The only German I know is "Eine bier, bitte." I can't read anything on this website, but I think I'd get along with the proprietors of this blog pretty well. I will never complain about being stranded without a bottle opener again. (via boingboing.net)
As an aside, does anyone else call a bottle opener a "church key?" Not sure if this is a regional thing or a family thing.
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One of my German friends told me that a book called something like "100 Ways to Open a Beer" had a run on the German bestseller list like The DaVinci Code.
I used to be pretty good at those tricks back then. It mostly involves prying like mad with any nearby hard edge - butterknives, tables, lighters...
None of it is really necessary, since I carry my own churchkey. The word was also used (surprise) in a Bosstones song, "365 Days"
Mmmm... beer.
Yeah,I learned the old "pry like mad" thing back in the peace corps. A lighter was the usual tool.
These days I impress people by using a spoon. By "impress" I mean "annoy," cuz it does leave permanent marks in the spoon.
I look at that blog, and the book grandpaboy cites, as essential survival guides akin to the Boy Scout manual or any number of the Worst Case Scenario handbooks. Must-haves in a crazy, crazy world.
The "church key" term is widely familiar in the Northeast and West, in my experience.
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