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Thursday, May 15, 2008

Check Those Empties Before Returning Them

A fun way to start the day.

In the their May newsletter, Toronto's Steam Whistle Brewing Company provided a list of interesting items they found when cleaning their green bottles for re-fill. The items would either be found in the bottles themselves, or in the unique suitcase packaging.

I can remember going into the back warehouse of the Beer Store in my hometown and seeing some of the stuff those guys pulled out of cases. The most memorable being a female pleasuring device. The look on the guy's face was priceless and I'll never forget it.

Here are the top 10 items found in returned in Steam Whistle beer cases this year:

Fridge Magnets - knocked off the fridge when grabbing a brew?
Lighters - glad they made it in the beer box
Small plastic toys
Keys - hope that didn't cause any trouble!
Pens
Buttons - of the souvenir, political and religious variety
Crumpled up love letters - these midnight specials are more popular than you'd think!
Crumpled up photographs - perhaps these were accompanying the letters
A $20 bill
A Lee Valley pocket knife - catalogue value $75

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