There's Duckies Off The Starboard Bow...
A fleet of 29,000 rubber ducks is set to wash up on Britain's shores after a 15-year, 17,000-mile epic journey.
They are expected on Cornwall beaches in late summer. The bath toys were set adrift in the Pacific after a container was washed off a cargo ship in 1992.
The sea corroded packaging, freeing the Chinese yellow ducks, plus blue turtles, red beavers and green frogs. Their colour has since faded to white. Experts have tracked them across the world, spotting them in Alaska, Siberia, Japan, Iceland and Canada. Oceans scientist Curtis Ebbesmeyer said: "They'll turn up on English beaches."
Collectors pay up to £500 for the toys which have The First Years stamped on them.
Woo Hoo! I'm off to Cornwall this summer so I'll only need 200 to pay off my mortgage and credit card bills!What do you think ducky?
During the long voyage a leader had emerged...
The original was here.
subscribe to these commentsits ducking ridiculous......
Ambiguous (30-06-2007 19:26:14)
I'll scoop some of them up during Falmouth week races .
klunk123 (30-06-2007 02:57:55)
Just to say forever you're loyal friend, whinning kebabless git!
klunk123 (30-06-2007 02:42:02)
That's the spirit Rev, you keep the masses at bay, I'll scoop the little bliters up. This time next year the kebabs will be on us don't you worry. it's not a case of our chickens coming home to roost, but our little white f**kers. God save the Queen and all who sail in her.
revrobuk (30-06-2007 00:52:02)
Fear not all, I shall stand on the beach at Cornwall armed with buckets of orange sauce ready to repel the invading hoards.
sara (30-06-2007 19:49:31)