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Article #1200Re: Boneheads was Re: Tapping soft drink cans
From: Chad Mattingly
Date: Tue, 26 Jan 1993 21:15
Date: Tue, 26 Jan 1993 21:15
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In article <1993Jan21.144934.13509@newstand.syr.edu> pbwhite@rodan.acs.syr.EDU (White) writes:
>This is almost as dumb, and almost as widespread as the "Let's slap the bottom
>of the bottle of Snapple or Veryfine or whatever"
>People think this makes the bottle easier to open (like its a big chore any
>way). It doesn't - and It doesn't "pop the top" either like a lot of
>people think. You can keep slapping the damn bottom all day if you like.
>Brian
I'm not so sure about slapping the bottoms of bottles making them easier
to open, but I DO know that you really can blow the bottom out of a 16
oz. returnable pop bottle by filling it almost full of water (leave ~1.5
inches of air at the top) and slapping the mouth of the bottle with the
palm of your hand.
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