Dispensary Corner 22 Jun 10
June 22, 2010
PRESCRIPTION crosses oil spill.
A message in a bottle written on
the back of a German doctor’s
prescription paper, which washed
up on a beach in Florida has
surprised its finders by being
covered in oil.
The US holidaymaker who
found the bottle picked it up from
the edge of the surf and was
shocked by the thick layer of oil
smothering its surface.
On further investigation, it was
discovered that the bottle had
travelled all the way from
Barbados, through the Gulf of
Mexico’s oil slicked water, to
arrive on a small beach in Florida.
According to reports, the bottle
had been dropped into the ocean
by a German doctor Hanns
Simon, who scribbled the note on
the back of his prescription pad,
giving the name of the vessel he
was on, Mein Schiff, and the coordinates
of its position when the
bottle hit the ocean.
The note read: “Dear finder,
please write to Germany, best
regards, Hanns S”.
As yet, the message recipient
has not had any luck tracking
down the mysterious medico.
YET another danger of fast food.
An unfortunate Aussie thief has
been nabbed after DNA found on
a donut he scoffed at a crime site
led police directly to his door.
The Krispy Kreme donut was
not alone in revealing Jamie Scott
McKillop’s identity - it was joined
by a half empty can of Coke at
another robbery victim’s home,
and empty bottles of pre-mixed
alcoholic beverages at a litany of
other robbed houses.
The snacking sneak-thief was
sentenced to 17-years in prison
this week by Justice Peter
McClellan, for his part in the
robberies of 154 homes between
2005 and 2006.
“Frankly, it is not surprising that
Mr McKillop was not concerned
about leaving his DNA at the
scene... after all, he had
committed 154 offences without
apprehension,” McClellan said.
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