πŸ”– Bookmarked: Why Garfield phones have littered French beaches for 35 years β€” Engadget

“There’s no better symbol of plastic ocean pollution and ’80s consumerism gone wild than the Garfield phones of Brittany. The handsets, in the form of the aggressively unfunny cat, have been washing up on French beaches for decades.However, the novelty has long since worn off for residents who have been picking them up since the ’80s.”