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03.01.2012, 14:53
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A 48-year-old Swiss was astonished to receive a letter this Christmas from South Africa in reply to a message in a bottle he first set adrift on the river Rhine 30 years ago. Read the full article: Swiss message in bottle found in Africa after 30 years |
03.01.2012, 19:15
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| | | Re: Swiss message in bottle found in Africa after 30 years
It was sent to his local tax authorities!
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03.01.2012, 19:20
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| | | Re: Swiss message in bottle found in Africa after 30 years
Imagine the bottle was sent 30y ago by an african and it arrived in Basel by the miracle of the Rhein. They'd send it back with a fine for illegal immigration.
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03.01.2012, 19:21
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| | | Re: Swiss message in bottle found in Africa after 30 years
so this explains why The Local is always a bit behind on the news?
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03.01.2012, 19:26
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funny thing the guy never left his village and the bottle crossed the oceans several times.
Also it's written: "Werner Kühnis said he now intened to contact the woman in Cape Town to find out more about the reappearance of his bottled message." (or sender!?) Is that like a flirting attempt?
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03.01.2012, 19:39
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| Quote: | |  | | | funny thing the guy never left his village and the bottle crossed the oceans several times.
Also it's written: "Werner Kühnis said he now intened to contact the woman in Cape Town to find out more about the reappearance of his bottled message." (or sender!?) Is that like a flirting attempt? | | | | | Yes yes, it's the Swiss version of a blind date.  | | The following 7 users would like to thank lost_inbroad for this useful post: | |
03.01.2012, 19:41
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| Quote: | | | | | Yes yes, it's the Swiss version of a blind date. | | | | | Future news from The Local:
Expat caught littering thousands of bottles into the Limmat in hopes of scoring a date in Switzerland 
I've got some work to do
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03.01.2012, 20:40
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| Quote: | | | | | It was sent to his local tax authorities!
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03.01.2012, 20:41
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| | | Re: Swiss message in bottle found in Africa after 30 years
| Quote: | | | | | funny thing the guy never left his village and the bottle crossed the oceans several times.
Also it's written: "Werner Kühnis said he now intened to contact the woman in Cape Town to find out more about the reappearance of his bottled message." (or sender!?) Is that like a flirting attempt? | | | | | That booty call came 30 years too late.
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03.01.2012, 20:54
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| | | Re: Swiss message in bottle found in Africa after 30 years
The note was a message to his neighbour complaining about the mop in the laundry room being placed an inch to the left of where it normally sits.
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03.01.2012, 21:02
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 | Quote: | | | | | It was sent to his local tax authorities!
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07.01.2012, 01:12
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| Quote: | | | | | Future news from The Local:
Expat caught littering thousands of bottles into the Limmat in hopes of scoring a date in Switzerland
I've got some work to do | | | | | Sorry but I am not considering myself as a expat |
07.01.2012, 01:24
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| Quote: | | | | | Sorry but I am not considering myself as a expat | | | | | Then why are you throwing so many bottles?  | | This user would like to thank marton for this useful post: | |
07.01.2012, 01:53
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Just try to but theme to a good use |
07.01.2012, 14:44
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And early Saturday afternoon the mod but Brookdai back in the bottle ,corked it and but it where it belongs |
30.01.2012, 23:23
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| | | Re: Swiss message in bottle found in Africa after 30 years
It was a prank. | Quote: |  | | | However, the truth has since come out: rather than working its way to South Africa on its own, the bottle got a little help. People in Germany found the it on the shore of Lake Constance and thought it would be a hoot if a friend flying back to Cape Town answered its message from there. | | | | | Swissinfo EN | | This user would like to thank jrspet for this useful post: | | |
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