Church key anecdote

[Dennis R. Preston]

Do y'all remember the brief popularity of twist-off tops? Some are
still around. They were not screw off (which even some wines that
cost more than 2.99 are coming to); they looked just like crown tops,
and you had to know which was which. I memebr reamin out a nice
bloody circle oncet by grabbin what I thought was a twistoff and
twistin too hard.

dInIs (didn't leave no scar, dangit; woulda been a nice badge of honor)

>>Contrary to what appears to be popular belief, screw-off tops are
>>far from universal.  For some reason, at least the microbrews I
>>drink come in bottles with tops that still need to be pried off.
>
>[stuff deleted]
>
>>Peter Mc.
>
>Well, and screw-off tops are often very hard to GET off! They still
>have the crimping around the edges and I find a church key (or other
>bottle opener) still the best way to get the tops off beer and soda
>(pop, soda pop, tonic, soft drink) bottles.
>
>Barbara


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Dennis R. Preston
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