German Ingenuity

During a slow news day Monday AOL submitted a thirty-six second video of a German worker using the blade of an excavator to open a beer bottle successfully.  I doubt if Caterpillar mentioned such utilitarian function in their literature. In the 1950s I vacationed at a resort in the Pocono Mountains of Pennsylvania. It was a BYOB as the Commonwealth controlled all distribution and sales of alcoholic beverages.  The cabins were rustic and dormitory style which I shared with other guests, some from out of state and unfamiliar with Pennsylvania's restrictive laws. One roommate drove ten miles into the neighboring village and returned with a case of beer in cans - this was before the era of flip top cans i.e. he would need a piercing type can opener which was forgotten in the transaction. In his panic and to slake a midnight thirst he reached into his golf bag and chose a club - believe it was a "one iron" - and proceeded to pulverize the beer can with the golden elixir spraying all over our communal dorm room. Perhaps it was the wrong choice of clubs and he certainly lacked that "German Ingenuity" displayed by AOL.  A fan once asked the pro golfer, Lee Trevino, what would he do if lightning struck while he was on the golf course. He said he would reach for his Number One Iron as not even God could hit a ONE.
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