Message in a Bottle
Posted on 04/09/2010 6:47:08 PM PDT by nickcarraway
A bottle note made it all the way to France and was returned this week
You ever wonder what would happen if you just tossed a note in the ocean and see what happened?
Well, it might shock you, but eventually someone will find it, albeit decades later.
A message in a bottle tossed into the Atlantic Ocean by a young Florida camper during a 1987 field trip was returned this week, some 23 years after it was cast away. Judy Kissel, an early childhood and camp director at the Soref Jewish Community Center in Plantation, says the note was returned by mail from a man in France on Wednesday.
That means the bottle floated about 4,600 miles across the Atlantic Ocean, give or a take a few stops along the way. In essence, the bottle is officially a world traveler.
During a 1987 field trip to Port Everglades, several dozen children from the community center tossed messages in bottles into the ocean. In the years since, letters have been returned from Maine to London.
Kissel, who worked at the center at the time, says a letter included with a copy of the original note says the bottle was found in 1995 at a beach near a hospital in Bourdeaux, France.
It's unclear which camper sent the note, as his or her name is now blurred out.
But at least now you know that if you are stranded on a deserted island, the bottle thing might be a viable option.
It could have traveled a lot farther than that in 23 years
What took them so long to return it?
Now if it was about 43 years old I would say it could of been one of mine. I remember throwing several into Puget Sound saying “I was on an Island Mary Ann and Ginger - rescue not needed.”
So, if I am reading correctly, it took the bottle 8 years to reach its destination, and the return mail took 15 years?
“Message In A Bottle” by The Police is one of the greatest songs of all time.
They were busy drinking wine and eating cheese.
one of my favorite lines in Kellys Heroes !!!
Walked out this morning, don't believe what I saw
Hundred billion bottles washed up on the shore
Seems I'm not alone in being alone
Hundred billion castaways, looking for a home
It passed through 24 layers of French bureaucracy - in between shutdowns for street riots by dole scroungers who claimed they wanted jobs.
You’ve never used the French Postal System, I take it...;)
[the lone obstacle to the sought-after gold is a solitary tank guarding the bank]
Crapgame: Then make a DEAL!
Big Joe: What kind of deal?
Crapgame: A DEAL, deal! Maybe the guys a Republican. “Business is business,” right?
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Crapgame (Rickles) saves the entire offensive...
Kelly’s Heroes?
LOLOLOLOL!
Better than the U.S. Post Office! ; )
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