Message In Bottle Found After 98 Years Near Shetland 107
An anonymous reader writes "A drift bottle released in June 1914 by Captain CH Brown of the Glasgow School of Navigation has been found. Part of a project to help map currents, 1,890 scientific research bottles were released around Scotland. Only 315 of them were ever recovered. From the article: 'Mr Leaper, 43, who found the bottle east of Shetland, explained: "As we hauled in the nets I spotted the bottle neck sticking out and I quickly grabbed it before it fell back in the sea. It was very exciting to find the bottle and I couldn't wait to open it."'"
On the back was written (Score:5, Funny)
BSD Is Dying
Re:Sixpence None The Richer? (Score:5, Funny)
Yes, but was he awarded the promised six pence?
When the original bottle and items inside are auctioned off, he'll make far more. Assuming he doesn't succumb to a case of stupidity and opens the bottle like the article suggests, in which case he deserves being whipped repeatedly by angry historians -- and the whip's price shall be six pence.
ping (Score:5, Funny)
Pinging 192.168.28.1 with 32 bytes of data:
Reply from 192.168.28.1: bytes=32 time=3,092,644,800,000ms TTL=64
Ping statistics for 192.168.28.1:
Packets: Sent = 1, Received = 1, Lost = 0 (0% loss),
Approximate round trip times in milli-seconds:
Minimum = 3,092,644,800,000ms, Maximum = 3,092,644,800,000ms, Average = 3,092,644,800,000ms
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Obvious joke here (Score:5, Funny)
Unfortunately, The Police could not be reached for comment.
Re:Sixpence None The Richer? (Score:3, Funny)
Kiss Me!
Re:Obvious joke here (Score:2, Funny)
Unfortunately, The Police could not be reached for comment.
Joke not so obvious....what do the police have to do with this?
Re:Sixpence None The Richer? (Score:5, Funny)
"The bottle has been donated to a Shetland museum"
I think there might be a typo here.
Re:ping (Score:5, Funny)
$ping shetland.gov
Pinging shetland.gov with 32 bytes of data:
Reply from shetland.gov: bytes=32 time=3,092,644,800,000ms TTL=64
Ping statistics for shetland.gov:
Packets: Sent = 1,890, Received = 315, Lost = 1575 (83% loss),
Approximate round trip times in milli-seconds:
Minimum = 3,092,644,800,000ms, Maximum = 3,092,644,800,000ms, Average = 3,092,644,800,000ms
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Re:Obvious joke here (Score:5, Funny)
Man, you would have to have been living in a box or walking on the moon not to get that one.
Re:Obvious joke here (Score:2, Funny)
Jeez, where have you been? Living at the bottom of some dark Scottish lake, or something I presume?
Re:The context read ..... (Score:2, Funny)
Be sure to drink your Ovaltine...
Re:Sixpence None The Richer? (Score:4, Funny)