I followed links from the wikipedia article about the fountain, and the articles seem to contradict each other. One says that it isn’t in fact illegal to fish out the money, it being abandoned property (and a woman has been freed on these grounds), another that the police arrests people who do so, another that some guy who had been fishing out the coins for 34 years in large amounts has been “banned” from the fountain.
You would think they’d have a consistent set of rules about this fountain, with it being world-famous and all… (apparently, it nets € 3 000/day)
Okay, now you have to dish. C’mon, let us in on the fun!
(I mean cheer you on, not try to get to a secret place before you do, of course).
I see what you did there.
It must be annoying to accidentally buy the solution that turns pee red for the fountain (instead of the solution that turns fountain theives’ hands red).
If your hand hasnt changed color yet, its obviously because they got the solutions mixed up :o
I did it. I was five or six years old, and while trying to scoop coins out of a fountain at the mall I fell in. Don’t remember what I got out of it, but I’m sure it was a helluva lot less than $4.67.
Either that, or somebody remembers to wash their hands after urinating.
Or kidneys. Just so we never have to have that thread. Granted, most people have one more kidney than they need, but you can’t just gather them and resell. OK?
For the record (and just as a data point) if you try this at the fountains outside Buckingham Palace (which is tempting, because the tourists there throw in proper money - i.e. 50p, £1 and £2 coins), you’ll get arrested.
It didn’t happen to me, in case you are wondering.
Once or twice I’ve seen homeless people doing this.
Please go on.
tdn:
It’s probably to everyone’s advantage if there’s an incentive for homeless people to have some contact with water once in a while.
I was a valet at a casino,we had to run off homeless folks three or four times a week that were lurking around the fountain.
Gravity.
Enjoy,
Steven