Posted on 02/23/2023 12:15:33 PM PST by Red Badger
Heinz is trying to track down the man who survived for nearly a month at sea on nothing but ketchup and seasonings.
In a recent Instagram post, the company said they wanted to buy 47-year-old Elvis Francois a new boat, but they have been unable to locate him.
"So, we’re setting this message adrift into the sea of the internet, because if anyone can help us find him, its you," Heinz wrote. "If you or anyone you know can help us get in contact with Elvis Francois, please drop us a DM."
The company encouraged readers to share the post with friends "so we can #FindTheKetchupBoatGuy."
The Colombian navy spotted Francois’ boat from the air 120 nautical miles northwest of La Guajira peninsula last month. Francois had scrawled the word "help" on the boat’s hull, which officials said was key to his rescue. His boat was taken to the port city of Cartagena by a passing container ship.
Francois, of the island nation of Dominica, claimed to have survived 24 days adrift in the Caribbean with nothing but ketchup, garlic powder, and seasoning cubes.
Francois told Colombian authorities that his ordeal began in December when currents swept the sailboat out to sea while he was making repairs off the island of St. Martin in the Netherlands Antilles.
The navy said Francois received a medical check on shore and was handed over to immigration authorities for his return home to Dominica.
Heinz is trying to track down the man who survived for nearly a month at sea on nothing but ketchup and seasonings.
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John Kerry wants his share.
Heinz is trying to track down the man who survived for nearly a month at sea on nothing but ketchup and seasonings.
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John Kerry wants his share.
I remember back in the 1980s when WaPo and the Left typically made a big deal of the fact that Reagan’s USDA classified Ketchup as a vegetable for school lunch programs.
So this guy at least had his vegetables.
Wait til they find out it was “Hunts” Catsup.
Ketchup and 57 sauce on my Sushi has to do when survival matters.
They’ll have a hard time tracking him down. The likelihood of the guy being in Tehran or on the ramp next to a Gulfstream is pretty slim to none?
I am guessing he never wants to see, or hear about, ketchup again.
Good thing he wasn’t from Chicago. He’d have starved to death.
Private label, and Mushroom Ketchup from Watkins have replaced any Heinz products in our domicile.
I read an article on SurvivalBlog that they are a very good survival food source.
They are very portable, and as recent history has shown, can be the difference between starving and dying. I still have them and they'll probably last a very long time if kept cool and dry.
Is his name Frank?
Lol, people from Chicago do eat ketchup. Just not on hot dogs.
He had no love for Clinton who he thinks is responsible for destroying his country so Heinz probably wouldn't want to interview him
So, ketchup IS a vegetable after all.
Not ketchup...
Tomato gravy.
In order to keep his share of his wife’s family billions, John Kerry had to keep his meek status going.
His wife said to reporters: “John knows if I ever catch him cheating with another woman I will not kill him, I will maim him.”
Referenced in many sources.
WaPo May 6, 2003
The Times (UK) Feb. 11, 2004
My favorite headline:
HEINZ IN A PICKLE
NY Post by Deborah Orin October 21, 2004
(Wife had to make up excuses and not make the hubby look bad).
Line I heard once: A lot of American males have modified their behavior after Lorena Bobbitt.
John Hienz died when his Plane crashed over Merion School, PA, about a mile from me.
He did not mention all the hot dogs he had with the ketchup.
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