Dave Smith wrote:
> 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.

Take it back? How? It's literally in tiny shards (and now in my vacuum
cleaner).

Jill