# Getting the marble out of Ramune

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/getting-the-marble-out-of-ramune/218494>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [December 12, 2003, 1:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/getting-the-marble-out-of-ramune/218494 "2003-12-12T01:46:20Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![chaoticbear](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f07891/32.png) [@chaoticbear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chaoticbear)\
**Post date:** [December 12, 2003, 1:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/getting-the-marble-out-of-ramune/218494/1 "2003-12-12T01:46:20Z")

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I KNOW I’ve seen this asked, but even a search as vague as “marble” doesn’t bring anything up. Is there any way to get it out w/o breaking the bottle?

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**Author:** ![NevarMore](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/7feea3/32.png) [@NevarMore](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NevarMore)\
**Post date:** [December 12, 2003, 5:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/getting-the-marble-out-of-ramune/218494/2 "2003-12-12T05:01:35Z")

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Looking at a Google image search for Ramune:  
[http://images.google.com/images?hl=en&lr=&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&safe=off&q=Ramune&sa=N&tab=wi](http://images.google.com/images?hl=en&lr=&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&safe=off&q=Ramune&sa=N&tab=wi)

Looks like a rather involved soda bottle.

Try this. With the marble at the bottom of the bottle, heat the neck of the bottle (where the marble is ‘held’) with a lighter. Quickly remove the heat, invert the bottle, and give it a few good whacks. The heat will expand and/or soften the glass and let the marble pass.

The less cool method is to take a probe (straw, popsicle stick, etc) put a dab of rubber cement on the end and let it get tacky then press it to the marble and draw it out. If that doesn’t work try super glue with an accelerant.

If you have one handy, get yourself a 3 or 4 pronged grab tool. It’ll have thin metal claws and a plunger to control thier opening and closing. Send it down in and try to grab the marble.

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**Author:** ![cckerberos](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f0a364/32.png) [@cckerberos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cckerberos)\
**Post date:** [December 12, 2003, 7:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/getting-the-marble-out-of-ramune/218494/3 "2003-12-12T07:42:01Z")

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Can’t you just take the plastic off the mouth of the bottle? If you did it carefully, I don’t think you’d break it.

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**Author:** ![chaoticbear](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f07891/32.png) [@chaoticbear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chaoticbear)\
**Post date:** [December 12, 2003, 12:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/getting-the-marble-out-of-ramune/218494/4 "2003-12-12T12:10:05Z")

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> \*Originally posted by cckerberos \*  
> \*\*Can’t you just take the plastic off the mouth of the bottle? If you did it carefully, I don’t think you’d break it. \*\*

No, at least not from what I’ve tried. ☹