Church key anecdote

[Dennis R. Preston]

No, you cannot screw the top back on; wine and beer go flat. With
wine you can use something like Vacuvin to pump the air out; never
tried it with beer, but then I'm a wino.

dInIs



>At 11:50 AM -0600 2/25/05, Barbara Need wrote:
>>>Contrary to what appears to be popular belief, screw-off tops are
>>>far from universal.  For some reason,
>
>I submit the reason is that this property places them in a natural
>class with European brews, in which class they basically belong by
>intrinsic considerations (and certainly by budgetary ones).  It's
>something like an analogue of cork-bottled vs. screw-top wines,
>although the analogy isn't precise.
>
>>>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.
>
>True, although there's a marginal argument for unscrewing them (if
>they do unscrew), which is that it's easier to screw the top back on
>if you don't finish the contents at one sitting.
>
>larry


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Dennis R. Preston
University Distinguished Professor of Linguistics
Department of Linguistics and Germanic, Slavic, Asian, and African Languages
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Michigan State University
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