On Dec 24, 2:17*pm, Dave Smith > wrote:
> " wrote:
>
> > I was opening a bottle of wine, and the corkscrew broke probably
> > because the wine had *"plastic" cork" instead of real cork. There is
> > not time to run out and get a new one "Christmas eve", what are some
> > suggestions to get the cork out?
>
> You don't have more than one corkscrew in the house? *Shame on you. *Don't
> blame the plastic cork. They come out just as easily as cork. It is
> re-corking the bottle where they fall short. Try screwing a large screw
> into the cork and pull it out with a pair of pliers.

Screw *that*.

--Bryan