{"id":50113,"date":"2015-09-03T16:28:30","date_gmt":"2015-09-03T21:28:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.artofmanliness.com\/?p=50113"},"modified":"2026-01-08T13:57:48","modified_gmt":"2026-01-08T19:57:48","slug":"9-ways-to-open-a-bottle-without-an-opener","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/beta.artofmanliness.com\/skills\/just-for-fun\/9-ways-to-open-a-bottle-without-an-opener\/","title":{"rendered":"9 Ways to Open a Bottle Without an Opener"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-50114 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/content.artofmanliness.com\/uploads\/2015\/09\/9-Ways-Open-a-Bottle-1.jpg\" alt=\"9 ways to open a bottle without an opener.\" width=\"900\" height=\"900\" srcset=\"https:\/\/content.artofmanliness.com\/uploads\/2015\/09\/9-Ways-Open-a-Bottle-1.jpg 900w, https:\/\/content.artofmanliness.com\/uploads\/2015\/09\/9-Ways-Open-a-Bottle-1-320x320.jpg 320w, https:\/\/content.artofmanliness.com\/uploads\/2015\/09\/9-Ways-Open-a-Bottle-1-640x640.jpg 640w, https:\/\/content.artofmanliness.com\/uploads\/2015\/09\/9-Ways-Open-a-Bottle-1-45x45.jpg 45w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>You&#8217;ve arrived at the campsite with your friends and some cold beer in the cooler, only to realize you left the bottle opener at home. Lucky for you, that&#8217;s no problem &#8212; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.artofmanliness.com\/character\/manly-lessons\/macgyver-manhood-and-the-art-of-masculine-improvisation\/\">you&#8217;re a master of improvisation<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Use any of these 9 MacGyver-esque tricks to open a bottle whenever you find yourself without an opener.<\/p>\n<p><em>Want to share your thoughts on this article? <a href=\"https:\/\/mobile.twitter.com\/artofmanliness\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Send us a tweet<\/a>&nbsp;or&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/artofmanliness\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">join the discussion on Facebook!<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Illustrations by <a href=\"https:\/\/storytellersworkshop.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Ted Slampyak<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>You&#8217;ve arrived at the campsite with your friends and some cold beer in the cooler, only to realize you left the bottle opener at home. Lucky for you, that&#8217;s no problem &#8212; you&#8217;re a master of improvisation. Use any of these 9 MacGyver-esque tricks to open a bottle whenever you find yourself without an opener. [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":26,"featured_media":50114,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6,42381,42259],"tags":[],"yst_prominent_words":[],"class_list":["post-50113","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-featured","category-just-for-fun","category-skills"],"featured_image_urls":{"large":"https:\/\/content.artofmanliness.com\/uploads\/2015\/09\/9-Ways-Open-a-Bottle-1-538x280.jpg","reactor-320":"https:\/\/content.artofmanliness.com\/uploads\/2015\/09\/9-Ways-Open-a-Bottle-1-320x320.jpg","reactor-640":"https:\/\/content.artofmanliness.com\/uploads\/2015\/09\/9-Ways-Open-a-Bottle-1-640x640.jpg","rpwe-thumbnail":"https:\/\/content.artofmanliness.com\/uploads\/2015\/09\/9-Ways-Open-a-Bottle-1-45x45.jpg"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/beta.artofmanliness.com\/app-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/50113","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/beta.artofmanliness.com\/app-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/beta.artofmanliness.com\/app-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/beta.artofmanliness.com\/app-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/26"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/beta.artofmanliness.com\/app-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=50113"}],"version-history":[{"count":17,"href":"https:\/\/beta.artofmanliness.com\/app-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/50113\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":192207,"href":"https:\/\/beta.artofmanliness.com\/app-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/50113\/revisions\/192207"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/beta.artofmanliness.com\/app-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/50114"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/beta.artofmanliness.com\/app-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=50113"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/beta.artofmanliness.com\/app-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=50113"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/beta.artofmanliness.com\/app-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=50113"},{"taxonomy":"yst_prominent_words","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/beta.artofmanliness.com\/app-json\/wp\/v2\/yst_prominent_words?post=50113"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}