I have taken to opening bottles of bubbly outside for similar reasons, "removing the safeties" and aiming the bottle along the side of the house towards the back fence before opening. Most of the time I can get a good SpaceX-like trajectory and send the cork into the empty section behind us.

I had to give up pointing the bottle away from the house after one "launch" went over the fence and the cork bounced several times on the neighbour's roof...(wince)

that's just HILARIOUS hehe

Oops XD

Ah, PLONK! A classic!

With extra ZORCH! it seems.

Never gets old.

You too!

Ha! Well done, Mike.

A happy New Year to you, too. I hope 2018 will be a great one for you and Tracy.

Plonk Champagne. Well known for its hyper-carbonation.

Funnily enough, I once did that with a bottle of ginger ale, about 50 years ago when they still did glass quart bottles and one used a stopper after removing the cap... While the stopper only bounced off the ceiling, the stain on my grandmother's apartment ceiling was still there the last time I looked about 30 years later...

Anything left in the bottle? _{(* upstairs neighbor's feet thundering down the steps *)}

Oops.

Looks like you will have a smashing new year, Mike !

very funny,
and really love the synchronous clock

Huzzah, happy new year!

Hopefully you were recording that so you can post it on FAILARMY!
They have a LOT of those there, even more in a few hours! :D

And Happy New Year Mike! :)

Never shake the bottle before opening... especially if it's nitroglycerine.

whoopsies

How to get hated by neighbours for the New Year.

At least it only get better from here, right?




Right?

I remember when dad would do it at the spinning ceiling fan, oh duck and cover for all.

A great way to start the year!

Not a good way to start the new year I'm afraid...