A little help? Fluid mechanics?

[trof]

OK, I open a 1.75 liter bottle of Scotch.
Throw the cap away.
Gets in the way. Won't need it again.
Use a jigger to measure my drinks.
I up-end the jigger on the neck of the bottle to cut down on evaporation.
I make sure the jigger is empty.
Don't want to waste a drop.
Next day there is a brown circle on the countertop where the bottle is sitting.
I KNOW there was no Scotch left in the jigger, and the sides of the bottle are dry.
Wha hoppen?
Sublimation?
Thank you.

[Igel]

1. Two questions. No, make that three. No, four.

Was the jigger dry when you upended it? Were you sober enough to remember it accurately?

Did you wipe the rim of the bottle?

And, oddly, did the room get significantly colder overnight?

[trof]

3. Poured out dry, but not wiped dry.

No discernible liquid.
I have never gotten drunk enough to up-end a full jigger on the bottle.
Did not wipe rim of bottle.
Rather than do all that, it would be easier to use the cap, I guess.
Maybe 7 or 8 degrees F. cooler.
Sat 70 to 63 before I turn up the thermostat again.
However this happens year round.

[Igel]

9. Well, if you rule out condensation because of the temperature

change. In truth, if the ring is liquor-colored it probably can't be condensation. That should be nearly clear.

I'm left with suggesting that there was just enough liquid in the jigger (which, if full when upended, would certainly merit harsh punishment for the upender) to cause the ring, there was liquid on the neck from dribbling. Or both.

Try wiping out the jigger and wiping down the neck next time. Let us know tomorrow how it worked. :toast:

[nothingshocksmeanymore]

2. You dripped you drunken bum

[trof]

4. I do NOT drip.

I may slobber a bit at times, but I NEVER drip.
Nor do I dip.
Unless we're dancing.
Then I dip sometimes.
If I outweigh you by a significant amount.

[BigMcLargehuge]

5. I confess

it was me... I drew the ring with a magic marker

[trof]

6. bastid

:grr:

[Aristus]

7. Hmm. Fluid Mechanics. Fluidics. I thought you were talking about

Zero, the computer whose waters touch all knowledge.

Guess not. :dunce:

[KG]

8. condensation on the jigger?

just a guess.

[trof]

10. And then I wrote "Condensation's on the jigger, and

my finger's on the trigger.
I told her that I'm gone,
and gone for good.
She should move away, don't bug me.
Don't try to kiss and hug me.
I wouldn't love a ringer if I could."
or something
I think I just hit the 3 drink limit.
;-)