How to break a bottle on a ship


	How to break a bottle on a ship

queerty

4-16-2008 2:35 PM

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queerty says:

It's more scientific than you would think...

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Last year the Duchess of Cornwall failed to smash a bottle on the side of cruise liner Queen Victoria; later scores of passengers were taken ill with a contagious stomach bug.
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To avoid this ill omen, the shipping industry has many tricks to ensure the bubbly breaks.</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/magazine/7348038.stm"><table background="undefined" bgcolor=""><tr><TD class="sibtbg"><DIV class="sih">
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<DIV class="mva"><DIV class="bull">Score the bottle</DIV>
<DIV class="bull">Choose cava - bigger bubbles</DIV>
<DIV class="bull">Give bottle a good shake</DIV>
<DIV class="bull">Pick biggest possible bottle - jeroboam better than magnum</DIV>
<DIV class="bull">Use stiff rope or wire</DIV>
<DIV class="bull">X-ray boat to find hardest part of bow - and aim there</DIV>
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Forget about vintage, it's bubble size that counts. "The bigger the bubbles, the higher the pressure inside the bottle, the more likely it is to break on impact. The best option is probably to go for a cheap bottle of cava with big bubbles."</blockquote></div><div style="margin: 0px 6px 6px 4px;"><table style="font-size: 11px;border-spacing: 0px;padding: 0px;" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"><tr><td style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;">&nbsp;</td><td align="right" style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;width:107px" width="107"><a href="http://clipmarks.com/share/F02D2534-6D4E-4609-991A-921FCEBEE79A/blog/" title="blog or email this clip"><img src="http://content6.clipmarks.com/images/c2b-foot.png" border="0" alt="blog it" width="107" height="17" style="border-width:0px;padding:0px;margin:0px;" /></a></td></tr></table></div></div>

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