Survivor Duck: 15 Years and 17,000 Miles Later

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  1. itzd0pey

    itzd0pey Well-Known Member

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    For 15 years there have been thousands of “Made in China” bathtime ducks floating halfway around the world’s oceans. Just recently the armada of yellow rubber friends started to arrive in Clyde, England and are about to begin showing up in the Glasgow river.

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    The mass of yellow ducks, blue turtles, and green frogs broke free from a container in Pacific ocean due to bad weather 15 years ago.

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    The destination was supposed to be Tacoma, Washington but instead, they have traveled over 17,000 miles landing in Hawaii and have even been iced in the Arctic. Now they’re expected to be heading to South-West England.

    The toys have greatly helped scientists in researching world ocean currents. You can easily recognize the toys with the faded white colors and a “The First Years Inc” stamp, which was who the toys were made for originally.

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    The company was offering £50 reward for each toy found but they are worth nearly £1,000 on the market.

    source:
    http://news.sina.com.cn/w/p/2007-07-20/144513492119.shtml

    translated by Mui Mui of WANS
     
  2. dim8sum

    dim8sum ♫♪♫♪♫♪♫♪♫♪♫♪....

    omg lets all go out on a fishing boat and catch em

    if we manage to get at 10,000 of em, we could sell em for at least £500,000 ($1mill) or even £10,000,000 :D:D
     
  3. fearless_fx

    fearless_fx Eugooglizer

    holy shit.. £1000 for a little yellow duck, thats awesome, it would be worth buying a boat and going on a duck hunt expedition... although, if you were to catch too many and flood the market with them the price would go down, cuz they wouldnt be as rare
     
  4. kdotc

    kdotc 안녕하세요빅뱅K-Dragon입니다

    ill b rich!!!!!...........ill go to china and find some clones
     
  5. Taxloss

    Taxloss Stripper Vicar

    ^he's already counting his money -lol

    I don't mind to go on a duck hunt and catch a few of these plastic ducks if I were around Clyde :p
     
  6. xmichelly

    xmichelly Well-Known Member

    lol a true american opportunist
     
  7. khaotic

    khaotic Fobulous

    You mean British ;)

    Lol frozen in the Arctic
     
  8. nyckeion

    nyckeion ....Boo....

    damn that much money................ i want to go there and get me some