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LadyMaravilla
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Retiree flushes cash down toilet
BERLIN, Germany (AP) -- A retiree in northern Germany flushed about 30,000 marks (euro15,300, US$18,900) down the toilet, believing the old bank notes were worthless, police said.
Officials were alerted by a blocked pipe in the northern city of Kiel. A cleaning company employee extracted soggy bundles of bank notes, but more money got away as the water started flowing again.
Investigators then discovered that the retiree had reported a blocked pipe at his house the same day. They visited the "slightly bewildered" man at his apartment and he confirmed that he had flushed the money away, a police statement issued late Wednesday said.
The 64-year-old "was of the opinion that mark notes no longer had any value," it added. He still had another 30,000 marks at the apartment, as well as euro14,000 (US$17,300) in euro bills.
Police accompanied the retiree to a bank, where he deposited the money.
Euro notes and coins replaced 12 national currencies in 2002. Europeans can still exchange the old money at their central banks.
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MrsS2005
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Re: Retiree flushes cash down toilet
Wow. Even if I thought it were worthless, I doubt I'd ever flush money down a toilet.
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| Posted 4/20/06 12:43 PM |
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Michi
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| Posted 4/20/06 12:44 PM |
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LadyMaravilla
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Re: Retiree flushes cash down toilet
Posted by MrsS2005
Wow. Even if I thought it were worthless, I doubt I'd ever flush money down a toilet.
I know...did you see how much it was...that was the amount of money I would need to change my life!!! 
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| Posted 4/20/06 12:44 PM |
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| Posted 4/20/06 12:56 PM |
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Lisa
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Re: Retiree flushes cash down toilet
what a dumba$$!!!
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| Posted 4/20/06 1:02 PM |
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jersee3380
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Re: Retiree flushes cash down toilet
Posted by MrsS2005
Wow. Even if I thought it were worthless, I doubt I'd ever flush money down a toilet.
my thought exactly
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| Posted 4/20/06 1:03 PM |
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LadyMaravilla
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Re: Retiree flushes cash down toilet
Posted by Lisa
what a dumba$$!!!
WORD!!!!!!!!!!
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| Posted 4/20/06 1:03 PM |
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