"Dave Smith" > wrote in message
...
> jmcquown wrote:
>
>> I never thought such a thing would be possible but I just had an
>> explosion
>> in my kitchen. There are glass shards everywhere! I had an empty bottle
>> of
>> merlot from last week, sitting, corked, waiting to be taken out to the
>> trash
>> and it EXPLODED. Apparently this thing built up gasses or something
>> because
>> I'd put the cork back in the empty bottle. It looks like a terrorist
>> just
>> visited my kitchen. Don't put corks back in empty wine bottles unless
>> you
>> intend to take them out to be disposed of immediately.
>>
>> This has been a public service announcement from someone who just cut her
>> hand on broken wine bottle glass and now has to vacuum the kitchen floor.
>>
>
> Empty? No no. Take the bottle back to the liquor store and show them the
> defective bottle that burst after you re-corked it. They will probably
> give you
> a replacement.
>
>

Something else must have been involved - any pressure build up would have
pushed the cork out long before the bottle burst. Perhaps the bottle was
defective. Do your kids have a BB gun <g>?

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Peter Aitken