WWI carrier pigeon message suddenly turns up! (Hitler, origin, German)

[Cida]

A small aluminum capsule was found, with a German message, which is guessed to be lost from a WWI carrier pigeon a century ago.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world...er/ar-BB1aQGjK

https://www.channel3000.com/military...r-it-was-sent/

Seth Meyers made a brilliant joke, but although I don't know if his audience would have gotten it, I know this forum will. He quipped that it contained a letter of acceptance from an art school.

LOL!

[gmagoo]

Originally Posted by Cida

A small aluminum capsule was found, with a German message, which is guessed to be lost from a WWI carrier pigeon a century ago.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world...er/ar-BB1aQGjK

https://www.channel3000.com/military...r-it-was-sent/

Seth Meyers made a brilliant joke, but although I don't know if his audience would have gotten it, I know this forum will. He quipped that it contained a letter of acceptance from an art school.

LOL!

Just a side note about carrier pigeons in WW1. The French used 5,000 pigeons at Verdun and only 3% of them failed to return. The birds fared far better than the soldiers.

[Cida]

Well, a pigeon is a smaller target.

But you don't think the art school quip is funny?

[SVTLightning]

Originally Posted by Cida

Well, a pigeon is a smaller target.

But you don't think the art school quip is funny?

Only people that know hitler was rejected from art school would get it.

[jeffdoorgunner]

Originally Posted by SVTLightning

Only people that know hitler was rejected from art school would get it.

I get it now..........

[webster]

Originally Posted by Cida

A small aluminum capsule was found, with a German message, which is guessed to be lost from a WWI carrier pigeon a century ago.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world...er/ar-BB1aQGjK

https://www.channel3000.com/military...r-it-was-sent/

Seth Meyers made a brilliant joke, but although I don't know if his audience would have gotten it, I know this forum will. He quipped that it contained a letter of acceptance from an art school.

LOL!

Perhaps the strangest or one of the most strange "what if" of history.

[HomeIsWhere...]

I recall this article from Wikipedia after seeing cgi carrier pigeons on a period piece from back in the day.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Homing_pigeon

[jtab4994]

Originally Posted by Cida

A small aluminum capsule was found, with a German message, which is guessed to be lost from a WWI carrier pigeon a century ago.

Both articles say the note was probably sent during military exercises in 1910, not during WWI.

[ciceropolo]

I heard radio carbon dating has it as originating from early 1912 and mentioned a special shipment on the maiden voyage of a White Star Line cruise ship...