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Old Jan 15, 2011 | 7:18 am
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HIDDY
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Most wine bottles are very strong....they're designed for longevity and being given a few hard knocks.
My wife dropped a bottle of Malbec the other day. Like in slow motion I watched it tumbling to the ground. I felt helpless....the table was between me and it so I couldn't dive like some cricketer in the slips to catch it. I waited for the inevitable explosion when it hit the solid tiled floor....boing....boing....boing it went before eventually coming to rest.
Totally unscathed it was so we opened it and had a glass or two with dinner.
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