Ron & EMC-PSTC Noel Coward the English entertainer breakfasted on champagne and oysters daily without apparent ill-effects or flying cork damage. I am not aware if he ever opened a bottle( or an oyster) himself. When asked about his breakfasting habits by a visiting researcher Noel is reported to have said " Doesn't everybody?"
Have an uneventful Y2K transition. Jerry Roberton NET Europe [email protected] wrote: > I withdraw my comments. I was not aware of any champagne related injures and I > open a bottle almost every Sunday. Thank you for enlightened me. > > Hint for the less experienced: > > Warm champagne will project the cork with much greater force. Always chill the > bottle for 24 hours before opening. Of course I thought this was common > knowledge, and apparently it is not. > > Ron Duffy > Agilent Technologies > Product Safety Engineer. > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] > Sent: Sunday, 05 December, 1999 05:28 > To: [email protected] > Cc: [email protected] > Subject: FW: Re: warning label overkill? > > Well, it happenned to me earlier this year. We were still celebrating the > new year 1999, when a friend brought a bottle of champagne. As I reached to > open it (barely touched it), the cork (not really a cork but a plastic > version of it) launched itself from the distance of about 1/2 meter right > into my left eye. I have never believed such thing could happen. For a short > time I thought I was the only loser this could happen to. But eventually, as > I told my story to other people, I heard this was not an uncommon thing. > Someone told me of a forehead injury, another friend's friend lost an eye, > and I heard of a table set for the dinner when corks started flying without > anyone touching them. I have also seen children champagne (non alcohol > version for children celebrations!!!) corks flying up to 10 meters away! I > know my children won't play with it! > > Oh yes, my left eye was OK after a month or two. If I lived in the US, I > would surely use the legal system to sue. In fact, advices on that subject > are welcome. > > Drinking sure is a risky business. > Regards all, > Antonio > > Antonio Sarolic > Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Computing > Dept. of Radiocommunications and Microwave Engineering > Unska 3, HR-10000 Zagreb > CROATIA > tel. +385 1 61 29 789, fax. +385 1 61 29 717 > E-mail: [email protected] > > --------- > This message is coming from the emc-pstc discussion list. > To cancel your subscription, send mail to [email protected] > with the single line: "unsubscribe emc-pstc" (without the > quotes). For help, send mail to [email protected], > [email protected], [email protected], or > [email protected] (the list administrators). > > --------- > This message is coming from the emc-pstc discussion list. > To cancel your subscription, send mail to [email protected] > with the single line: "unsubscribe emc-pstc" (without the > quotes). For help, send mail to [email protected], > [email protected], [email protected], or > [email protected] (the list administrators). --------- This message is coming from the emc-pstc discussion list. To cancel your subscription, send mail to [email protected] with the single line: "unsubscribe emc-pstc" (without the quotes). For help, send mail to [email protected], [email protected], [email protected], or [email protected] (the list administrators).
