ETHREADZNY Posted December 6, 2002 Share Posted December 6, 2002 MILAN (Reuters) - It was a rags to riches story at a hospital in northern Italy when a homeless man turned out to be carrying some $30,000 in his pockets. The 80-year-old bearded man was checked into the psychiatric ward of the hospital three days ago when he was found aimlessly wandering around the city of Como, police told Reuters on Thursday. The man, apparently without family, had been living in a shelter and on the streets. But to the hospital staff's surprise, they found 10,000 euros (dollars) and 40 million lire, equivalent to another 20,000 euros, in his pockets. "He said it was his life's savings," the police source said. But the Bank of Italy has foiled a happy ending, by refusing to exchange the lire, which are no longer in circulation, for the euro currency because the man's identification papers expired 13 years ago. Under Italian law, currency exchanges can only be carried out with proper identification and in many cases a tax number, which the homeless man does not possess. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FourOneTwo Posted December 6, 2002 Share Posted December 6, 2002 1st........ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yoshy Posted December 6, 2002 Share Posted December 6, 2002 the banking system is really fucked up in italy, or so i hear... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest ZoSe Posted December 6, 2002 Share Posted December 6, 2002 RESPONDING TO A LAME THREAD, KEEPS THE THREAD AROUND MUCH LONGER> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ETHREADZNY Posted December 6, 2002 Author Share Posted December 6, 2002 ^ you are absolutely right, but why did this thread bounce back up to the top? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Abracadabra Posted December 6, 2002 Share Posted December 6, 2002 fucking cunts. change the man's money for christ's sake. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
~KRYLON2~ Posted December 6, 2002 Share Posted December 6, 2002 fucking banks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rip Posted December 6, 2002 Share Posted December 6, 2002 thats so gay they should change it..................hey speakin of pockets...............whats in your pockets Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GRAFARONI Posted December 6, 2002 Share Posted December 6, 2002 wow he was like the HolyGrail for pocket checkers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
swif1 Posted December 6, 2002 Share Posted December 6, 2002 Originally posted by Mr. ABC fucking cunts. change the man's money for christ's sake. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest willy.wonka Posted December 7, 2002 Share Posted December 7, 2002 for real..you know the banks are evil for that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest willy.wonka Posted December 7, 2002 Share Posted December 7, 2002 that just gave me an idea...i'll go door to foor and ask everybody on this island for a dollar. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vinyl junkie Posted December 7, 2002 Share Posted December 7, 2002 i only meant to hand him a $1 bill, but i accidently gave him a $30,000 bill... fuck... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
some pittsburgh flavor Posted December 7, 2002 Share Posted December 7, 2002 haha... i know you can still exchange lira for euros... they didn't ask me for ID when i got dollars changed to lira.... stupid jealous bank clerks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Smart Posted December 7, 2002 Share Posted December 7, 2002 Yo! That's MY old man yo, I losted him yo, or like misplaceded... yo, where you fine him at? damn! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Intangible Posted December 7, 2002 Share Posted December 7, 2002 Originally posted by willy.wonka that just gave me an idea...i'll go door to foor and ask everybody on this island for a dollar. Do it now..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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