They hate us for our bottles.

[democracyindanger]

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.

http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2006/02/03/national/a134338S00.DTL&hw=bottle&sn=002&sc=589

[petronius]

1. Sounds like Mr. Biggelsworth is the life of the party...

I'm betting he was taking that scenic walk all by his bitter cantankerous lonesome...

[CanuckAmok]

3. um, no...

I had my dog with me, you colonial bumpkin.

[petronius]

4. LOL!

I'm picturing an extremely aggressive Aberdeen terrier with a bit of a flatulence problem...

And we're not "colonial" anymore, you downtrodden serf of an archaic aristocracy! :)

[jobycom]

2. That sounds way too good to be true.

Let's hope it is, though! Hilarious!

[Kire]

5. I"m stealing this for my blog.

and a myspace bulletin

[Strong Atheist]

6. I'm against litter and polution, but even I understand

messages in a bottle ...:eyes:

[skygazer]

7. I'm sorry but

I simply can't take seriously a man with the name of Biggelsworth.