# Concave bottle bottoms

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/concave-bottle-bottoms/20>\
**Category:** Cecil's Columns/Staff Reports\
**Created:** [March 14, 1999, 3:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/concave-bottle-bottoms/20 "1999-03-14T15:07:00Z")\
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**Post date:** [April 12, 1999, 1:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/concave-bottle-bottoms/20/21 "1999-04-12T01:45:00Z")

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Not true, hands!!

A champagne bottle often does not break when a sponsor christens a new ship. Whether it is due to the weakness of the blow or strength of the bottle.

The U.S. Navy gets around this embarrassment by scoring the champagne bottle with a glass cutter prior to the ceremony!!

Do with it what you wish.

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**Post date:** [April 12, 1999, 1:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/concave-bottle-bottoms/20/22 "1999-04-12T01:50:00Z")

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## Whether it is due to the weakness of the blow or strength of the bottle.

This should read: Whether it is due to the weakness of the blow or strength of the bottle, I don’t know.

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