Sheldon wrote:
> cathyxyz wrote:
>> 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....
>
> Very true... I have six cats and have learned long ago never to leave
> anything breakable anywhere where it could be caused to fall from any
> height to a hard surface... two of my cats especially derive great
> pleasure in hunting out things they can whack to the floor, the higher
> the item and louder the crash the more gleeful their orgasms. If that
> bottle was left on a kitchen counter you can be absolutely cerain
> Jill's cat whacked it to the floor.. Persia did it, no doubt in my mind,
> mystery solved.

Except the bottle was on the floor and Persia was sitting next to me here in
my office at the time of the explosion

And cats don't just whack stuff off countertops
> indiscriminently, I've got a cat that takes particular joy in whacking
> really good stuff from bathroom vanities and desk tops into
> wastebaskets...

Which one? (just curious, wondering if it might be Jilly heheh)

ironically wireless mice are particularly
> suseptible... first time it happend I got lucky and noticed it in my
> wastebasket, wastebasket is now on the other side of the room... I
> just know I lost
> my favorite stapler that way. Anyone who has cats it behooves them to
> check wastebaskets carefully before puting the contents out for
> pickup.
>
> Sheldon