Friday Puzzle -- dime, then cork?

Re: Friday Puzzle -- dime, then cork?

Don Orr

Does the cork need to remain intact?

I can do it but I decline

Gary Smyth

if even a drop of champagne was lost in the process.

Corks can go in too

1/2 way there

Alex Y

Steve's got the tricky part about how to free the dime. Now how do you get the cork out?

Remember, it has to be a straight

Gary Smyth

(not champagne style) cork. None of this works with a mushroom top cork. I've won freedom from the bar bill on more than one occasion with this trick. OK, The cork is in, the dime is out. Cork is about 50% air -- which is why you can't recork a half full wine bottle and keep it fresh for more than a couple of days. Take a plastic bag or even a cloth napkin and insert it into the bottle about half way or a little more. Turn the bottle upside down and "catch" (surround as much as possible) the cork in the folds of the napkin. Pull the cloth out and the cork will come too. If using a plastic bag (my favorite) insert the twisted bag but leave the open end of the bag outside the bottle. Catch the cork. Blow into the bag to inflate it slightly. Pull them releasing the air in the bag as you pull both out of the bottle.