Saturday, September 10, 2005
Message in a Bottle - Chicago Tribune
... Even more bizarre was the scrawled message the agent found in an empty wine bottle floating down Canal Street.Dated Sept. 1, it said: "TO WHOM IT MAY CONCERN: 'PLEASE SEND WITH IMMEDIATELY, [ONE] ICE COLD CHEST OF COORS LIGHT. I'M OUT AT THIS TIME. DOWN TO WINE. SOME SHRIMP AND OYSTERS WOULD ALSO BE APPRECIATED. THANK YOU." It was signed and had an address.Belton's rescue team found the author, who between sips of wine on his porch told them he was staying put, noting he had enough wine to last "quite a few days."Belton said he was going to frame the note because it was "pure New Orleans." ...
... Even more bizarre was the scrawled message the agent found in an empty wine bottle floating down Canal Street.Dated Sept. 1, it said: "TO WHOM IT MAY CONCERN: 'PLEASE SEND WITH IMMEDIATELY, [ONE] ICE COLD CHEST OF COORS LIGHT. I'M OUT AT THIS TIME. DOWN TO WINE. SOME SHRIMP AND OYSTERS WOULD ALSO BE APPRECIATED. THANK YOU." It was signed and had an address.Belton's rescue team found the author, who between sips of wine on his porch told them he was staying put, noting he had enough wine to last "quite a few days."Belton said he was going to frame the note because it was "pure New Orleans." ...
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