During the recession, there is nothing more hysterical than vulgar displays of wealth. I’m not talking about buying a house, because everyone does that and it’s not exactly vulgar. I’m talking smaller things that have more of an impact and are more socially unacceptable.

Like my batch of “Fuck the recession I’m still rich” T-shirts, and our Blue Pussy (HERE)

Another way to clearly show your disgusting wealth is to open your champagne bottle with a saber as all the cool kids do. A little bit of information on sabrage from WikidCool:

Sabrage is a technique of opening a champagne bottle with a saber and is most notably used for ceremonial occasions. But if you live the life of decadence and luxury, you can just open all your bottles with a saber! Sabrage involves sliding the blade along the bottle towards the neck. The force of the blade hitting the lip breaks the collar from the neck of the bottle.

The technique of sabrage became popular in France when the army of Napoleon visited the aristocrat domains. It was just after the French revolution and the saber was the weapon of choice of Napoleons cavalry, The Hussar. Napoleon had good reason to celebrate due to his victories across Europe.

Sabrage on Veuve with a Swiss Army Knife? Not ideal

As Napoleon so wisely said “Champagne: In victory one deserves it; in defeat one needs it”

Wise words!

So there’s another little trick to add to your already ridiculous bundle of tricks to completely avoid the 2009 recession. We’ve also been avoiding it quite nicely,  for a quick recap click HERE.

RAD-NESS!

Sean Lloyd

Editor