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The answer is not a whole number
Yes, devilishly cunning solution. I was trying to do the same sort of thing as you.StuartR wrote:That's clever. I was trying to do it with a pair of hugely complex simultaneous equations that included calculating the volume of the neck and the bump at the bottom.
AlanMay I congratulate you on your choice? Yes, excuse me? - Yes? - I'm afraid this is corked.
I just uncorked it.
Didn't you see me? What? - Look.
- No, no.
You see, I took it out of the bottle, that's how I managed to get the wine out of the bottle into your glass.
I don't mean that.
I mean the wine is corked.
The wine has reacted with the cork.
I'm sorry? The wine has reacted with the cork and gone bad.