Useless, Expensive and Some Useful Wine Gadgets

I remember painfully cracking my hip bone off the hard tubular end of one of these contraptions. When I turned around I noticed this polished metal thing that looked like some sort of a rudimentary Victorian gynaecological instrument bolted onto the kitchen worktop.

“It’s for opening my wine” I was told.

Never heard of a plain corkscrew or experienced the majestic simplicity of leverage on a Waiter’s Friend?

No! This rabbit or whatever it was called even came with a spare coil! Clearly suggesting that customer feedback had told the manufacturer that the first coil is sure to break. It is probably one of the ugliest objects I’ve seen, but apparently it makes opening a bottle easier. That is of course after you’ve married the patience of a bishop with the acumen of an engineer to put the thing together.


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