I just walked out of the Sports Centre and found a fiver. Naturally, I picked it up and handed in (to the bloke who clearly wasn't going to 'put this in the safe for safekeeping'). I'm pretty sure I selfishly did this in the belief that my lottery numbers will come up on Saturday.
Am I right, or have I been watching too much My Name Is Earl?
Dan
Damn, I'm obviously going straight to hell. I sometimes find notes on the street, and I pick them up and spend them.
I found £20 floating down Banstead High Street about two years ago. That was a right touch.
Quote: swerytd @ May 22 2008, 3:31 PM BSTAm I right, or have I been watching too much My Name Is Earl?
I've done both the handing in and keeping stuff found on the street and I have never won more than £450 on the lottery. Whereas I could have had at least a semi-decent bottle of wine or 2 pints with that fiver!
It's Dan Dan the Karma man!
Which Sports Centre is this? I'll go and reclaim it and then buy 5 lottery tickets.
Dan, probably a bit of both.
If I found a wallet, or something of value I would most definitely hand it in though.
Doing good should be its own reward. 
Quote: EllieJP @ May 22 2008, 3:39 PM BSTIf I found a wallet, or something of value I would most definitely hand it in though.
That can turn out shit though. My mate once found a wallet - it was empty apart from a few cards and stuff I was there when he found it.
He went to the address on one of the cards (a fair trek) and handed it in, only to get called a thief and get accused of nicking all the money that was apparently in there.
My old housemates were walking past a cash machine with £200 hanging out of it. They took it, and had a great night out on it. I (although a bit jealous) was glad I didn't take part because I really thought it could have easily been some old ladies money.
On the way to work, my mate observed me running round the carpark like a loon and he nearly pissed himself laughing, needless to say when I showed him the £50 worth of notes I'd seen and chased round he promptly stopped.
Quote: Alan C @ May 22 2008, 3:37 PM BSTI've done both the handing in and keeping stuff found on the street and I have never won more than £450 on the lottery. Whereas I could have had at least a semi-decent bottle of wine or 2 pints with that fiver!
I mean no disrespect Alan, but the nearest I came was £133 for four numbers so I don't really sympathise.
Also, on that particular line, I missed another number by 1 and got the bonus ball. Even more annoyingly, no-one won the jackpot so 5 balls and the bonus was worth £333,000.
Thanks for improving my mood even further...
Dan
Quote: chipolata @ May 22 2008, 3:40 PM BSTDoing good should be its own reward.
Spits his pork pie out laughing.
Quote: Griff @ May 22 2008, 3:39 PM BSTMy wife once found 200 quid in an envelope in a phone box, next to a half-empty can of strong lager. (This was back when there were phone boxes and 200 quid was a lot of money etc.) Despite my incredulous pleadings she handed it in at the local police station, where the officer on duty did a sterling job of not pissing himself laughing while saying "If it doesn't get claimed we'll contact you and give it back to you". Unsurprisingly we heard nothing further.
I hope she got rightly beaten and locked in the kitchen when you returned home?
Quote: EllieJP @ May 22 2008, 3:39 PM BSTIf I found a wallet, or something of value I would most definitely hand it in though.
Wallet - yeah.
Something of value - eBay!
I'm only joking, honest.
Something I'm not particularly proud of, when I was at middle school (when I was around 10/11) me and my friend Robbie used to call the big Lost Property cupboard at our school 'Argos' and raid it for anything decent every now and then. Think the most I got was an old pair of goalie gloves though. I was a rotter.