cathyxyz wrote:
> Dimitri wrote:
>> "cathyxyz" > wrote in message
>> news >>
>>> Peter Aitken wrote:
>>>
>>>>
>>>> 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>?
>>>>
>>>
>>> Just re-read her post.... and Jill said: "I had an empty bottle of
>>> merlot
>>> from last week, sitting, corked, waiting to be taken out to the
>>> trash"... she didn't say *where* it was sitting exactly... and then
>>> I remembered - Jill has them cute, furry creatures aka cats...
>>> maybe she should ask them a few questions?? I know our cats have
>>> been known to cause mayhem and destruction in the past....
>>>
>>> Cathy
>>> --
>>> I don't suffer from insanity - I enjoy every minute of it
>>
>>
>> If that be true there would probably be cat blood all over the
>> house. When glass explodes as she mentioned it really goes all over
>> the place like a bullet.
>>
>> Dimitri
>>
>>
> Good point, Dimitri. But if the bottle was sitting near a window, and
> the cat knocked it over on its way out of said window... it's possible
> that it missed the "blast" ... Just find it very strange - we have had
> many empty wine bottles "sitting around" in our kitchen in our
> lifetime
> and none have exploded.... This is very strange indeed. Anyway, we
> will
> have to ask Jill.
>
> Cheers
> Cathy

There is no window in the kitchen. The kitchen was not hot. It was sitting
on the floor by the wall away from the stove, away from the fridge. Just
sitting there waiting for me to take it out with the trash. It's very odd
(and Persia was no where near it, in fact, she just about jumped through the
ceiling when we heard the explosion).

Jill