with a hammer and chisel?

I wouldn't risk a good chisel on something that can be done with a kitchen knife.

[bsrlee]

I've tried an Axe on a tin, the tin sort-of won as the axe wasn't very sharp, but the tin was very bent. So I changed over to my Gerber Mk.2 and we all ate.

It was a long drive to the nearest town for a tin opener

[Flowboy]

I wouldn't risk a good chisel on something that can be done with a kitchen knife.

:eek: :eek: :eek:

[echnidna]

Good ter know that some of us here wouldn't starve to death if we were stranded in the desert with only a tin of baked beans to eat and no can opener.