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November 23, 2017 6 Comments

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I said, “Hello, I just found a briefcase on my front porch. It’s got all these bills in it. It’s not mine; I want to do the right thing.”

The officer replied, “How much is in there?”

“I’m not sure. I only counted about half.”

“Give me a minute.” She mumbled as her fingers blurred. “Ninety-eight, ninety-nine, one hundred… Sir, there’s a hundred thousand dollars here.”

“Oh, my! Well, I hope the owner claims it!”

When I arrived home, I checked the remaining stacks and did the math again. Yep, one million minus nine hundred thousand definitely equals one hundred thousand.

By Stephan James

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  1. David Silver says

    November 23, 2017 at 5:33 pm

    Great.

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  2. TTH says

    November 24, 2017 at 10:56 am

    If only…

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  3. throughthecolouredglass says

    November 25, 2017 at 3:29 am

    wow … I wait for someone to leave such a bag outside my house!

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  4. Dianne Hendricks says

    November 25, 2017 at 10:38 am

    Very nice surprise at the end. Quite unexpected, at least by me. Nice work, Stephan.

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    • SJ says

      November 27, 2017 at 10:37 am

      Thank you Dianne.

      Reply
  5. Patricia Low says

    November 25, 2017 at 6:54 pm

    Ended on a high note.

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