The problem with wine...
...is that I can't open it!
(1) The first bottle of wine I opened since living on my own I managed to break-up the first half of the cork, with the corkscrew, pushing it INTO the bottle. However, I did manage to get the cork out after quite a battle.
(2) When opening the second bottle of wine - a week later, I'm not turning into an alcoholic just yet - I jammed my thumb into the ridges whilst levering the cork out and proceeded to feel faint for twenty minutes as I had cut my thumb quite badly. I still have only half a "thumbprint". So that corkscrew was thrown in the bin.
(3) I rummaged in the "inherited-utensils" drawer - the next week - to find a different style of corkscrew; one waiters tend to use. So I attempted to use it and lo and behold...I put the corkscrew bit into the cork at completely the wrong angle and spent a good five minutes trying to get it out. Of course I did succeed but it took a while!
(4) So using the "new" corkscrew yesterday I thought, "Hey, I now know not to do it like that so I'll try again." Yep. Managed to *scrunch* a piece of glass off the top of the bottle whilst getting the cork out so, although it was a much more fluid transition from the cork being in the bottle to being out, it was quite dangerous as a shard of glass flew off.
I hope to purchase a safe, Laura friendly, corkscrew tomorrow, fingers crossed!
(1) The first bottle of wine I opened since living on my own I managed to break-up the first half of the cork, with the corkscrew, pushing it INTO the bottle. However, I did manage to get the cork out after quite a battle.
(2) When opening the second bottle of wine - a week later, I'm not turning into an alcoholic just yet - I jammed my thumb into the ridges whilst levering the cork out and proceeded to feel faint for twenty minutes as I had cut my thumb quite badly. I still have only half a "thumbprint". So that corkscrew was thrown in the bin.
(3) I rummaged in the "inherited-utensils" drawer - the next week - to find a different style of corkscrew; one waiters tend to use. So I attempted to use it and lo and behold...I put the corkscrew bit into the cork at completely the wrong angle and spent a good five minutes trying to get it out. Of course I did succeed but it took a while!
(4) So using the "new" corkscrew yesterday I thought, "Hey, I now know not to do it like that so I'll try again." Yep. Managed to *scrunch* a piece of glass off the top of the bottle whilst getting the cork out so, although it was a much more fluid transition from the cork being in the bottle to being out, it was quite dangerous as a shard of glass flew off.
I hope to purchase a safe, Laura friendly, corkscrew tomorrow, fingers crossed!
Laura may I suggest that you stick to screw top bottles of wine in the future!
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