Bill Bailey

My grandparents lived with us. And I remember watching 'Doctor Who' with my granddad on his new telly. These were the days before remote controls but my granddad, being quite a resourceful sort of chap, had fashioned his own remote control - which was a length of bamboo pole with a bit of cork that he'd glued on the end.

English Comedian

James Lind

Into this pour the purified juice: and put it into a pan of water come almost to a boil and continue nearly in the state of boiling until the juice is found to be the consistency of a thick syrup when cold. It is then when cold, to be corked up in a bottle for use.

Scottish Scientist

Red Gerard

It's so hard to look at someone doing a triple cork when you're 7 years old, and them saying, 'I want to go do that.' It's not really relatable at all. So, if I can somehow make it so kids want to get into snowboarding, that's special.

American Athlete

Lawrence Welk

For a while we had trouble trying to get the sound of a champagne cork exploding out of the bottle. I solved the problem by sticking my finger in my mouth and popping it out.

American Musician

Scotty Lago

I've never used a foam pit or an air bag before. I learned my tricks over time, and double corks have been a slow transition in my pipe riding.

Martha Reeves

There are times in show business when you work so much you think you will pop your cork, and then suddenly you can't find any work.

Billy Hughes

Without the Empire we should be tossed like a cork in the cross current of world politics. It is at once our sword and our shield.

Australian Politician

Henry Ward Beecher

I pray on the principle that wine knocks the cork out of a bottle. There is an inward fermentation, and there must be a vent.

American Clergyman

W. Clement Stone

What contemptible scoundrel has stolen the cork to my lunch?

American Businessman

W. C. Fields

Some weasel took the cork out of my lunch.

American Comedian

Cork is a sustainable natural material from the bark of cork oaks.

Material Origin

Besides wine bottles, cork is used in notice boards and flooring.

Common Usage

Popping a cork from a bottle often signifies celebration.

Cultural Significance

Corking a bottle preserves the contents by preventing air from entering.

Sealing Freshness

Corking involves pressing the cork firmly into the bottle's neck.

Physical Action

Cork city is in the southern part of Ireland and has a rich history.

Geographic Location

In English, 'Cork' is pronounced as /kɔːrk/, rhyming with 'stork'.

Pronunciation

Despite its name, the city of Cork has no special connection to cork material.

Not Made of Cork

 which means that if we all wore Birkenstocks and cotton, the world would run out of cork and dry up. So we need materials in closed cycles, but we need to analyze them down to the parts per million for cancer, birth defects, mutagenic effects, disruption of our immune systems, biodegradation, persistence, heavy metal content, knowledge of how we're making them

Cradle to cradle design...

 And on the front of it is this heat shield, this saucer-looking thing that has about a half-inch of essentially what's cork on the front of it, which is our heat shield. Now, this is really special cork, and this cork is what's going to protect us from the violent atmospheric entry that we're about to experience.

Charles Elachi: The...

 carbon dioxide which makes all the bubbles that we love but also all that pressure that I'm so afraid of and this is also why champagne has those extra thick corks and really thick bottles but there's a weakness in the bottle it's where the two seams go along the sides of the bottle and where those seams meet

How to saber a bottle of...

 the ground and excavate and then pluck warthogs out back champagne corks you don't see it very often with females but maybe she's hungry and that's why she decided to try it out you can see she is a little bit gone so it was interesting though did you see how deep she went in all it was was a

Safari Live - Day 35 PIPE...

 To understand the phenomenon of color, it helps to think about light as a wave. But, before we get to that, let's talk a little bit about waves in general. Imagine you're sitting on a boat on the ocean watching a cork bob up and down in the water.

What is color? - Colm...

 to push themselves forward in a world where water feels as thick as cork. Other strategies are even stranger. Some bacteria take Batman's approach. They use grappling hooks to pull themselves along. They can even use this grappling hook

Human sperm vs. the...

 bamboo or cork tiles are all good choices following these easy little tips will help you and your family breathe easier and help create a safer and healthier environment and while you do that I'm gonna watch the rest of this movie

Green Family Room...

 bat are extremely rare but today the scientists are concentrating on a relatively abundant cork woodland specialist this species on this path is called the bantering back because despite his small body size he has this

Bent-Wing Bats in...

 so unbelievably it's the humble plastic bag that rescues the cork do you wanna know the science behind this yes it's all to do with friction okay the rough surface of the cork and the fact that it

Cork in a Bottle PIPE...

 autumn approaches by late october the stripped cork trees are now deep red as they begin to regrow their bark