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Message in a bottle - I need your help if you're in Wales

  • 23-01-2012 1:32pm
    #1
    sunnymar
    Registered Users Posts: 22 ✭


    hey,

    Im a primary school teacher and I have this kid in my class who has a brilliant imagination and loves to write stories. He's drawn a really cool map and put it in a bottle. Later this week we're going to write a letter that he could put in it too.
    Itold him that we could throw the bottle into the Liffey and if we're really lucky somebody in Wales might find it and write back to us.

    Is there anyone here from Wales whose willing to play along? I know the whole class will get a kick out of it but I can tell for this one kid, that it'll make his year :)


Comments

  • #2
    FatherLen
    Registered Users Posts: 3,808 ✭✭✭FatherLen


    lies!!!
    SECRETS AND LIES!!!


  • #3
    IM0
    Closed Accounts Posts: 5,390 ✭✭✭IM0


    I see, and depending on who is from wales how exactly will you make sure they get it? there will be GPS in there too I take it! :p


  • #4
    MagicMarker
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 32,865 ✭✭✭✭MagicMarker


    Can you not just, you know, write the letter yourself? He won't know whether it came from Wales or not, kids are stupid.


  • #5
    stupidusername
    Closed Accounts Posts: 14,762 ✭✭✭✭stupidusername


    if you want someone to play along, why would they have to be in Wales?


  • #6
    biko
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 81,220 ✭✭✭✭biko


    After Hours -> Wales forum.


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  • #7
    GLaDOS
    Moderators, Regional East Moderators Posts: 23,232 Mod ✭✭✭✭GLaDOS


    What if it actually works and he gets a reply, then realises your treachery, ruining any trust he could ever have in another human being?

    Cake, and grief counseling, will be available at the conclusion of the test



  • #8
    TheZohanS
    Closed Accounts Posts: 11,582 ✭✭✭✭TheZohanS


    Throwing a bottle into the Liffey? I don't think teaching the kids that pollution is OK is a good example to be setting.


  • #9
    IM0
    Closed Accounts Posts: 5,390 ✭✭✭IM0


    biko wrote: »
    After Hours -> Wales forum.

    thought that was a piss take tbh :pac:

    but you did move it!


  • #10
    IM0
    Closed Accounts Posts: 5,390 ✭✭✭IM0


    this is a job for rhod gilbert :cool:


  • #11
    biko
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 81,220 ✭✭✭✭biko


    IM0 wrote: »
    thought that was a piss take tbh :pac:

    but you did move it!
    You never know, there may be a kind soul in Wales that's willing to partake in this.


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  • #12
    sunnymar
    Registered Users Posts: 22 ✭sunnymar


    stupidusername wrote: »
    if you want someone to play along, why would they have to be in Wales?

    we'll check the postcode on the letter and the British stamp. kids aren't stupid. they'll want to suss out every angle before they decide to believe it


  • #13
    sunnymar
    Registered Users Posts: 22 ✭sunnymar


    biko wrote: »
    You never know, there may be a kind soul in Wales that's willing to partake in this.

    yeah I hope so. It wouldnt take long to do and it'd be something that the boy would never forget :)


  • #14
    The Scientician
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,724 ✭✭✭The Scientician


    Cousin threw a bottle in the sea in Donegal one time when he was around 10. Six months later he got a postcard from Scotland. He was delirah.


  • #15
    sunnymar
    Registered Users Posts: 22 ✭sunnymar


    TheZohan wrote: »
    Throwing a bottle into the Liffey? I don't think teaching the kids that pollution is OK is a good example to be setting.

    .... there's always one.


  • #16
    sunnymar
    Registered Users Posts: 22 ✭sunnymar


    ScienceNerd wrote: »
    What if it actually works and he gets a reply, then realises your treachery, ruining any trust he could ever have in another human being?

    I get the post in the school first. Plus, the chances of that happening are slim.

    .. although now that you've said it, maybe I shouldnt do it though on that off chance. I shouldnt bother trying to make letter writing more fun or encourage him to develop his imagination. I'll stick to text books and copying from the board. Also, as Zohan has pointed out, I should also think of how that one bottle could potentially lead to the boys developing a chronic littering habit that set up a chain of events that could destroy the environment.

    buzzkill


  • #17
    TheZohanS
    Closed Accounts Posts: 11,582 ✭✭✭✭TheZohanS


    sunnymar wrote: »
    .... there's always one.

    GreenSchool2.jpg

    Think about the environment. Throwing bottles into any river is pollution. You should be setting a good example for the kids.


  • #18
    dan759
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 192 ✭✭dan759


    Hey Sunnymar, I'm not from wales, but currently living here studying. I love your idea! Would definitely help you out :D


  • #19
    stupidusername
    Closed Accounts Posts: 14,762 ✭✭✭✭stupidusername


    sunnymar wrote: »
    I get the post in the school first. Plus, the chances of that happening are slim.

    .. although now that you've said it, maybe I shouldnt do it though on that off chance. I shouldnt bother trying to make letter writing more fun or encourage him to develop his imagination. I'll stick to text books and copying from the board. Also, as Zohan has pointed out, I should also think of how that one bottle could potentially lead to the boys developing a chronic littering habit that set up a chain of events that could destroy the environment.

    buzzkill


    or ya know you could just him do it, and if he gets something back he does, if not then he'll learn that not every thing works out as you want it!


  • #20
    sunnymar
    Registered Users Posts: 22 ✭sunnymar


    dan759 wrote: »
    Hey Sunnymar, I'm not from wales, but currently living here studying. I love your idea! Would definitely help you out :D

    sweet :) thanks a mil!


    I'll pm you later, lunch is nearly over


  • #21
    dan759
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 192 ✭✭dan759


    No worries, Talk soon!


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  • #22
    Tabnabs
    Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators, Sports Moderators Posts: 15,756 Mod ✭✭✭✭Tabnabs


    Considering the tidal streams run north/south in the Irish Sea, it could end up somewhere altogether different (probably Booterstown :D )


  • #23
    sunnymar
    Registered Users Posts: 22 ✭sunnymar


    stupidusername wrote: »
    or ya know you could just him do it, and if he gets something back he does, if not then he'll learn that not every thing works out as you want it!

    thanks for the suggestion but I dont think I really need to reinforce to the children of an inner city deis 1 school that 'not everything works out as you want it!'

    surprised by the negativity received in this thread. I might have to just go up and tell them all that Santa Claus and the Tooth Fairy aren't real. They're all just made up to make your childhood more special.


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