Comments on: Germans have MacGyver-like abilities in opening beer bottles. http://nothingforungood.com/2008/05/09/germans-have-macgyver-like-abilities-in-opening-beer-bottles/ German Quirks from an American Perspective Thu, 17 May 2012 01:10:29 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.3 By: Johannes http://nothingforungood.com/2008/05/09/germans-have-macgyver-like-abilities-in-opening-beer-bottles/#comment-111363 Johannes Fri, 10 Feb 2012 09:23:48 +0000 http://nothingforungood.com/2008/05/09/germans-have-macgyver-like-abilities-in-opening-beer-bottles/#comment-111363 Hey John, I really had a good laugh when reading your blog! One comment on the beer caps like e.g "Flensburger" is using: These are called "Buegelverschluss" and are actually the tradional caps for beer bottles, going back to the times when people used to go to the brewery with their own bottles to buy the beer there. So I do not agree with the sentence "these bottles are very unpopular". Btw.: Wikipedia states that the "Buegelverschluss" used to be a U.S. patent :-) http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/B%C3%BCgelverschluss Regards Johannes Hey John,
I really had a good laugh when reading your blog!
One comment on the beer caps like e.g “Flensburger” is using:
These are called “Buegelverschluss” and are actually the tradional caps for beer bottles, going back to the times when people used to go to the brewery with their own bottles to buy the beer there.
So I do not agree with the sentence “these bottles are very unpopular”.
Btw.: Wikipedia states that the “Buegelverschluss” used to be a U.S. patent :-) http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/B%C3%BCgelverschluss
Regards
Johannes

]]> By: wouldyoulikelieswiththat http://nothingforungood.com/2008/05/09/germans-have-macgyver-like-abilities-in-opening-beer-bottles/#comment-67672 wouldyoulikelieswiththat Fri, 14 Oct 2011 15:34:25 +0000 http://nothingforungood.com/2008/05/09/germans-have-macgyver-like-abilities-in-opening-beer-bottles/#comment-67672 [...] chimes with the German market for pry top bottles over twist top, given their ritualistic method of opening beer. However, the consumer interest in America for twist tops is huge, among some of [...] […] chimes with the German market for pry top bottles over twist top, given their ritualistic method of opening beer. However, the consumer interest in America for twist tops is huge, among some of […]

]]> By: Someone http://nothingforungood.com/2008/05/09/germans-have-macgyver-like-abilities-in-opening-beer-bottles/#comment-54543 Someone Sat, 23 Jul 2011 18:53:27 +0000 http://nothingforungood.com/2008/05/09/germans-have-macgyver-like-abilities-in-opening-beer-bottles/#comment-54543 About the first answer: I (a german) open a wine bottle by pushing the cork in with my index finger. Beer bottles, the ones with tin caps, can be opened with literally anything using the "Klassiker" method. Screwdrivers, CD casings, every single part of a hammer and so on. Zahnarzt (with the teeth) is indesirable, but resting the cap on something and beating on it with your palm is empirically 100% effective, and I never hurt myself doing it. Best place to rest the cap is the case that the bottle comes in. But I think the Bügelverschluss is by far more elegant than the tin cap approach. About the first answer: I (a german) open a wine bottle by pushing the cork in with my index finger. Beer bottles, the ones with tin caps, can be opened with literally anything using the “Klassiker” method. Screwdrivers, CD casings, every single part of a hammer and so on. Zahnarzt (with the teeth) is indesirable, but resting the cap on something and beating on it with your palm is empirically 100% effective, and I never hurt myself doing it. Best place to rest the cap is the case that the bottle comes in.

But I think the Bügelverschluss is by far more elegant than the tin cap approach.

]]> By: srecrew http://nothingforungood.com/2008/05/09/germans-have-macgyver-like-abilities-in-opening-beer-bottles/#comment-46285 srecrew Sat, 02 Apr 2011 20:55:18 +0000 http://nothingforungood.com/2008/05/09/germans-have-macgyver-like-abilities-in-opening-beer-bottles/#comment-46285 I just found some other interesting ways http://howtohacklife101.blogspot.com/2011/03/how-to-open-beer-bottle-without-bottle.html I just found some other interesting ways http://howtohacklife101.blogspot.com/2011/03/how-to-open-beer-bottle-without-bottle.html

]]> By: Andreas http://nothingforungood.com/2008/05/09/germans-have-macgyver-like-abilities-in-opening-beer-bottles/#comment-33287 Andreas Wed, 03 Nov 2010 12:57:38 +0000 http://nothingforungood.com/2008/05/09/germans-have-macgyver-like-abilities-in-opening-beer-bottles/#comment-33287 the description of the DOPPELDECKER is not really correct. if you get the last beer, you put a cap on a empty bottle and open the last one... SRY I´m german and I´ll never let the last one closed ;) the description of the DOPPELDECKER is not really correct. if you get the last beer, you put a cap on a empty bottle and open the last one… SRY I´m german and I´ll never let the last one closed ;)

]]> By: Tilman Baumann http://nothingforungood.com/2008/05/09/germans-have-macgyver-like-abilities-in-opening-beer-bottles/#comment-24647 Tilman Baumann Mon, 24 May 2010 14:00:55 +0000 http://nothingforungood.com/2008/05/09/germans-have-macgyver-like-abilities-in-opening-beer-bottles/#comment-24647 One page devoted to show you 1000 ways to open a beer bottle wihout a bottle opener. 999 hilariously nonsense methods and the one with the lighter. http://stuff.twoday.net/ One page devoted to show you 1000 ways to open a beer bottle wihout a bottle opener.
999 hilariously nonsense methods and the one with the lighter.

http://stuff.twoday.net/

]]> By: Trink Brüderlein trink – Deutsches Bier aus Sicht der Welt | Travel Teutonia http://nothingforungood.com/2008/05/09/germans-have-macgyver-like-abilities-in-opening-beer-bottles/#comment-24573 Trink Brüderlein trink – Deutsches Bier aus Sicht der Welt | Travel Teutonia Thu, 20 May 2010 10:44:14 +0000 http://nothingforungood.com/2008/05/09/germans-have-macgyver-like-abilities-in-opening-beer-bottles/#comment-24573 [...] nach Ansicht einiger Beobachter recht weit verbreitete und dabei kreative Einfallsreichtum bei den Öffnungsmöglichkeiten von Bierflaschen wird als praktischer und alltagstauglicher Ausdruck deutschen Erfindergeistes [...] […] nach Ansicht einiger Beobachter recht weit verbreitete und dabei kreative Einfallsreichtum bei den Öffnungsmöglichkeiten von Bierflaschen wird als praktischer und alltagstauglicher Ausdruck deutschen Erfindergeistes […]

]]> By: Texan Exile http://nothingforungood.com/2008/05/09/germans-have-macgyver-like-abilities-in-opening-beer-bottles/#comment-21474 Texan Exile Wed, 10 Feb 2010 13:26:54 +0000 http://nothingforungood.com/2008/05/09/germans-have-macgyver-like-abilities-in-opening-beer-bottles/#comment-21474 Drive-through ATMs are great. But as a non-motorized German living in the States, two things always cracked me up about them: 1. Most of the time, they ONLY had drive-through, so as a pedestrian I would have to stand in between all the pick ups and wait my turn. Some strange looks I got there. 2. Drive-through ATMs WITH BRAILLE LETTERS ON THE KEYPADS???? You just gotta be kidding me. If blind people are using the drive-through ATMs, clearly their biggest problem will NOT be how to figure out where the 5 or 9 is. :)) Drive-through ATMs are great. But as a non-motorized German living in the States, two things always cracked me up about them:

1. Most of the time, they ONLY had drive-through, so as a pedestrian I would have to stand in between all the pick ups and wait my turn. Some strange looks I got there.

2. Drive-through ATMs WITH BRAILLE LETTERS ON THE KEYPADS???? You just gotta be kidding me. If blind people are using the drive-through ATMs, clearly their biggest problem will NOT be how to figure out where the 5 or 9 is.

:))

]]> By: Schwobaseggl http://nothingforungood.com/2008/05/09/germans-have-macgyver-like-abilities-in-opening-beer-bottles/#comment-21370 Schwobaseggl Sat, 06 Feb 2010 22:52:46 +0000 http://nothingforungood.com/2008/05/09/germans-have-macgyver-like-abilities-in-opening-beer-bottles/#comment-21370 Those Plöpps go back to the early Pickelhauben drinking days - another lost war, but the plöpp goes on! BTW: German canned bear is made for export purposes. No German who loves bear drinks that kinda stuff - unless he visits the States, o`course! ;o) Those Plöpps go back to the early Pickelhauben drinking days - another lost war, but the plöpp goes on!

BTW: German canned bear is made for export purposes.
No German who loves bear drinks that kinda stuff - unless he visits the States, o`course! ;o)

]]> By: Knallcharge http://nothingforungood.com/2008/05/09/germans-have-macgyver-like-abilities-in-opening-beer-bottles/#comment-20271 Knallcharge Thu, 07 Jan 2010 12:39:27 +0000 http://nothingforungood.com/2008/05/09/germans-have-macgyver-like-abilities-in-opening-beer-bottles/#comment-20271 I'm German and since I was a child I can open my beer with nearly everything. It just works with a piece of Paper! OK, MacGyver can build a Gun with a Bubblegum and his Knife... I can't... I’m German and since I was a child I can open my beer with nearly everything. It just works with a piece of Paper!

OK, MacGyver can build a Gun with a Bubblegum and his Knife… I can’t…

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