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Charlie and space shuttle

Somehow this reminds me of a certain children's story.

Mathilde Epron, 32, said she had bought a Kit Kat chocolate bar at her local supermarket but initially threw the wrapper in the bin, telling herself that "it's only others who win."

Two hours later, thinking back to the competition, she decided to try her luck and fished the wrapper out of the bin, only to find a code marked inside.

I know her name's not Charlie, and she didn't find a dollar bill, but this still involves chocolate and a special prize.

There's another story of finding discarded items that have relevance to a rocket - or rather to the Rocket:

Convicted steroid dealer Kirk Radomski looked under his television last weekend and found overnight mail slips from packages he claims were used to send human growth hormone to Roger Clemens' house, according to the lawyer for Brian McNamee.

Even if this ends up being a prize for McNamee, this story isn't nearly as heartwarming.

Posted by SoccerDad at July 17, 2008 5:58 AM | TrackBack