I remember a passer-by trying to highlight the depletion of natural resources — he was wearing a T-shirt in a mock-up of the MasterCard ad. It simply said: “Coke $2; Cheeseburger $3.5; Drinking water: Priceless!”

I’m sure many did perceive he was trying to highlight the lack of clean drinking water in many parts of the world. For one, it’s easier to recall funny, clever messages.

While spreading your message in a creative, funny way can be an exciting challenge, finding a reliable source to create your T-shirt with your custom message and images need not be so difficult. Several online merchants can prepare the perfect T-shirt for you with the picture(s) of your choice, logo, color, photos – and your message to the world.

“Who could have guessed that salt and pepper pots designed for our aircraft would one day be found in homes all over the world and we are thankful to our Upper Class passengers for spreading the message around the globe,” said a spokeswoman for the airline.

“Having so many people pinching our salt and pepper pots is, I suppose, a back handed tribute to how well these items have been designed. We’re expecting a last minute rush when fans realise that their supply is coming to an end.”

“Prices for ‘liberated’ examples may also increase as they do in any market when stock becomes scarce,” she added.

Thousands of the coveted condiments have disappeared since they were introduced over 12 years ago.

So sought after have they become that there is even a thriving trade on eBay with individual pieces selling for up to $30 each.

The special pots, in the shape of miniature airplanes, were created by Virgin Atlantic’s in-house design team.

They were the result of the company’s policy to use unique, bespoke designs to make everything in a Virgin aircraft look and feel special, compared to mass produced items used by rivals airlines.

But even though all of the items found on a Virgin Atlantic Upper Class dining tray have been tailor made, only the salt and pepper pots have disappeared in such huge numbers, Doy said.

Such has been the rate of theft that recent versions were even stamped with the stark message “Pinched from Virgin Atlantic “as a deterrent. It didn’t work. They still went missing.

“TV programmes such as Cash In The Attic, are always exhorting everyone to look upstairs in their homes for things to sell,” the spokeswoman said.

“However, it is clear that our Upper Class passengers have found a significant source of wealth at 32,000 feet.”

Well, before it gets REALLY boring, let’s get going:

I discovered that a recent study in the UK has revealed that an average person could be spending more than two years of their life in sheer, painful, mercilessly boring boredom.

Experts say the typical adult will be bored nearly six hours a week feeling entirely and honestly bored with life, according to The Daily Telegraph.

So that works out to 312 hours per year of utter boredom.

Next, if one still managed to stay alive for 60 years, that would be 18720 hours of boredom per lifetime, which works out to 780 days.

And that would be Two years, One month and 19 days of non-stop, utter, unadulterated boredom.

So what was the ‘average’ person bored with?

“Having no money…” (of course) ranked the highest, followed by “dissatisfied with the humdrum of daily life”, says Scott O’Donnell of triviala.com, which commissioned the survey.

The research also revealed 55% of us are bored of having to watch the pennies and budget to get through the month.

Another 47% of people said they quickly became bored waiting in queues for people to serve them and 45% said listening to people whine about feeling ill bored them.

People also complained about getting bored with reality TV, work, their social life and eating the same food day in and day out.

Now, are you getting bored yet? Wait a minute…

Before you look for other ways to get bored, you might want to answer my own little survey, and if even that is excruciatingly boring, you might just want to see the results. Here:

Well, if you’re truly bored now, I’m sorry – it’s been my fault.

Perhaps I could make up for it. How would you like to see the 246 photos of my family vacation with my six cute grand kids?

So what’s faulty? These coins have no date on them.

The Royal Mint has admitted it made a rare error, producing coins without a date on them for the first time in centuries.

The latest error happened when the Royal Mint issued a new design of the coin that moved the year from the back side to the one that bears the head of Queen Elizabeth II. But mint spokesman Jadon Raj said one batch that didn’t add “2008″ to the head’s side got through quality control.

The letters “F.D.” have been printed where the date “2008″ should have been. A coin with mismatched sides is known as a “mule” and they are extremely rare. The last time one appeared in circulation was during the reign of Charles II more than 300 years ago.

Raj said the mint couldn’t issue a recall because the coins are legal to use.

“As far as were concerned their face value is 20 pence, so there isn’t an issue for us,” he said.

The mint said Monday that at least 100,000 of the year-less 20-pence coins, normally worth 33 US cents at face value, slipped into circulation at the end of last year.

The coins first appeared at the end of 2008, after a batch which included between 50,000 and 200,000 of the faulty 20-pence entered circulation. The last time a mistake was made on the casting of a coin was in 1983, when a batch of 2-pence coins went into circulation with the words “New Pence” rather than “Two Pence” on the reverse side. These coins fetched up to 650 pounds in top condition.

Some numismatists say the last time the Royal Mint accidentally left out the year on a coin was in 1672.

The mint admitted the mistake after a private British company called the London Mint Office launched a promotion Monday offering to pay 50 pounds ($83) per coin. Market experts noted that the coins already have been quietly selling to online collectors for up to six times higher.