I try to do some things right in my life, and like Dr. Oz recommends, I decided after work last night to have a glass of red wine and be heart-healthy. Do you realize how difficult it is to open a bottle of wine?
That metal foil paper wrapping around the top laughs as you try to be resourceful in removing it. I tried to score around the top with the corkscrew to no avail. Next I tried peeling it with my fingernails -- epic fail. Why couldn't the cat help me? Where was someone in my life to help? I could logically figure this out. I needed the right tool.
In increasing agitation, since I was so close to being able to enjoy something so healthy for me (I could actually hear the wine in the bottle calling my name and see it shimmering in the light), I decided to use the weapon already in my hand to attack the problem...the corkscrew. I used the pointy end of the corkscrew and tried to cut the blasted foil paper upward.
You guessed it. I neatly cut my finger in two separate directions. Dang corkscrew! Blood gushed like...wine! I had to take time out and doctor the finger. Who would think trying to drink a single glass of healthy fruit would be such a problem.
Can't manufacturers make it easier and a little simpler for the mechanically-challenged? After all, I usually have to get online to see whether the handles start up or down, and whether I screw counter-clockwise or clockwise to get the cork out. Screwing doesn't appear to involve logic.
I finally did get that glass of wine about midnight. Does anyone have suggestions for getting the (*$^%! paper off the bottle without bodily injury?
