He planned to see friends from the Canadian Naval Reserves, and had promised to bring them a local delicacy from home: Chris Brothers TNT Pepperoni. “Brothers’ TNT Pepperoni does NASTY things to a sea gull’s digestive system,” he wrote. “I didn’t know that sea gulls drooled. “I had forgotten that sea gulls cannot fly when they are wrapped in a towel,” he admitted. Two days later, Mr. Burchill said, he received a phone call from a manager — who was laughing.

Source: New York Times April 14, 2018 09:00 UTC