MESSAGE IN A BOTTLE FOUND FROM 1966

A litter-picking crew in the UK found a message in a bottle from 1966. Members of the (* and be VERY careful pronouncing this) Scunthorpe Litter Pickers group said they found the message in a bottle while cleaning up around the Humber Estuary in North Lincolnshire, England. The group members opened the bottle and found a note written by 15-year-old friends Jennifer Coleman and Janet Blankley. The letter, dated Aug. 9, 1966, asked any single boys over the age of 16 and under the age of 18 to write back. The crew was able to find Jennifer Coleman on Facebook. She moved to Australia after finishing school. She said the location where the bottle was found was only a few yards from where she and Blankley launched it. Coleman said she isn’t in touch with Blankley anymore, but she was “absolutely amazed” to learn their letter had been found. Coleman said the bottled message was unsuccessful in finding her a boyfriend, but she did eventually find love at the age of 49.
* Maybe she was unsuccessful because BOYS DON’T LIKE LITTERERS.
* If you’re gonna do the message-in-a-bottle thing, you really need to know your tide tables.
* And work on your throwing arm.
* Meanwhile, the bottle’s thinking: “I just can’t get away from this neighborhood!”
* 1966. So the litter-picking crew is due to make their next exciting discovery in, let’s see – 2078.