Amaze your friends by opening beer bottles - better than the lighter method
1. Grasp beer bottle in one hand
2. Take firm hold of metal spatula in the other
3. Give the bottom of the bottle 2 good hard taps with the flat of the spatula
4. Immediately after administering the taps, strike the edge of the bottle cap with the edge of the spatula (i.e. upwards in the direction of the longitudinal axis of the bottle). This may take some practice.

If done correctly, the bottle top will fly 20 or 30ft into the air with a satisfying pop.

If done incorrectly (as I usually do) the first time misses, the second time lifts the edge of the bottle cap, and the third attempt takes half the neck of the bottle off as well as the bottle top.
( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Thu 9 Aug 2007, 14:22, Reply)