If the bottle has (accidentally) had a shake or two, the cork could fly out with enough force to break one of your flutes - and what would you use to serve your champagne, then?
Let's be careful out there.
We were reminiscing over Christmas dinner about the time some overenthusiastic family member uncorked a bottle of champagne and the cork grazed my eyebrow. "You'll shoot your eye out" should not be the theme of tonight's celebrations.
Having had far more than enought champagne last Sunday, I'll just wait to have a sparking grape juice toast with Rick and the boys as close to midnight as I can manage. (Even that is fraught with peril...I've heard of people being maimed by non-alcoholic sparkling beverages)