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Jerry_B Great Old One Joined: 15 Apr 2002 Total posts: 8265 |
 Posted: 21-06-2006 09:37 Post subject: 'Who wants free money?' |
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Town chaos as cash thrown in air
People in Aberystwyth had an unexpected windfall when a man showered what is thought to be thousands of pounds into the air at a pedestrian crossing.
The man was heard to shout: "Who wants free money?" seconds before hurling the cash into the air in Alexandra Road.
The incident caused chaos as drivers and pedestrians, some on their hands and knees, picked up the money.
Dyfed-Powys Police said a 40-year-old man was later arrested for driving offences in nearby Aberaeron.
John Morris saw what happened from outside his shop in nearby Terrace Road on Monday at about 1100 BST.
He also caught the act on his CCTV system which scans the area near the town's railway station.
"I just couldn't believe my eyes," said Mr Morris. "All the money was in £20 notes and I've heard rumours that the man threw about £20,000 away.
"People were shocked and just couldn't believe it.
"It was like something out of the the movies. It caused bedlam - people were on their hands and knees eagerly picking the money up.
"I heard that one person picked up about £800, and another banked about £150 this morning so it wasn't fake money."
Dyfed-Powys Police confirmed a man from Aberystwyth had thrown a sum of money in the air in Alexandra Road before driving away.
The police added that some of the cash had been retrieved, and said that a man was later arrested in Aberaeron for driving offences.
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| Anonymous |
| Posted: 21-06-2006 10:33 Post subject: |
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I hope it is true...and I hope it was someone stopping their ex-spouse from getting money they didn't deserve (note: am feeling bitter today  ) |
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| fluffle9 Great Old One Joined: 01 May 2004 Total posts: 979 Location: somewhere over the rainbow Age: 30 Gender: Female |
| Posted: 21-06-2006 21:49 Post subject: |
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| From that article I found another about the police's attempts to get people to hand the money in, in case it was illicitly obtained. Now I think, if it's stolen money, fair enough, hand it in, but not until they know where it came from. You might not get it back if they find out it was that bloke's own money! |
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| Lanark_And_Rima Yeti Joined: 27 Dec 2005 Total posts: 67 Location: Dunedin Age: 32 Gender: Male |
| Posted: 06-07-2006 01:30 Post subject: |
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| GadaffiDuck wrote: | | I hope it is true...and I hope it was someone stopping their ex-spouse from getting money they didn't deserve (note: am feeling bitter today ) |
Well, Gaddaffi, you'd be sure to appreciate Toscana Leather in Edinburgh, who some years back replaced the usual permanent "closing down" sale that leather shops often claim (same with Bookworlds) with a series of sales beginning "Mr Toscana is getting divorced! Hurry! All stock must go at a loss!". They ended, I think, with one to pay for his second marraige... |
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| WhistlingJack Joined: 29 Oct 2003 Total posts: 4298 Location: The Sewers of The Strand Age: 9 Gender: Unknown |
| Posted: 27-01-2007 14:18 Post subject: Lorry Driver Rains Cash On Crowd |
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| Quote: | Lorry driver rains cash on crowd
A German lorry driver has thrown away tens of thousands of euros after winning a radio competition by promising to do precisely that.
Marko Hilgert pledged to give away three-quarters of the 100,000 euros (£65,800; $129,000) prize money.
He was as good as his word and threw notes onto the town square of Kaiserslautern, in western Germany, as he was suspended above it in a crane.
Some 3,000 people scrambled to collect the notes as they rained down.
Mr Hilgert kept the rest of the prize money to pay off part of his mortgage.
"If I threw three quarters of it out of the window, I would obviously still profit," he said.
"But the people also profit from this, and that's what people realised when they voted for me as the winner of the competition."
Story from BBC NEWS:
Published: 2007/01/27 09:31:19 GMT
© BBC MMVII |
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| akaWiintermoon Great Old One Joined: 04 Jan 2002 Total posts: 994 Location: Southampton, Hampshire, UK. Age: 39 Gender: Female |
| Posted: 27-01-2007 14:34 Post subject: |
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I've thought about these events before, I think that's what I'd do if I won the lottery.  |
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| Kondoru Unfeathered Biped Joined: 05 Dec 2003 Total posts: 5788 Gender: Unknown |
| Posted: 30-01-2007 11:33 Post subject: |
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The whole point of having money is to have fun with it, isnt it?
I think that would be fun. |
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| Boulters_Canary Something passes me and cries as it passes
Yeti Joined: 01 Aug 2006 Total posts: 51 Location: The inside of the outer limits. Age: 56 Gender: Male |
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| WhistlingJack Joined: 29 Oct 2003 Total posts: 4298 Location: The Sewers of The Strand Age: 9 Gender: Unknown |
| Posted: 30-07-2007 13:50 Post subject: ATM Gives Out Too Much Money |
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| Quote: | Jul 28, 9:15 AM EDT
ATM gives out too much money
MANSFIELD, La. (AP) -- An ATM at a northwest Louisiana truck stop gave out $20 bills instead of $5s, but authorities say they know who took the extra $7,000 the machine spit out and plan to track them down.
DeSoto Parish sheriff's Lt. Toni Morris said the automated teller machine has records showing 26 people who received the extra cash during five days in late June and early July.
Annette Parker, a supervisor at Eagle's Truck Stop, said she unplugged the machine after overhearing conversations about the excess payments.
"The next morning when we had come back in, someone had plugged it back up," she said.
Morris said someone who did not work at the truck stop may have rigged the machine, which keeps records of when the money was taken and by whom.
Morris said charges could be brought against the people who got more money than they were debited for.
Copyright 2006 The Orange County Register |
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| volfie Great Old One Joined: 29 Aug 2006 Total posts: 115 Location: USA Gender: Unknown |
| Posted: 30-07-2007 22:13 Post subject: |
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I would love to find a cash machine that gave out $20s instead of $5s but, truth be told, I'd probably turn it back in. Yes, I'm THAT st00pid.  |
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| rynner Location: Still above sea level Gender: Male |
| Posted: 30-07-2007 23:18 Post subject: |
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| volfie wrote: | | Yes, I'm THAT st00pid. |
Sometimes it pays...
Last Friday I found a fiver in the corner of the pub. I asked the barman who'd been sitting there, but he thought no-one, for quite a while. But I handed over the fiver I found anyway....
...but as nobody claimed it, today I was given it back!  |
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| Isis177 Great Old One Joined: 22 May 2004 Total posts: 425 Location: Australia Gender: Unknown |
| Posted: 31-07-2007 01:28 Post subject: |
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| A couple of years back my daughter was given $50 notes instead of $20's at an ATM. She went into the bank to report it and give back the overpayment. They said the people not doing so would have be tracked down and she was thanked, later receiving a couple of movie tickets in the mail. |
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| Anome_ Faceless Man
Great Old One Joined: 23 May 2002 Total posts: 5380 Location: Left, and to the back. Age: 45 Gender: Male |
| Posted: 31-07-2007 11:59 Post subject: |
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| As I understand it, you have to offer the money back. If they refuse reasonable efforts to pay it back, then you're entitled to keep it. If, however, you notice the error, and don't report it, you can be found guilty of fraud or theft or something. It would have to be a lot of money in order to actually do time. |
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| Guest |
| Posted: 31-07-2007 14:20 Post subject: |
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The K Foundation (KLF) burn a million quid...
| Quote: | On 23 August 1994, the K Foundation (Bill Drummond and Jimmy Cauty) burnt one million pounds sterling in cash on the Scottish island of Jura. This money represented the bulk of the K Foundation's funds, earned by Drummond and Cauty as The KLF, one of the United Kingdom's most successful pop groups of the early 1990s. The duo have never fully explained their motivations for the burning.
The incineration was recorded on a Hi-8 video camera by K Foundation collaborator Gimpo. In August 1995, the film—Watch the K Foundation Burn a Million Quid[1]—was toured around the British Isles, with Drummond and Cauty engaging each audience in debate about the burning and its meaning. In November 1995, the duo pledged to dissolve the K Foundation and to refrain from public discussion of the burning for a period of 23 years.
A book—K Foundation Burn A Million Quid, edited and compiled by collaborator Chris Brook —was published by ellipsis Books in 1997, compiling stills from the film, accounts of events and viewer reactions. The book also contains an image of a single house brick that was manufactured from the fire's ashes. |
Wikiperia Link
Video - the beginning of part 3 shows the burning...
YouTube Part 1
YouTube Part 2
YouTube Part 3
YouTube Part 4
YouTube Part 5 |
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| rynner Location: Still above sea level Gender: Male |
| Posted: 31-07-2007 19:57 Post subject: |
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| Quote: | | In November 1995, the duo pledged to dissolve the K Foundation and to refrain from public discussion of the burning for a period of 23 years. |
23? 23! 
Arrghhh! This must mean....
No, my lips are sealed...
Or my keyboard is locked....
Whatever... |
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