Forehead Smack Moments

Clodfobble · 02-15-2006, 10:18 PM

My dad's friend had a story like that... he found a (man's) ring on the bathroom sink at a casino, with a big expensive jewel in it. His theory was someone took it off to wash their hands, and forgot to put it back on. Being a practical man, he let the staff know he had found "a ring", and told them if anyone came looking for it and could describe it to him he'd promptly return it to them, but he would not be handing it over to the relatively-low-wage staff behind the front desk. He was there for another several days, and checked back repeatedly, but no one claimed it.

So he kept it, and wore the ring for ten years.

Finally, on another vacation to Vegas, he took the ring off to wash his hands in the bathroom, and accidentally walked out without it. Moments later he rushed back, but it was gone. He didn't bother inquiring if anyone had found it, he figured it was just time for the ring to move on.

02-15-2006, 10:59 PM

Well, I had a nice little GPS unit that I placed on the roof of my car to get satellite info. I forgot that I had put it there and my GPS now resides forlornly somewhere on a Wild Mustang Preserve near the Utah border or else some rancher or hunter is happily using it. If the latter is true, can't say as I blame the person who found it since there was nothing on the GPS that would clue a person in to its owner.

On the other hand, my driver's license once fell out of my coat pocket on a dirt back road near Blanding, Utah when I'd stopped to take a rest break and walk around a little. A few weeks later I got my license back in the mail from a resident of Naturita, Colorado who also had stopped at the same pull-out and discovered my license lying on the ground.

Flint · 03-06-2007, 10:19 AM

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Originally Posted by Clodfobble

...he figured it was just time for the ring to move on...

Sheldonrs · 03-06-2007, 10:34 AM

One ring to rulle them all...

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02-15-2006, 10:18 PM	#1
Clodfobble UNDER CONDITIONAL MITIGATION Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Austin, TX Posts: 20,012	My dad's friend had a story like that... he found a (man's) ring on the bathroom sink at a casino, with a big expensive jewel in it. His theory was someone took it off to wash their hands, and forgot to put it back on. Being a practical man, he let the staff know he had found "a ring", and told them if anyone came looking for it and could describe it to him he'd promptly return it to them, but he would not be handing it over to the relatively-low-wage staff behind the front desk. He was there for another several days, and checked back repeatedly, but no one claimed it. So he kept it, and wore the ring for ten years. Finally, on another vacation to Vegas, he took the ring off to wash his hands in the bathroom, and accidentally walked out without it. Moments later he rushed back, but it was gone. He didn't bother inquiring if anyone had found it, he figured it was just time for the ring to move on.

02-15-2006, 10:59 PM	#2
marichiko Guest Posts: n/a	Well, I had a nice little GPS unit that I placed on the roof of my car to get satellite info. I forgot that I had put it there and my GPS now resides forlornly somewhere on a Wild Mustang Preserve near the Utah border or else some rancher or hunter is happily using it. If the latter is true, can't say as I blame the person who found it since there was nothing on the GPS that would clue a person in to its owner. On the other hand, my driver's license once fell out of my coat pocket on a dirt back road near Blanding, Utah when I'd stopped to take a rest break and walk around a little. A few weeks later I got my license back in the mail from a resident of Naturita, Colorado who also had stopped at the same pull-out and discovered my license lying on the ground.

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