In Denmark, twist-off caps are unknown. Most Danes seem to learn very early
in life how to use an unopened bottle to open another bottle, or to use a
lighter using the same technique. I have never mastered their methods, so I
tend to use a danish comb (aluminium, with a built-in bottle opener), or my
Leatherman Micro (knife). The latter, by the way, is an extremely versatile
tool, and takes almost no space in a camera bag.
Roger Key
>The bottle opener is probably the most frequently used tool on my swiss
army
>knife. I life in Canada so twist off caps are pretty common but I tend to
>drink a lot of imported beer which isn't.
>When I was in Russia none of the beer we could get had twist off caps.
>Living in a dorm with an international group of students, I think I saw
>every method of bottle opening known to man. I never did get the hang of
the
>lighter trick (having a swiss army knife made it unnecessary for myself
and
>I don't smoke). If done properly (or incorrectly depending on your point
of
>view), you can use the lighter to launch the cap to the ceiling or across
>the room, very impressive. Of course there was also the crazy guy who
would
>open bottles with his teeth but that's another story.
--
>Andrew "Frugal" Dacey
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