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Chat Area => General Discussion Area => Topic started by: Mr Skrunts on 16 February 2010, 23:11:30
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£500 in £10 notes, all wrapped up and stuffed in a carrier bag on a pavement , what would you do. :question
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Recycle the carrier bag!!!!! :y
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Recycle the carrier bag!!!!! :y
;D ;D ;D
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Recycle the carrier bag!!!!! :y
For some green clubcard points? ::) ;D :y
I'd take the money, then spend the bills slowly in lots of random shops, just in case they were being tracked. :)
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i'd buy 500 lottery tickets and give them all out in town
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Hand it in to the Police, cos it sounds like drug money and if not claimed you get it back.... :y
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Hand it in to the Police, cos it sounds like drug money and if not claimed you get it back.... :y
Wow....!!
How could you tell that from such a brief opening post.....!!
lol
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New Carbon type Irmscher Steering wheel ;D
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Hand it in to the Police, cos it sounds like drug money and if not claimed you get it back.... :y
That would buy the Boyz and Gals in Blu some coffee's ;D :P
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Hand it in to the Police, cos it sounds like drug money and if not claimed you get it back.... :y
Wow....!!
How could you tell that from such a brief opening post.....!!
lol
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An educated guess... ;) :-X and even if it were stolen if the numbers were not known how could it be linkedto a crime.. found a trail of £1 notes in the mid 70's, up an alley, near to an iffy car dealer, about 7 iirc and must have been dropped and blown in the alley by the wind, kept them but felt really guilty. I consoled myself by believing they belonged to the cowboy trader
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trouser it.....hardly likely to be a little old ladies ;D ;D ;D ;D
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trouser it.....hardly likely to be a little old ladies ;D ;D ;D ;D
Thats not very honest is it!!! ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D
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trouser it.....hardly likely to be a little old ladies ;D ;D ;D ;D
Thats not very honest is it!!! ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D
Smile, you are on Candid Camera...... ;D ;D ;D ;D
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trouser it.....hardly likely to be a little old ladies ;D ;D ;D ;D
Thats not very honest is it!!! ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D
Sure aint daz...but what the hell ;D ;D ;D
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Hand it in to the Police, cos it sounds like drug money and if not claimed you get it back.... :y
Don't take this the wrong way ...
.. but you are a fool
if you cant show the cash as legitimate it is automatically assumed to be ill gotten gains :-X :-X
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Many, many years ago, when people were paid weekly by cash, I used to phone the payroll breakdown through to the bank, and then collect the money the following day.
One week, as I was making up the wage packets, I thought, the tenners aren't going down very fast.
Ended up with £2K of tenners over, was very tempted, but being ther honest individual I am ::), I phoned the bank to tell them.
They asked me to bring them straight back! Sorry, but if you want them, you'll have to come and get them, not my mistake!
Anyway, the bank manager himself trurned up.
I asked him if he'd got any identification.
But you know me, he says.
You know me, I replied, but you ask me for identification every week, can't hand it over without identification.
Made him squirm for a bit, and handed it over.
Never got asked for ID, again, and, they gave me £100 for being honest.
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My heart would want to return it to it`s rightful owner......
but......
:-X..... ;)..... ::)..... :)..... :y
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I have to say... I'd hand it in to the police too. Perhaps I'm too honest.
I have known people get things back which they've found in the street, including money :y :y
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I would send it to Di. :y ::) :D ;D ;D ;D
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if i found a purse i would hand it in...but £500 just in a carrier bag would go straight to a holiday fund :y
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.... then spend the bills slowly in lots of random shops, .......
You've been watching too many American sh1t coms ::) ::) ::)
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You know me, I replied, but you ask me for identification every week, can't hand it over without identification.
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Brilliant! ;D ;D ;D
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It would obviously be a sign from the OMEGA GOD that he too thinks petrol is a bit pricey these days and was pleased to see me washing the car in the freezing cold yesterday and paying particular attention to accumulated grime around the rubber door seals and he also told me wisely not to spend it all at once !
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Wifey has a annual trip to London with her mates (or so she tells me ;D)to see a show and chill. One year they were doing the sights when she stumbled over a very large envelope outside a large posh London Hotel. She picked it up and there was thousands of pounds of cash all labeled flowers, DJ, catering ect. Turns out there was a big wedding at the hotel so the wife handed it over to the receptionist. When she got home I went mad, told her she has probably paid for the receptionists holiday abroad and that she should have handed it in to the Police, that way if it hadn't been claimed it could have been our holiday paid for, dozy mare ;D
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Cheers mat, i've been looking everywhere for that bag, when can i pick it up?
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I would send it to Di. :y ::) :D ;D ;D ;D
And I would hand it to DWP.
I had a suitcase left in my pub a few years ago and it was full of what I thought were blocks of chocolate, it turned out they were blocks of some sort of drugs.
No-one ever claimed it, I kept it for about 14 days then showed a regular and she called the police, who arrived after three days and took it away and I never heard anymore.
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i would have a rather big hangover and possibly a sore bishop. :) :)
many years ago when my mates came out the airport at miami, they see a man being chased and watched him lob a bag into the bushes. 25k between them made the holiday a bit better.
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I would send it to Di. :y ::) :D ;D ;D ;D
And I would hand it to DWP.
I had a suitcase left in my pub a few years ago and it was full of what I thought were blocks of chocolate, it turned out they were blocks of some sort of drugs.
No-one ever claimed it, I kept it for about 14 days then showed a regular and she called the police, who arrived after three days and took it away and I never heard anymore.
;D ;D ;D ;D ;D
Eating "Your Chocolate" whilst watching Coronation Street would have been a Great move & far more enjoyable ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D
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When the copper unwrapped the cling film it looked all sticky, you could never eat that.
I am a self confessed chocoholic but was way to much for me.
Anways, it was some sort of drug.
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a few years back, when i was back in sixth form, i found arounf £700-£800 in a wallet that was in one of the toilets (not physically in the toilet before u ask :P) and as oh so tempting it was at the time (me thinking i could spend on my old rover 414) im to much of a nice/honest guy and handed it to my teacher when i got back to the classroom, oh the possibilities haha
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I would keep it no hesitation.
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Keep it.
I need it more than the person who lost it. They obviously don't need it or they wouldn't have lost it, they should be more careful.
Simple :)
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i would have a rather big hangover and possibly a sore bishop. :) :)
many years ago when my mates came out the airport at miami, they see a man being chased and watched him lob a bag into the bushes. 25k between them made the holiday a bit better.
PMSL ;D ;D ;D
Nicely put Richie, I'd like to think I'd do the same myself but I'm probably too bloody honest........but there again....... :-X ::)
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I would retun it to the owner if possible. I would not hand it in to the Police though,for obvious reasons. :-*
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i look at it like this...if you lost it would you get it back,i dont think yer would
KEEP IT :y
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i look at it like this...if you lost it would you get it back,i dont think yer would
KEEP IT :y
i got my £700 back thanks to a very honest posty :y :y
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better I dont answer it.. ;D
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i look at it like this...if you lost it would you get it back,i dont think yer would
KEEP IT :y
i got my £700 back thanks to a very honest posty :y :y
Not really. I mean, you were standing behind him with a gun. ::)
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i look at it like this...if you lost it would you get it back,i dont think yer would
KEEP IT :y
i got my £700 back thanks to a very honest posty :y :y
Not really. I mean, you were standing behind him with a gun. ::)
not at all he knocked on my door and handed it back to me .....but had he not done so i would have been hunting him down with my hubbys 12 bore ;)
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can't believe everyone who said they'd keep it :o
i'd hand it straight in to the cops, it's not mine, i didn't earn it - i don't want it and if i ever lost £500 i'd hope it was turned in - no wonder Britain's gone to the dogs - what do you lot teach your kids to do??? >:(
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can't believe everyone who said they'd keep it :o
i'd hand it straight in to the cops, it's not mine, i didn't earn it - i don't want it and if i ever lost £500 i'd hope it was turned in - no wonder Britain's gone to the dogs - what do you lot teach your kids to do??? >:(
Differing opinions, just because I and some others would do different whats that got to do with what we teach our kids?
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Its not just a bag this is a M&S bag. ;D
If that was the case id have to think twice about handing it in as if they have the money to shop there then they wouldn't mis £500 as much as I would love them for losing it. But a very awkward situation to be in as I believe I was brought up to do the right thing so probably go looking for little john and use the money for good some how. I couldn't tell no one though that I had handed it in as wouldn't want the stick I would receive off some people.
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can't believe everyone who said they'd keep it :o
i'd hand it straight in to the cops, it's not mine, i didn't earn it - i don't want it and if i ever lost £500 i'd hope it was turned in - no wonder Britain's gone to the dogs - what do you lot teach your kids to do??? >:(
Differing opinions, just because I and some others would do different whats that got to do with what we teach our kids?
you're right, next time someone nicks your money just put it down to great parenting :y
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can't believe everyone who said they'd keep it :o
i'd hand it straight in to the cops, it's not mine, i didn't earn it - i don't want it and if i ever lost £500 i'd hope it was turned in - no wonder Britain's gone to the dogs - what do you lot teach your kids to do??? >:(
Differing opinions, just because I and some others would do different whats that got to do with what we teach our kids?
you're right, next time someone nicks your money just put it down to great parenting :y
I've had more than £500 stolen before, that never got returned why the hell why I return someone elses?
Never did happen to me, and my kids have been bought up properly and perfectly fine. Hardly ever been in trouble and they respect us. If someone loses £500 they can't want it that much.
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It ain't yours, you did not earn it, so no right to keep it. I would hand it into the Police and if unclaimed would then use it to spread a bit of happiness :y
I would not like to keep it and have to think who had lost it and what the person did when they realised etc.
Last year I was driving along a Welsh back road at 50mph and just spotted a green fabric wallet in the grass on the verge, so stopped and went back for it. It was full of cash and had no ID except an out of date gym card. I googled the gym, rang them, asked them to get the member to call me urgently.
The owner called and she was ecstatic-she was on holiday a few miles away and the wallet contained her two weeks money she had saved for; she had been distraught for 2 days.
I have had many things honestly returned to me; what goes around comes around :y
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It ain't yours, you did not earn it, so no right to keep it. I would hand it into the Police and if unclaimed would then use it to spread a bit of happiness :y
I would not like to keep it and have to think who had lost it and what the person did when they realised etc.
Last year I was driving along a Welsh back road at 50mph and just spotted a green fabric wallet in the grass on the verge, so stopped and went back for it. It was full of cash and had no ID except an out of date gym card. I googled the gym, rang them, asked them to get the member to call me urgently.
The owner called and she was ecstatic-she was on holiday a few miles away and the wallet contained her two weeks money she had saved for; she had been distraught for 2 days.
I have had many things honestly returned to me; what goes around comes around :y
I never have, so what goes around comes around in that sense too.
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can't believe everyone who said they'd keep it :o
i'd hand it straight in to the cops, it's not mine, i didn't earn it - i don't want it and if i ever lost £500 i'd hope it was turned in - no wonder Britain's gone to the dogs - what do you lot teach your kids to do??? >:(
Differing opinions, just because I and some others would do different whats that got to do with what we teach our kids?
you're right, next time someone nicks your money just put it down to great parenting :y
I've had more than £500 stolen before, that never got returned why the hell why I return someone elses?
Never did happen to me, and my kids have been bought up properly and perfectly fine. Hardly ever been in trouble and they respect us. If someone loses £500 they can't want it that much.
wouldn't you rather i'd found your money and handed it in? wouldn't the world be a better place? ::)
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can't believe everyone who said they'd keep it :o
i'd hand it straight in to the cops, it's not mine, i didn't earn it - i don't want it and if i ever lost £500 i'd hope it was turned in - no wonder Britain's gone to the dogs - what do you lot teach your kids to do??? >:(
Differing opinions, just because I and some others would do different whats that got to do with what we teach our kids?
you're right, next time someone nicks your money just put it down to great parenting :y
I've had more than £500 stolen before, that never got returned why the hell why I return someone elses?
Never did happen to me, and my kids have been bought up properly and perfectly fine. Hardly ever been in trouble and they respect us. If someone loses £500 they can't want it that much.
wouldn't you rather i'd found your money and handed it in? wouldn't the world be a better place? ::)
Yeah it would but you didn't, some basteward got away with more than a grand in cash >:(
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It ain't yours, you did not earn it, so no right to keep it. I would hand it into the Police and if unclaimed would then use it to spread a bit of happiness :y
I would not like to keep it and have to think who had lost it and what the person did when they realised etc.
Last year I was driving along a Welsh back road at 50mph and just spotted a green fabric wallet in the grass on the verge, so stopped and went back for it. It was full of cash and had no ID except an out of date gym card. I googled the gym, rang them, asked them to get the member to call me urgently.
The owner called and she was ecstatic-she was on holiday a few miles away and the wallet contained her two weeks money she had saved for; she had been distraught for 2 days.
I have had many things honestly returned to me; what goes around comes around :y
I never have, so what goes around comes around in that sense too.
Start spreading the love, it'll come back ;D ;D ;D
Ever seen my name is Earl?
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It ain't yours, you did not earn it, so no right to keep it. I would hand it into the Police and if unclaimed would then use it to spread a bit of happiness :y
I would not like to keep it and have to think who had lost it and what the person did when they realised etc.
Last year I was driving along a Welsh back road at 50mph and just spotted a green fabric wallet in the grass on the verge, so stopped and went back for it. It was full of cash and had no ID except an out of date gym card. I googled the gym, rang them, asked them to get the member to call me urgently.
The owner called and she was ecstatic-she was on holiday a few miles away and the wallet contained her two weeks money she had saved for; she had been distraught for 2 days.
I have had many things honestly returned to me; what goes around comes around :y
I never have, so what goes around comes around in that sense too.
Start spreading the love, it'll come back ;D ;D ;D
Ever seen my name is Earl?
karma ;)
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It ain't yours, you did not earn it, so no right to keep it. I would hand it into the Police and if unclaimed would then use it to spread a bit of happiness :y
I would not like to keep it and have to think who had lost it and what the person did when they realised etc.
Last year I was driving along a Welsh back road at 50mph and just spotted a green fabric wallet in the grass on the verge, so stopped and went back for it. It was full of cash and had no ID except an out of date gym card. I googled the gym, rang them, asked them to get the member to call me urgently.
The owner called and she was ecstatic-she was on holiday a few miles away and the wallet contained her two weeks money she had saved for; she had been distraught for 2 days.
I have had many things honestly returned to me; what goes around comes around :y
I never have, so what goes around comes around in that sense too.
Start spreading the love, it'll come back ;D ;D ;D
Ever seen my name is Earl?
karma ;)
Tricky believing it sometimes when there are many selfish people about and times are hard, but whatever the loss or gain, at least you can look at yourself in the mirror or be at peace in the dark hours.
My Mother is a vicar, my Father a (now retired) Police Officer and they tried to drill this into me, but it never made sense when I was younger; until I did the wrong thing a few times and the gain was not worth the soul searching. I guess I am selfish too, then :-?
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cruisetopoland
so now say you found a fiver, would you hand that into the police?
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cruisetopoland
so now say you found a fiver, would you hand that into the police?
This is where scruples get interesting :y
I regularly find pound coins and the occasional note, but my rule of thumb on this is based on how would I feel if I lost it and could it be returned?
I once sifted a great pile of sick at 5am on Sunday morning (with rubber glove!) to remove £17.30 in coins left by a drunken reveller and took a broke mate out for Sunday lunch ;)
I suppose if I found a fiver and no-one was there to practically return it to, I would put it to a beneficial use :y
Perhaps £20 would be my cut-off point to handing it to Police :-/
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Say you just came out of the mot station having failed on front wheel bearings,wishbones,broken rear spring,sky high emissions and 2 tyres worn excessively on the inner edge when you find the money.
Then its a gift from god,thats KARMA. And obviously the cash has been removed from the un-deserving.
Handing it in would possibly make you feel better but that would be an act of pure self-indulgence and therefore theoretically sinful.
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Say you just came out of the mot station having failed on front wheel bearings,wishbones,broken rear spring,sky high emissions and 2 tyres worn excessively on the inner edge when you find the money.
Then its a gift from god,thats KARMA. And obviously the cash has been removed from the un-deserving.
Handing it in would possibly make you feel better but that would be an act of pure self-indulgence and therefore theoretically sinful.
Interesting perspective ;D :y
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Say you just came out of the mot station having failed on front wheel bearings,wishbones,broken rear spring,sky high emissions and 2 tyres worn excessively on the inner edge when you find the money.
Then its a gift from god,thats KARMA. And obviously the cash has been removed from the un-deserving.
Handing it in would possibly make you feel better but that would be an act of pure self-indulgence and therefore theoretically sinful.
maybe god's testing you tho? ;D
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You would need to be completely delusional to consider that god was communicating with you directly in any matter plus it would interfere with my devout atheism.
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But do you believe in God? Thiis could get interesting. So let's politely leave God out of this as I asked the question what would YOU do if YOU found a fiver. rather than the original £500.
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But do you believe in God? Thiis could get interesting. So let's politely leave God out of this as I asked the question what would YOU do if YOU found a fiver. rather than the original £500.
Police wouldn't be interested so nearest charity box :y
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But do you believe in God? Thiis could get interesting. So let's politely leave God out of this as I asked the question what would YOU do if YOU found a fiver. rather than the original £500.
I have to say that a fiver is just a bonus... Their loss and my gain. I know I've dropped enough £5 notes in my time :'( :'(
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But do you believe in God? Thiis could get interesting. So let's politely leave God out of this as I asked the question what would YOU do if YOU found a fiver. rather than the original £500.
As said above, if not practical to return a sum of less than an hours work back to its rightful owner, I would put it to good use, like cheering someone up or charity.
I said £20 would be the limit, but maybe £10.... :-/
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It's starting to become interesting now.
It seems to me that your "values in life" depend on the value you are dealing with.
£500 you would be honest, but yet £5 isnt worth the hassle.
Most of you will throw in your "twopennyworth" about kids, drinking and stealing, but,if you were 100% honest can you say that every drink you have had was legel, and if not was it with your parents consent. 8-)
As kids are you all saying you didnt nick the odd packet of sweets. ;)
As as Adults you have never helped yourself to any of the office stationary. :o
Have you returned every library book you ever borrowed.
The garden tools borrowed from friends and neighbers over the years. :-/
Where does your level of honesty stop, and whats your excuse. As I say, it gets very interesting. ::)
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It's starting to become interesting now.
It seems to me that your "values in life" depend on the value you are dealing with.
£500 you would be honest, but yet £5 isnt worth the hassle.
Most of you will throw in your "twopennyworth" about kids, drinking and stealing, but,if you were 100% honest can you say that every drink you have had was legel, and if not was it with your parents consent. 8-)
As kids are you all saying you didnt nick the odd packet of sweets. ;)
As as Adults you have never helped yourself to any of the office stationary. :o
Have you returned every library book you ever borrowed.
The garden tools borrowed from friends and neighbers over the years. :-/
Where does your level of honesty stop, and whats your excuse. As I say, it gets very interesting. ::)
Yes it is a very interesting topic :y
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Perhaps I'm overly cautious, but I wouldn't pick up a carrier bag I found in the street, so I'd never know about the £500, or, for that matter, the IED, therein.
I'm amazed nobody else has mentioned this. :) :) :)
For the record, if I came across a bundle of banknotes lying in the street, I think I'd pocket it and say nothing to anyone (including the wife). That's now - for most of my life before now, I would have handed it in to the police, but the older I get, the less public spirited I feel. :)
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I am pretty sure that a solicitor robbed me of a large amount of money around 1980.It could well have been about £50,000 Im not sure and it proved impossible to find out when I tried.
My last employer owes me £15,000 from a tribunal award but I have no legal route of getting it as they changed their name, so in the unlikely event I was to find a large amount of money I think I would consider it as karma and stick it under the matress. ;)
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It ain't yours, you did not earn it, so no right to keep it. I would hand it into the Police and if unclaimed would then use it to spread a bit of happiness :y
I would not like to keep it and have to think who had lost it and what the person did when they realised etc.
Last year I was driving along a Welsh back road at 50mph and just spotted a green fabric wallet in the grass on the verge, so stopped and went back for it. It was full of cash and had no ID except an out of date gym card. I googled the gym, rang them, asked them to get the member to call me urgently.
The owner called and she was ecstatic-she was on holiday a few miles away and the wallet contained her two weeks money she had saved for; she had been distraught for 2 days.
I have had many things honestly returned to me; what goes around comes around :y
I never have, so what goes around comes around in that sense too.
Start spreading the love, it'll come back ;D ;D ;D
Ever seen my name is Earl?
karma ;)
Tricky believing it sometimes when there are many selfish people about and times are hard, but whatever the loss or gain, at least you can look at yourself in the mirror or be at peace in the dark hours.
My Mother is a vicar, my Father a (now retired) Police Officer and they tried to drill this into me, but it never made sense when I was younger; until I did the wrong thing a few times and the gain was not worth the soul searching. I guess I am selfish too, then :-?
I can look in the mirror and be at peace in the dark hours.
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It ain't yours, you did not earn it, so no right to keep it. I would hand it into the Police and if unclaimed would then use it to spread a bit of happiness :y
I would not like to keep it and have to think who had lost it and what the person did when they realised etc.
Last year I was driving along a Welsh back road at 50mph and just spotted a green fabric wallet in the grass on the verge, so stopped and went back for it. It was full of cash and had no ID except an out of date gym card. I googled the gym, rang them, asked them to get the member to call me urgently.
The owner called and she was ecstatic-she was on holiday a few miles away and the wallet contained her two weeks money she had saved for; she had been distraught for 2 days.
I have had many things honestly returned to me; what goes around comes around :y
I never have, so what goes around comes around in that sense too.
Start spreading the love, it'll come back ;D ;D ;D
Ever seen my name is Earl?
karma ;)
Tricky believing it sometimes when there are many selfish people about and times are hard, but whatever the loss or gain, at least you can look at yourself in the mirror or be at peace in the dark hours.
My Mother is a vicar, my Father a (now retired) Police Officer and they tried to drill this into me, but it never made sense when I was younger; until I did the wrong thing a few times and the gain was not worth the soul searching. I guess I am selfish too, then :-?
I can look in the mirror and be at peace in the dark hours.
Yeah. It's rather orrible in the light though. ;D
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It ain't yours, you did not earn it, so no right to keep it. I would hand it into the Police and if unclaimed would then use it to spread a bit of happiness :y
I would not like to keep it and have to think who had lost it and what the person did when they realised etc.
Last year I was driving along a Welsh back road at 50mph and just spotted a green fabric wallet in the grass on the verge, so stopped and went back for it. It was full of cash and had no ID except an out of date gym card. I googled the gym, rang them, asked them to get the member to call me urgently.
The owner called and she was ecstatic-she was on holiday a few miles away and the wallet contained her two weeks money she had saved for; she had been distraught for 2 days.
I have had many things honestly returned to me; what goes around comes around :y
I never have, so what goes around comes around in that sense too.
Start spreading the love, it'll come back ;D ;D ;D
Ever seen my name is Earl?
karma ;)
Tricky believing it sometimes when there are many selfish people about and times are hard, but whatever the loss or gain, at least you can look at yourself in the mirror or be at peace in the dark hours.
My Mother is a vicar, my Father a (now retired) Police Officer and they tried to drill this into me, but it never made sense when I was younger; until I did the wrong thing a few times and the gain was not worth the soul searching. I guess I am selfish too, then :-?
I can look in the mirror and be at peace in the dark hours.
Yeah. It's rather orrible in the light though. ;D
Did I say it wasn't?