notmyrealname's New Writeupshttp://everything2.com/?node=New%20Writeups%20Atom%20Feed&foruser=notmyrealname2001-03-20T05:55:30ZOpen a bottle of beer with a lighter (idea)http://everything2.com/user/notmyrealname/writeups/Open+a+bottle+of+beer+with+a+lighternotmyrealnamehttp://everything2.com/user/notmyrealname2001-03-20T05:55:30Z2001-03-20T05:55:30Z<p>
This <a href="/title/trick">trick</a> will <a href="/title/hold+you+in+good+stead">hold you in good stead</a> for many
years of <a href="/title/beer+drinking">beer drinking</a>. The <a href="/title/cheap">cheap</a>, flat-sided
lighters work best, but any of the common disposable
types, or for that matter any similarly sized and
shaped hard <a href="/title/object">object</a> will work.
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Step 1: <a href="/title/Firmly">Firmly</a> grasp the top of the <a href="/title/neck">neck</a>, such that
the web of your <a href="/title/thumb">thumb</a> is flush with the bottom of the cap.
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Step 2: Insert your <a href="/title/lighter">lighter</a> between your first
<a href="/title/finger">finger</a> and the bottom of the cap. The proper position
is centered between the base of your finger and your
first <a href="/title/knuckle">knuckle</a>, with the lighter <a href="/title/perpendicular">perpendicular</a> to
your finger-bone, and straight out from the bottle. You
should be able to hold the lighter in place with the
<a href="/title/pressure">pressure</a> between your finger and the <a href="/title/sharp+edge">sharp edge</a> on the cap.
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Step 3: Now, this is the <a href="/title/important">important</a> part. While
grasping the bottle's neck firmly, use your other hand
to <a href="/title/leverage">leverage</a> the lighter down (kind of like trying to
wrap the lighter's free end around your finger), using
your<!-- close unclosed tag --></p>…Trotskyite (thing)http://everything2.com/user/notmyrealname/writeups/Trotskyitenotmyrealnamehttp://everything2.com/user/notmyrealname2001-03-18T22:35:59Z2001-03-18T22:35:59ZA <a href="/title/follower">follower</a> of, or one who <a href="/title/subscribes">subscribes</a> to the <a href="/title/ideals">ideals</a> or <a href="/title/political">political</a> <a href="/title/philosophy">philosophy</a> of, <a href="/title/Leon+Trotsky">Leon Trotsky</a>. Also known as<a href="/title/Trotskyist">Trotskyist</a>.
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From <a href="/title/Merriam-Webster">Merriam-Webster</a> <a href="/title/online">online</a>:<br>
"Main Entry: Trots·ky·ism<br>
Pronunciation: 'trät-skE-"i-z&m, 'trot-<br>
Function: noun<br>
Date: 1925<br>
: the political, economic, and social principles advocated <br>by Trotsky;especially : the theory and practice of <br>communism developed by or associated with Trotsky <br>and usually including adherence to the concept of <br>worldwide revolution as opposed to socialism in one <br>country
<br>- Trots·ky·ist /-skE-ist/ noun or adjective
<br>- Trots·ky·ite /-skE-"It/ noun or adjective"