Today's story seems to have been the 78-year old Swede who went out drinking in Helsingor (Denmark - the city where Hamlet takes place) and did not have enough money to pay for the ferry ticket to go home. So he steals a jingy and then starts rowing home. Halfway he falls asleep and starts drifting.

Story ended happily - the coast guard picks him up and takes him back to Helsingor and puts him on the next ferry to Sweden. Why did they just not drop him off in Sweden?

My email have been jammed by friends sending me various news links to the story on BBC, yahoo, cnn etc... All asking me the same question: Is this someone you know?

LOL!