Practical, or Reliving My Youth?
October 04, 2007

Since college, which was about a hundred years ago, I have always had a bottle opener on my keychain. Now, in college and shortly thereafter, this made a great deal of sense. As I've gotten older, I never really questioned having it there, although people often made fun of me. "What are you - still in college?" Oh, they may mock me, but they always like to use it. I went to a picnic one day and, of course, people were looking for a bottle opener. My keys were passed around until I had to leave. Since some of my friends were staying, they asked if I could leave my bottle opener. "Sure," I replied, "just remember to take it with you when you leave." As you might guess, I never saw that bottle opener again. I proceeded to bug them about it, and one of them offered to get me a replacement -- a Kismet bottle opener from Fire Island. But -- summer came and went, and no bottle opener. And then, last week, Frank produced this little gem, swiped from the boat that circles the Statue of Liberty on a recent booze cruise. Last night, I was at a rooftop party, and once again, my bottle opener was quite a hit. Thanks again, Frank!