“If you ever have trouble opening a bottle of champagne, hit it with a ship”

Paul F. Taylor submitted this champagne bottle joke to the Edinburgh Festival Fringe in 2009:
 
“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.”
 
The joke has been included in at least two joke books.
 
         
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 by Julian Hall Friday 14 August 2009 23:00 BST
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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
 
Twitter
Guy Adams‏
@guyadams
Ever have trouble opening a bottle of champagne? Hit it with a ship. I’ve seen people do that. It works. #fridayjokes http://bit.ly/2EfOYE
6:47 PM - 14 Aug 2009
 
Hastings & St. Leonards Observer (UK)
The Observer’s Top Five Jokes from 1066 Country
Published: 11:21 Updated: 12:13 Wednesday 23 December 2009
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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
   
Google Books
The Mammoth Book of Great British Humour
Edited by Michael Powell
London, UK: Constable & Robinson Ltd
2010
Pg. ?:
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
   
Google Books
The Mammoth Book of One-Liners
Edited by Geoff Tibballs
London, UK: Constable & Robsinon Ltd
2011
Pg. ?:
Ever have trouble opening a bottle of champagne? My advice: hit it with a ship. I’ve seen people do that. It works.
Russell Kane
 
Twitter
Shit Jokes‏
@ShitJokes
Ever had trouble opening a bottle of champagne?
Hit it with a ship!, I’ve seen people do that, it works.
3:01 PM - 29 Sep 2017