Liquor Missing From Town Time Capsule

(AP)  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.

[kenhamlett]

I suggest Mr Peabody and Sherman jump in the Wayback machine and investigate this matter. After they get there and discover a tipsy digging crew maybe they can find out why Mexican Brandy is important enough to bury.

[jxknowles]

They buried the thing in 1985 and had to open it 25 years later? That's a time capsule? I have kitchen drawers I haven't opened for longer than that. I'm guessing, someone's had that baby opened more than a few times over the last 25 years. Try the Liquid Waste Supervisor.

[run2jazz2]

Arizona, you got to love this state! Laughing stock of the West next to California. Probably was McCain and Kyl who drunk it? Hell, maybe ET or the other aliens living has a taste?

[drthvader]

I have never heard anybody laugh at Arizona. You're a first. As for the bottle of brandy encased in concrete. Wow! Mysterious.

[rwsmith29456]

A 25 year time capsule for today's short attention span.

[babooph]

Was Cheney around when they sealed it?

[gerdemento]

A valid question! However, Cheney or NO Cheney (insert your own comment here), 'tis a dreadful pity, for some things only get better as they age!

[gonefission]

A time capsule meant to be opened after only 25 years? I have boxes in the attic older than that.

[thejoker12]

yeah, but I bet none of them contain a bottle of brandy.

[mljohns00]

Duh.