1.   Betty Gomez, bartender at the Boondocks, says she knows the feeling of popping the top of many beers.

2.   A Seattlite pops the top off a bottle of Red Hook and downs the whole bottle.

3.   But what about popping the top of a soft-drink can, only to have a promotional gimmick jump out at you?

4.   Campbell offers one to a guest and then pops the top on a can for himself.

5.   Fitch, the baker, popped the top off her Tupperware cake container and sliced up the cake.

6.   I suppose you might find some drive-locking software, or you could pop the top on your PC and yank the power and data cables out.

7.   One scene has Willis telling members of a congressional committee exactly what to expect when they pop the top on this martial-law jack-in-the-box.

8.   People pop the top and savor the brisk chemical bite and the imitation lemon aftertaste.

9.   Pop the top on the computer and look for any obvious signs of damage, then plug it in and turn it on.

10.   Sometimes, if they are not too close to a church, they pop the top on beers and toast everyone from Papa Noel to Huey Long.