A Quacking Armada!
So, you want to shoot my yellow ducks...?
(OK, OK, I know he's not a duck, he just wants his 15 seconds of fame...)
How about this for a real target then, just get yourself comfy, lots of ammo, a blunderbuss and dig in on the coast – Cyprus will be fine, they’ll get there all in their own quacky time. (Take plenty of food and wine, suntan cream and a good book too.)
As reported in The Times on 13th July by John Elliot, there is ‘an armada of yellow plastic ducks bearing down on America’s Atlantic coastline after an epic journey halfway round the world. The invasion force is supported by similar numbers of green frogs,(see? they went too) red beavers and blue turtles…they began their journey in 1992.. and have roamed the globe since in large flotillas.
After bobbing along the coast of Alaska the 2in toys headed for the Bering Strait, which they reached in 1995. They then crossed the Arctic Ocean.
The toys are thought to have spent about five years encrusted with snow and ice as they made their way past polar bears and seals (so you will be no fearful enemy to these intrepid explorers) and eventually around the tip of Greenland. By 2001 they had passed Greenland and reached the area of the Atlantic where the Titanic sank, …they could arrive in New England at any time. When they originally splashed into the Pacific 11 years ago the toys were in sets of four,….shortly after their escape the salt water washed away the glue holding the wrappers together. Time and the weather have faded the toys, with the ducks changing from yellow to white. They are stamped with the words “the first years”’
Curtis Ebbesmeyer has been charting their progress, together with 80,000 pairs of Nike trainers, 34,000 ice hockey gloves and 5 million pieces of lego …..
So what are you going to do when you retire?
So, you want to shoot my yellow ducks...?
(OK, OK, I know he's not a duck, he just wants his 15 seconds of fame...)
How about this for a real target then, just get yourself comfy, lots of ammo, a blunderbuss and dig in on the coast – Cyprus will be fine, they’ll get there all in their own quacky time. (Take plenty of food and wine, suntan cream and a good book too.)
As reported in The Times on 13th July by John Elliot, there is ‘an armada of yellow plastic ducks bearing down on America’s Atlantic coastline after an epic journey halfway round the world. The invasion force is supported by similar numbers of green frogs,(see? they went too) red beavers and blue turtles…they began their journey in 1992.. and have roamed the globe since in large flotillas.
After bobbing along the coast of Alaska the 2in toys headed for the Bering Strait, which they reached in 1995. They then crossed the Arctic Ocean.
The toys are thought to have spent about five years encrusted with snow and ice as they made their way past polar bears and seals (so you will be no fearful enemy to these intrepid explorers) and eventually around the tip of Greenland. By 2001 they had passed Greenland and reached the area of the Atlantic where the Titanic sank, …they could arrive in New England at any time. When they originally splashed into the Pacific 11 years ago the toys were in sets of four,….shortly after their escape the salt water washed away the glue holding the wrappers together. Time and the weather have faded the toys, with the ducks changing from yellow to white. They are stamped with the words “the first years”’
Curtis Ebbesmeyer has been charting their progress, together with 80,000 pairs of Nike trainers, 34,000 ice hockey gloves and 5 million pieces of lego …..
So what are you going to do when you retire?
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