Times Up!

Arizona town opens time capsule, can't find brandy
Associated Press

SOMERTON, Ariz. — A town in Arizona is missing a 25-year-old bottle of brandy.

When officials in Somerton opened a time capsule Saturday, they discovered mementos from 1985 — but didn't find a bottle of Mexican brandy that was supposed to be in the capsule.

Somerton street and solid waste supervisor Pancho Soto was part of the crew that buried the time capsule.

He says he was surprised when it was opened and there was no bottle of brandy. Soto says it was there when the crew buried the capsule in concrete along Main Street.

The time capsule did contain letters from Somerton residents, photographs, a VHS tape and a 1981 Time magazine with a picture of President Ronald Reagan on the cover.

I've always known time capsules were BS. We had to do one in elementary school and even at that time I remember thinking "what's the point?" I guarantee you noone is ever going to dig that damn thing up. The current principal probably doesn't even know its there. In fact, I think I might head down the block to my old alma mater and do some digging. I may not get any brandy out of the deal but I could probably get a picture of George Bush Sr., a copy 'Kindergarten Cop,' and an MC Hammer CD. If there's a Crystal Pepsi in there then I'm gonna lose my mind.

P.S. - I bet that brandy was dug out of that time capsule about an hour after they put it in the ground.