Sailor Gets Angry Reply to Bottle Message

UPI ^ | 2-3-06

[Indy Pendance]

A sailor who sent a message out to sea in a bottle says he received a reply from England - accusing him of littering. 'I kind of felt like no good deed goes unpunished,' Harvey Bennett, 55, told the East Hampton Star.

The plastic bottle was one of five that Bennett placed in the ocean off Long Island in August.

Last week, he excitedly opened a letter from England, and was stunned by the reply:

'I recently found your bottle while taking a scenic walk on the beach by Poole Harbour. While you may consider this some profound experiment on the path and speed' of 'oceanic currents, I have another name for it, litter.'

'You Americans don't seem to be happy unless you are mucking about somewhere,' says the letter, signed by Henry Biggelsworth of Bournemouth, in Dorset County.

Bennett, who has a picture of the queen of England in his Amagansett tackle shop, says that Poole Harbor is just a short distance from Weymouth Harbor. That's where the Bennett family embarked for America in 1644.

The New York Post carried the report on Friday, giving attribution to the East Hampton Star.

Bennett did not immediately return a call from The Associated Press on Friday.

[BenLurkin]

Bigglesworth . . .. {snicker}

[AgThorn]

Bah, humbug! sounds like this guy (the recieving side of the bottle) needs a life ... sheesh.

[DogBarkTree]

Typical stuffy Brit who should stuff the next bottle where the sun doesnt shine.

[SF Republican]

British humor, its as good as their food.

[Indy Pendance]

What? No fish and chips for you?

[RadioAstronomer]

Actually more than a just "get a life" type, he sounds like a true A-hole!

[Rebelbase]

My son and I threw one into an outgoing tide off NC 3 years ago. No word yet.

[MeanWestTexan]

Bass and fish & chips is the finest meal to be had.

And monty python was hillarious.

This Bigglesworth is just an ass.

[pipecorp]

right, now come at with the banana.

[tubebender]

Biggelsworth of BournemouthMore like Biggemouth of Bourneworth...

[Indy Pendance]

What about all those pretty helium balloons?

[Tijeras_Slim]

My son and I threw one into an outgoing tide off NC 3 years ago. No word yet.

I'll keep an eye out, but the odds are long.

[Old Professer]

What a perfect name for a perfect prune, Biggelsworth, indeed.

[rocksblues]

Henry Biggelsworth of Bournemouth, in Dorset County.

[colorado tanker]

Well, now, we wouldn't want any litter about, would we? I have a suggestion where Mr. Biggelsesworth should put that bottle so as not to disturb the beauty of the beach.

[cardinal4]

Any relation to this cat?

[dighton]

How'd that end up in my pool?

[spinestein]

['You Americans don't seem to be happy unless you are mucking about somewhere,' says the letter, signed by Henry Biggelsworth of Bournemouth, in Dorset County.]



Hey, we kicked your a** twice already, don't make us come over there!

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