[JoeProBono]

Berlin -A message in a bottle has been pulled from the sea by fishermen a record-breaking 101 years after it was sent. A German called Richard Platz scribbled his note to the world on May 17, 1913 – one year before the First World War, in which he died. It was a postcard from Denmark with two German stamps on it and a message asking the finder ‘to post it on to my address in Berlin’. More than a century on, it was found by a crew from the north German port of Heikendorf, near Kiel. ‘When I saw the date I got really excited,’ said skipper Konrad Fischer. The oldest message in a bottle listed by Guinness World Records was found in 2012 – 97 years after it was sent.

[House Atreides]

I MUST let Richard know that someone finally found his bottle.

[BenLurkin]

Fascinating, cool and sad — all at the same time!

[Pontiac]

I’ll send and SOS to the world

[a fool in paradise]

And the message? "PLEASE DON'T LITTER!"

Now you know the rest of the story.

[martin_fierro]

Ich bin ein phialwinner.

[blueunicorn6]

And in other news.

Fred Finkelman of Fargo found a gold lamp. He rubbed it and a genie appeared. The genie said, “Fred, can you mail this postcard for me?” and went back inside the magic lamp. Fred melted down the lamp and made some lovely bling chains.

[blueunicorn6]

That is my Uncle Bill and his friends Fast Steve and Eddie The Weasel. They pull this same stunt every year.

[RIghtwardHo]

So VERY cool!

[miliantnutcase]

Those guys look like actors playing fishermen. Seriously, they look too authentic.

[lowbridge]

Faster than the usps.

[nuconvert]

Ha. quite a crew there

[tflabo]

I’m hearing in the background Elvis singing, ‘Return to sender, address unknown, no such number, no such home’.

[righttackle44]

If an American found it, and the address was in the United States, the post office would have asked for additional appropriations for additional manpower, fuel, HR resources, and cost-of-business expenses. The teamsters would have asked for an investigation as to why the post office is allowed to compete with teamster-supported businesses, and the police unions would have demanded a police escort be sent. Hillary Clinton would have asked whether it mattered or not whether the post card was delivered, and Obama would have said that it was President Bush’s fault that the postcard was not found during the Bush presidency. Michelle would have demanded that such post cards not be delivered until the nutrition and diets of postal workers were determined to be correct. Joe Biden would want it not delivered until it could be determined that everyone could read equally, and whether or not it is written in cursive. And Eric Holder would want the card held until it was determined whether or not it could come across the U.S. boundaries with the same opportunity that other mail from other countries enjoyed.

[PoloSec]

Men of tough profession, they are genuine, how can I tell, the guy on the far right is smiling from ear to ear, they all are smiling but that guy really has it going on.

[Sivad]

This is the kind of story which I believe should be saved until
the text of the message can be published or an explanation
of why it cannot be published be included in the story.

[Daffynition]

And the message says "So long, and thanks for all the fish."

If there was a bottle deposit sticker on that glass ...I'd be very suspicious.

[Bigg Red]

I don’t know why, but I loved seeing the cigar parked in that fisherman’s mouth. (And I hate cigar smoke.)

[OldNewYork]

Great picture.

[tubebender]

pffftttt… I find them on eBay everyday

[Sawdring]