The Mystery is Solved!!

I was just getting ready to put the bucket in the garage and give away the wine or something, it can't 'live' on my stool in the kitchen forever! Then this afternoon our next door neighbor guy came to the door with a lady that I had never seen before. They were smiling and laughing and said there was some kind of problem (they were speaking only German but I figured that out) and then she pointed to where the bucket had been left and said the word for bucket and the light bulb went off in my head. I was so excited to figure out what the deal was with it, I had just told my friend around the corner about it and she was baffled too. I pantomimed that I was confused about it and gave both the bucket and the wine to the lady. Apparently her husband was supposed to have dropped it off with our neighbor but left it on the wrong porch! I don't know if our neighbor was expecting it or not, I assume this lady came by and asked about it and he was clueless. They were laughing and teasing each other...he put the bucket on her head at one point! They insisted on my keeping the wine but they took the bucket with them. Whatever!