Alpo Posted March 9, 2023 Share Posted March 9, 2023 You know you see it all the time, movies and TV. Somebody busts a beer bottle over the other guy's head. I never really thought about it. Just a part of the action. Then I'm watching a bar fight in this TV show, and guy 1 hits guy 2 in the head with a beer bottle, and guy 2 drops like he been hit with a blackjack, but the bottle does not break. That caught my attention. Now I know that the bottles in the TV and the movie are made of spun sugar and they're supposed to break. But a real glass bottle - especially a beer bottle which is logically stronger than a liquor bottle because it's not only got to hold the weight of the booze but it's got to hold the pressure of the carbonation. Anybody ever hit anyone with a bottle, or seen anyone get hit with a bottle for real, or yourself been hit with a bottle? Did it break? And whether it broke or not, did the hitee go to the hospital? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PowderRiverCowboy Posted March 9, 2023 Share Posted March 9, 2023 Yes, it will dont ask Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cypress Sun Posted March 9, 2023 Share Posted March 9, 2023 6 minutes ago, PowderRiverCowboy said: Yes, it will dont ask Long neck bottles and excessive drinking. Been on both the receiving end and the giving end. The bottle will break depending on how thick the bottle is and how hard the strike is. Half the time the bottle won't break and will fall out of the user's hand as they aren't holding on to it well. I've never seen one break in the way that they do in the movies, you know...shatter...they don't. They break into jagged pieces and the holder of the neck of the bottle is usually left holding a stubby, jagged handle of glass, still VERY lethal but not like the movies. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michigan Slim Posted March 9, 2023 Share Posted March 9, 2023 Yes. At least I'm pretty sure that's what it was. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pat Riot Posted March 9, 2023 Share Posted March 9, 2023 Yes, yes it can, will and does. Unless you really want it to…then it may take more than a couple of whacks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sassnetguy50 Posted March 9, 2023 Share Posted March 9, 2023 A question common enough that Mythbusters did an episode on this. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blackwater 53393 Posted March 9, 2023 Share Posted March 9, 2023 The one I used didn’t! The one that was used on me, DID!! That should answer the question to everyone’s satisfaction! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rye Miles #13621 Posted March 9, 2023 Share Posted March 9, 2023 I think it depends on the force that's used to crack it over the guy's head! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blackwater 53393 Posted March 9, 2023 Share Posted March 9, 2023 1 minute ago, Rye Miles #13621 said: I think it depends on the force that's used to crack it over the guy's head! And perhaps the hardness of the head in question!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Shoer 27979 Posted March 9, 2023 Share Posted March 9, 2023 It dam sure will I still have a lump on my head from 40 years ago Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cyrus Cassidy #45437 Posted March 9, 2023 Share Posted March 9, 2023 I used to be a cop. I'm 5-10, 185 pounds, so not a bruiser by any stretch. That said, I spent my youth as a boxer and can take care of myself, especially with the tools the PD gave me and trained me to use. I used to walk into barfights with the old school PR-24, the side-handled baton you saw all the time in the 1990s. They have fallen into disuse because the Taser is a much better tool...for handling one person. So I maintained my certification on the PR-24 and brought it into bar fights. Start swinging ye ol' whoopin' stick around, and people generally get the heck away from you. So I've been in a few bar fights, but I never resorted to a bottle in favor of my issued tools on which I was trained and certified. That said, by the time I arrived, the broohaha had been going on for a while and usually there was more than one person injured. I've seen a lot of gashed heads--some terribly bad--from beer bottles, but I don't ever recall one having broken on someone WHILE I WAS THERE. There were always broken bottles lying around, but I couldn't testify as to how it happened. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sassnetguy50 Posted March 9, 2023 Share Posted March 9, 2023 32 minutes ago, Rye Miles #13621 said: I think it depends on the force that's used to crack it over the guy's head! And the wrist strength to drive the bottle through or bounce off a head. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pat Riot Posted March 9, 2023 Share Posted March 9, 2023 1 hour ago, Blackwater 53393 said: The one I used didn’t! The one that was used on me, DID!! That should answer the question to everyone’s satisfaction! Same here Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wallaby Jack, SASS #44062 Posted March 9, 2023 Share Posted March 9, 2023 I don't think my head is hard enough to break a bottle of any sort ....... .......... and I don't want to find out Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Shoer 27979 Posted March 9, 2023 Share Posted March 9, 2023 13 minutes ago, Wallaby Jack, SASS #44062 said: I don't think my head is hard enough to break a bottle of any sort ....... .......... and I don't want to find out I wish that was me, the last place you want to hit me is anywhere above the neck Not saying it will not hurt me, it is what happens to you after the couple seconds after i quit cussing Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pat Riot Posted March 10, 2023 Share Posted March 10, 2023 1 hour ago, The Shoer 27979 said: I wish that was me, the last place you want to hit me is anywhere above the neck Not saying it will not hurt me, it is what happens to you after the couple seconds after i quit cussing Yeah, I go a little Berserker when hit in the head. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Shoer 27979 Posted March 10, 2023 Share Posted March 10, 2023 4 hours ago, Pat Riot, SASS #13748 said: Yeah, I go a little Berserker when hit in the head. I decline to go into details. I have had beer bottle, pool stick( the thick end) the end of a 20' 4"x12" beam hit me in the top of my head and literally crack my scull, 5 minutes of a cold compress to stop the bleeding I was back to work. Got my bell rang a few other time that I don't remember anymore, I stumbled but never fell. Not trying to brag or anything, aw bs I am to bragging. No seriously it is like an on and off switch for me, when that switch flips I am hell on wheels only have one thought in mind. I'll send you an email next couple days Pat Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Utah Bob #35998 Posted March 10, 2023 Share Posted March 10, 2023 A beer bottle will. A wine bottle is thinner and breaks much easier. A brick not so much. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alpo Posted March 10, 2023 Author Share Posted March 10, 2023 Still wine, of course. Sparkling wine needs to have thicker glass to retain the carbonation. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
watab kid Posted March 10, 2023 Share Posted March 10, 2023 thankfully i have no first hand experience , always avoided those situations , but , im going to guess by the responses it will , the resulting injury might be something to deal with that most of us might prefer to avoid , i know i would , there are so many things like that id like to avoid finding out , much rather just point and shoot should that be required , Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Captain Bill Burt Posted March 10, 2023 Share Posted March 10, 2023 A Molson Gold beer bottle, swung with sufficient force will shatter and transform a drunk assailant into a bleeding unconscious lump. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pat Riot Posted March 10, 2023 Share Posted March 10, 2023 6 hours ago, The Shoer 27979 said: I decline to go into details. I have had beer bottle, pool stick( the thick end) the end of a 20' 4"x12" beam hit me in the top of my head and literally crack my scull, 5 minutes of a cold compress to stop the bleeding I was back to work. Got my bell rang a few other time that I don't remember anymore, I stumbled but never fell. Not trying to brag or anything, aw bs I am to bragging. No seriously it is like an on and off switch for me, when that switch flips I am hell on wheels only have one thought in mind. I'll send you an email next couple days Pat Same here. In my case though I am pretty sure my bell’s been rung a few too many times…at least that what my wife keeps telling me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michigan Slim Posted March 10, 2023 Share Posted March 10, 2023 6 hours ago, Pat Riot, SASS #13748 said: Same here. In my case though I am pretty sure my bell’s been rung a few too many times…at least that what my wife keeps telling me. Anybody that knows me have absolutely no doubt I've had a few concussions. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Widder, SASS #59054 Posted March 10, 2023 Share Posted March 10, 2023 A 'fish bowl' will also break when it hits your head. And it will also require a few stitches after the doctor washes out all that sea sand from your skull. Yea, yea, yea..... now you know what happened to me in my younger life. ..........Widder Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Texas Joker Posted March 11, 2023 Share Posted March 11, 2023 ANYTHING will break against a head if you hit it hard enough. Sometimes it's not good for the head either Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rip Snorter Posted March 11, 2023 Share Posted March 11, 2023 I can tell you from experience that an acoustic guitar makes a weird crunch / boing and won't knock you out. Just small cuts and a little difficulty disentangling. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Black Angus McPherson Posted March 11, 2023 Share Posted March 11, 2023 2 hours ago, Texas Joker said: ANYTHING will break against a head if you hit it hard enough. Sometimes it's not good for the head either "Whether the pitcher hits the rock, or the rock hits the pitcher, it's going to be bad for the pitcher." Sancho Panza Man of La Mancha Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alpo Posted March 11, 2023 Author Share Posted March 11, 2023 9 minutes ago, Black Angus McPherson said: "Whether the pitcher hits the rock, or the rock hits the pitcher, it's going to be bad for the pitcher." Sancho Panza Man of La Mancha Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hashknife Cowboy Posted March 11, 2023 Share Posted March 11, 2023 I had to investigate a few of these in my LE career, all led to a skull fracture. Non Hollywood bottles are very stout, but they are meant to recycle...... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fort Reno Kid Posted March 12, 2023 Share Posted March 12, 2023 Howdy Pards I’m reminded of the scene in the 1973 version of “From Here To Eternity” where the Burt Lancaster character breaks a beer bottle to make a makeshift knife and makes the Ernest Borgnine character backdown. Convinced me. I wouldn’t want to face ole Burt either. Adios Fort Reno Kid Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rip Snorter Posted March 12, 2023 Share Posted March 12, 2023 I saw a guy try the busted bottle trick when I was in my teens - he cut the crap out of his hand. He wasn't even smart enough to throw blood on the assailant. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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