Enough of this frivolous talk of love, marriage, God, war, and mens dangley bits!
And now a question of great import!
Being a wine geek I couldn't resist buying one of those rabbit de-corking gadgets when I found they made a model that was partially plastic for $29 (as compared to the $99 all stainless steel model)
The mystery is the the screw itself seems to spin freely (in both directions) which makes sense when you drive the screw down into the cork however why doesn't the screw spin out when you pull the lever up. Actually if I don't clamp the handles around the top of the bottle correctly the screw will spin out when trying to remove the cork.
The silly thing didn't come with any instructions but once I developed a technique it does work well.
Any ideas?
This is not the exact model but it is very similar (if you never seen one):
http://www.franmara.com/index.cfm?Fuseaction=Detail&ID=27