Originally posted by FMFReminds me of the joke about the shoplifter found dead under Tesco. (Left out the Irish part due to it being the friendly month of August).
Don't misunderstand me; I was rather inconsistent. I also did some shoplifting
Don't think i have ever stolen anything directly, but did once benefit from the pound note my sister stole from our father. (Though to this day she denies it). Human beings are indeed inconsistent, and prone to selective memory.
Curly Wurlys by the way don't exist. They are an urban myth. (like aardvarks and margarine).
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Originally posted by Ghost of a DukeI don't claim to always take the morally correct road. What I would do depends on the following:
While out on a Sunday morning stroll, walking your Chihuahua, you find a wallet on the ground full of cash. (No credit cards or identity details etc). Two questions:
1. Would 'you' hand it in to the police?
2. Would a religious person be more likely to do so?
a) Whether I'm in a "charitable" mood
b) Whether there are others present
c) Whether, relative to what I am able to save each month, there is a lot of money in the wallet
d) Whether I am confident there is some way for the original to demonstrate the wallet is his/hers
e) Whether the wallet contains items of sentimental value etc...
Assuming not a, then:
If d is false I would regard it as a wallet-less wad of cash and keep it (and depending on b I might feign intention to hand it in)
If d is true then if e is also true I would probably (independent of c) hand it in.
if d is true and e is false, then if c is true I'd probably take the money and re-drop the wallet for someone else to find (and hopefully hand in)
if d is true and e is false, and c is false then I'd probably hand it in
This doesn't exhaust all cases btw.
But all that said, the biggest influence here would be whether a is true ... often it is - sometimes it isn't
Originally posted by AgergBy the time you figured all that out the Chihuahua would have eaten the wallet.
I don't claim to always take the morally correct road. What I would do depends on the following:
a) Whether I'm in a "charitable" mood
b) Whether there are others present
c) Whether, relative to what I am able to save each month, there is a lot of money in the wallet
d) Whether I am confident there is some way for the original to demonstrate the wallet i ...[text shortened]... said, the biggest influence here would be whether a is true ... often it is - sometimes it isn't
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Originally posted by AgergI've decided suddenly that i wouldn't hand in a purple wallet. Anyone with such a wallet doesn't deserve to get it back.
ah yes, that reminds me:
f) whether there are any fierce looking dogs, insects I'm afraid of, townies, etc ... that might make approaching said wallet hazardous
