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Penn.Jillette.Radio.Show.2007.01.29 - 2007/01/29 21:02 This thread discusses the Content article: Penn.Jillette.Radio.Show.2007.01.29

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Re:Penn.Jillette.Radio.Show.2007.01.29 - 2007/01/31 02:41 I had to agree with Penn. I think people do a calculation:

What's a feeling of having done the right thing worth to me? I'll buy evidence of my goodness for $2.50. But if you're asking me to part with a sudden windfall of $1000, that's a whole other matter.

Clearly the guy can't afford to put $1000 in the wallet. The fake gift certificate might have been his end around. Put something of obvious value. Still, it's not cash money. You have to do make an effort to cash a gift certificate. What's someone's time worth? Still the price of feeling good?
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Re:Penn.Jillette.Radio.Show.2007.01.29 - 2007/01/31 04:59 I'd definitely always try to return the wallet if there was anything of importance in it, like ID, cards or the like. But there's certainly a point after which I'd be tempted to keep the money. Here's the kicker though - let's say you find a wallet with $1000 in it, pocket the cash, and return the wallet with IDs etc to the owner, saying you found it empty - and they want to pay you $100 for finding it. Would you accept it? If you accept the reward on top of your stolen loot, you're being a dick, and if you refuse to take the money, you're going to look like an eagle scout, which, considering you're no such thing, is also being a dick.
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Re:Penn.Jillette.Radio.Show.2007.01.29 - 2007/01/31 06:41 I remember once I sat down in a Starbucks in Seattle and there was $10 of cash money on the chair. No wallet. Nothing to identify it. This was $10 American. Back when $1 American bought $1.50 Canadian, you know that was like $15 in the postage stamp money I use. Anyway, being the dutiful Canadian I brought it up to the counter and handed it over, noting it was lost and I found it.

Later I thought "what was I thinking?" How could you ever identify $10 if it was yours? ("What president did it have on it?") Who would even think to see if anyone turned in $10?

There's being honest and there's being stupid, I figure.

I actually find a lot of money here in Korea on the ground. There's a saying... "For Koreans their world ends at the end of their nose." I figure this is proof. $10 if flittering around people's feet and no one notices.
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Re:Penn.Jillette.Radio.Show.2007.01.29 - 2007/01/31 09:38 You wouldn't believe how many times I've gone to restaurants and seen money laying around on tables amongst dirty dishes. I make loads of money that way. It's amazing that other diners sitting around don't see it or take it!
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Re:Penn.Jillette.Radio.Show.2007.01.29 - 2007/01/31 10:22 *snigger* at bananas.

When I was a kid, I found a $50 bill in front of a neighbor's house. I went up and knocked on their door, and they said they'd been looking all over for it, and gave me five bucks as a reward. I went home and told my mom ... and she screamed at me and called me "stupid".

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Re:Penn.Jillette.Radio.Show.2007.01.29 - 2007/01/31 13:55 JoMadge wrote:
and she screamed at me and called me "stupid".
I argued with "the coffee lady" yesterday - she thought I'd paid for my coffee when I hadn't and it took all my skills to convince her I still owed her. My boss told me that I was "a little too honest"...

bananas wrote:
You wouldn't believe how many times I've gone to restaurants and seen money laying around on tables amongst dirty dishes. I make loads of money that way. It's amazing that other diners sitting around don't see it or take it!

My Mum's boss used to brag that, when on holiday, as his family left a restaurant/café his kids would pick up any tips they saw and use them for pocket money. He thought this was really funny and encouraged them...
Dick! there is no possible use for a signature* except to demonstrate how funny/geeky/cynical/pathetic you are.

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Re:Penn.Jillette.Radio.Show.2007.01.29 - 2007/01/31 14:57 Well I thought it was pretty funny as a joke, but not for real. Food service people need those tips. That's terrible that your mum's boss allowed that. And "mum" is so cute. I want my kids to call me "mummy."
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Re:Penn.Jillette.Radio.Show.2007.01.29 - 2007/01/31 15:41 Your kids should call you Mrs Bananas there is no possible use for a signature* except to demonstrate how funny/geeky/cynical/pathetic you are.

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Re:Penn.Jillette.Radio.Show.2007.01.29 - 2007/03/19 22:28 How exactly does one lose a prosthetic limb? http://www.usatoday.com/news/offbeat/2007-03-17-odd-items_N.htm
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Re:Penn.Jillette.Radio.Show.2007.01.29 - 2007/05/11 08:35 Hi! I'm Paul Kinsella. I'm the webmaster of http://www.wallettest.com and I'm the guy who tested people with the lost wallets. I just wanted to thank Penn Jillette for doing a show about my website. Few radio shows were willing to talk about it because of the controversial nature of the website. Thank you for NOT being one of the sheep.

All my best,
- Paul Kinsella
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