“If you ever have trouble opening a bottle of champagne. My advice, hit it with a ship. I’ve seen people do that. It works”

A ship is often christened by breaking a sacrificial bottle of champagne over the bow.
 
“If you ever have trouble opening a bottle of champagne. My advice, hit it with a ship. I’ve seen people do that. It works” was said by English comedian Paul F. Taylor at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival and printed in The Independent (London, UK) on August 14, 2009.
 
   
Wikipedia: Ceremonial ship launching”>
Ceremonial ship launching involves the performing of ceremonies associated with the process of transferring a vessel to the water. It is a nautical tradition in many cultures, dating back millennia, to accompany the physical process with ceremonies which have been observed as public celebration and a solemn blessing, usually but not always, in association with the launch itself.
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The process also involves many traditions intended to invite good luck, such as christening by breaking a sacrificial bottle of champagne over the bow as the ship is named aloud and launched.
   
The Independent (London, UK)
The best jokes of the Fringe
The Edinburgh Festival is the UK’s biggest comedy jamboree. Here is a selection of the great – and not so great – punch lines from the first week
Compiled Julian Hall
Friday 14 August 2009 19:00 EDT
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“If you ever have trouble opening a bottle of champagne. My advice, hit it with a ship. I’ve seen people do that. It works.”
Paul F Taylor, Pleasance Courtyard
         
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Kerry Hatt
September 9, 2010 at 4:27 PM ·
“Ever have trouble opening a bottle of champagne? My advice, hit it with a ship. I’ve seen people do that. It works.”
 
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“I can’t open this bottle of champagne.”
“Hit it with a ship, like they do on telly.”
   
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Michael Michael Sparks
December 9, 2015 at 12:23 PM ·
If you ever have trouble opening a bottle of champagne, my advice is hit it with a ship. I’ve seen people do that, it works !!!
 
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Ever had trouble opening a bottle of champagne?
Hit it with a ship!, I’ve seen people do that, it works.
4:01 PM · Sep 29, 2017
 
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Lisa Roley
April 10, 2020 at 5:16 AM ·
if u ever have trouble opening champagne..my advice..hit it with a ship..ive seen it on telly..it really works
   
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March 3, 2025 at 11:46 AM ·
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TOP TIP: If you ever have trouble opening a bottle of champagne, my advice, hit it with a ship..I’ve seen people do that, it works!
5:06 PM · Mar 3, 2025