# Alternate beer bottle cap removal device? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [August 1, 2014, 6:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/alternate-beer-bottle-cap-removal-device/694595 "2014-08-01T18:58:24Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 15\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Airman\_Doors\_USAF](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e36b37/32.png) [@Airman\_Doors\_USAF](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Airman_Doors_USAF)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2014, 10:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/alternate-beer-bottle-cap-removal-device/694595/21 "2014-08-01T22:46:39Z")
[Your eye socket works.](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joe_Charboneau#.22Super_Joe.22) ---
**Author:** ![cochrane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cochrane/32/10441_2.png) [@cochrane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cochrane)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2014, 12:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/alternate-beer-bottle-cap-removal-device/694595/22 "2014-08-02T00:04:55Z")
You could use your [flip-flop](http://shop.reef.com/fanning/d/1019). Just don’t step on a pop top. Or, better yet, just cruise on back home and make sure there’s some booze in your blender. ---
**Author:** ![Slithy\_Tove](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/slithy_tove/32/18248_2.png) [@Slithy\_Tove](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Slithy_Tove)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2014, 12:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/alternate-beer-bottle-cap-removal-device/694595/23 "2014-08-02T00:09:17Z")
This guy goes to a brothel and asks for a six pack of beer and the toughest girl in the house. When they both arrive, she shucks off her nightie and gets on all fours on the floor with her business end towards him. “I know you’re tough but I still want to use the bed” “We will. This is for you to open your beer.” ---
**Author:** ![RetroVertigo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/b38774/32.png) [@RetroVertigo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RetroVertigo)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2014, 1:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/alternate-beer-bottle-cap-removal-device/694595/24 "2014-08-02T01:15:38Z")
> [@cochrane](#): > > You could use your [flip-flop](http://shop.reef.com/fanning/d/1019). Just don’t step on a pop top. Or, better yet, just cruise on back home and make sure there’s some booze in your blender. Those are my bbq’n flip flops. I also just use my wedding ring. ---
**Author:** ![pulykamell](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pulykamell/32/3166_2.png) [@pulykamell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pulykamell)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2014, 1:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/alternate-beer-bottle-cap-removal-device/694595/25 "2014-08-02T01:38:33Z")
> [@August\_West](#): > > Literally anything that you can hold in your hand that won’t bend when you use your other index finger as a fulcrum underneath. > > A lighter, a fork handle, a duck, a USB thumbdrive, etc, Yep. A spoon. A butter knife. A stick. A key. Etc. You just need to position your fingers right for a sturdy and tight fulcrum and you’re good to go. Back when at least one member of your drinking party could be depended on to be a smoker and thus carried a lighter with them, that was the usual implement to use. When using keys, I use the side of the head of the key. It’s a bit trickier, being such a short lever, but once you get it down, it’s easy. ---
**Author:** ![pulykamell](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pulykamell/32/3166_2.png) [@pulykamell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pulykamell)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2014, 2:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/alternate-beer-bottle-cap-removal-device/694595/26 "2014-08-02T02:07:07Z")
Actually, trying it out again with my keys (as it’s been awhile I’ve tried it this way, since I have a bottle opener on my keychain), it really depends on the shape of the key. I can’t do it with the more square headed ones, but the rounded ones are okay. The reason I say side of the head of the key is because these new-fangled keys tend to be on the flimsy side. If you have a good old-fashioned brass key, use it the long way and you won’t have to be concerned about it breaking. The easiest for me, though, is a spoon if one is available. ---
**Author:** ![johnpost](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/f17d59/32.png) [@johnpost](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/johnpost)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2014, 2:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/alternate-beer-bottle-cap-removal-device/694595/27 "2014-08-02T02:12:15Z")
> [@Gordon\_Urquhart](#): > > Using another capped beer bottle (turning it over to pry the cap off the beer that’s next to be enjoyed) works pretty well. > [@Bones\_Daley](#): > > So how do you ensure that only one bottle (and \*\*\*which \*\*\*bottle) will be opened ? one gives way and the other might be slightly deformed on the edge but still tight. it the rare event you are burdened with drinking two beers before they both go flat. sometimes life is rough. ---
**Author:** ![pulykamell](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pulykamell/32/3166_2.png) [@pulykamell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pulykamell)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2014, 2:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/alternate-beer-bottle-cap-removal-device/694595/28 "2014-08-02T02:15:28Z")
I’ve also done it with a piece of folded paper, as demonstrated [here](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=00DWLkVLbd4). The key tends to be getting it the first time, otherwise you tear up the paper and it loses its structural integrity to be able to be firm enough to pop the cap open. ---
**Author:** ![Leaffan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/leaffan/32/299_2.png) [@Leaffan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaffan)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2014, 2:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/alternate-beer-bottle-cap-removal-device/694595/29 "2014-08-02T02:23:56Z")
As a teenager, I actually did use my teeth. A couple of years ago I had a molar extracted, but it had been uncomfortable for maybe 20 years. Yep. It was the beer opening molar. ---
**Author:** ![China\_Guy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/779978/32.png) [@China\_Guy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/China_Guy)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2014, 2:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/alternate-beer-bottle-cap-removal-device/694595/30 "2014-08-02T02:26:37Z")
a key or a chopstick ---
**Author:** ![PorchePine](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/94ad74/32.png) [@PorchePine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PorchePine)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2014, 2:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/alternate-beer-bottle-cap-removal-device/694595/31 "2014-08-02T02:27:42Z")
> [@pulykamell](#): > > I’ve also done it with a piece of folded paper, as demonstrated [here](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=00DWLkVLbd4). The key tends to be getting it the first time, otherwise you tear up the paper and it loses its structural integrity to be able to be firm enough to pop the cap open. I tried that with 8.5"x11", and was met with poor results. Judging from the guy’s accent, should I try again with A4? ---
**Author:** ![pulykamell](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pulykamell/32/3166_2.png) [@pulykamell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pulykamell)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2014, 2:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/alternate-beer-bottle-cap-removal-device/694595/32 "2014-08-02T02:38:31Z")
> [@PorchePine](#): > > I tried that with 8.5"x11", and was met with poor results. Judging from the guy’s accent, should I try again with A4? I just tried it with a regular sheet of copy paper (20lb) 8.5"x11", with no difficulty. [See here.](http://www.pawinskiphotography.com/public/beerpaper.mov) (I’m going to regret posting that, ain’t I?) ---
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2014, 2:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/alternate-beer-bottle-cap-removal-device/694595/33 "2014-08-02T02:48:43Z")
I never leave the house without two bottle-openers, designed for that purpose, on my person. Hey, my pocketknife and my multitool have some redundancy between them, OK? ---
**Author:** ![pullin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/c57346/32.png) [@pullin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pullin)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2014, 10:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/alternate-beer-bottle-cap-removal-device/694595/34 "2014-08-02T10:41:29Z")
There’s usually some way I can pry a bottle cap off using the door latch mechanism on a car. Ditto the tailgate latch on a pickup. I used my boat propeller once (it wasn’t running). ---
**Author:** ![kayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayaker/32/441_2.png) [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2014, 12:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/alternate-beer-bottle-cap-removal-device/694595/35 "2014-08-02T12:02:44Z")
I have a bottle opener on every key ring, and attached to every cooler we own. But I can also use a Bic. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/alternate-beer-bottle-cap-removal-device/694595.md?page=1)