Tonight I got home and immediately prepared to sit down with the rotisserie half-chicken I’d just purchased.
It’s been a long week. And what do adults drink with their dinner after a tiring day? Wine.
And what do I want to drink with my dinner after a tiring day?
Grapefruit soda. The good Italian stuff, not Fresca.
Because I keep it classy.
I twisted the cap and the seal on the bottom twisted right along with it. Uh oh. No friction.
I twisted harder with a dishcloth over the cap. Nothing.
A man in the building next door hollered then, and I imagined myself going to his apartment and asking him to open my bottle of grapefruit soda.
If it were liquor, I’d do it. But grapefruit soda? I have to live here.
Before I broke the neck of the bottle “I’ma cut you!”-style, I got out my manual can opener.
Three good stabs, and by God, I’d opened the bottle.
Well, kinda.
In conclusion, I just drank an entire large bottle of grapefruit soda.
Hey, I didn’t want it to go flat.
If you need a burp or five, you know where to reach me.
*Speaking of “domestic solutions,” how is the Related Posts generator not mentioning the ones about how I defrosted my freezer and the time I stopped up my sink drain with the lid of a decorative cookie tin? Ahh, memories.
If you had pliers, all you had to do was grip that bottom ring as you twist the cap. But you way works too.
Italian soda = yummy. And that’s a highly innovative way to drink it!
Sherri from ‘Blogs are For Losers’ sent me over to you bc we just discovered our mutual bulldog owner/lover status and she said you’re “one of us.”
Amanda, read Belle’s [and Nell] blog. You’ll like it a lot.
Also, are you SURE it was a screw cap?
Definitely a screw top. I buy ‘em often.
Hi, Belle!
I am indeed one of you.