Friday, January 18, 2008

Day Ninety-Nine: love is like a boomerang

I found this nice little tale in the New Zealand Herald today, about a US man who stole a boomerang about 25 years ago from a (now defunct) Australian museum and has now finally returned it. It seems he saw the error of his ways - and perhaps was no longer able to bear the guilt. The man, known only as 'Peter' from Vermont, mailed the boomerang to the museum, with a note explaining that he had taken it when he was "younger and dumber". (He also enclosed a cheque.) Thanks to his honesty, this is a story that will end right where it began... well, almost: the local council are now trying to find the boomerang's original owner, which may take some time, though hopefully not another 25 years!

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