# So where did I put that $4,000? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [December 27, 2011, 3:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-where-did-i-put-that-4-000/607518 "2011-12-27T15:11:33Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![TokyoBayer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tokyobayer/32/13989_2.png) [@TokyoBayer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TokyoBayer)\ **Post date:** [December 27, 2011, 3:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-where-did-i-put-that-4-000/607518/1 "2011-12-27T15:11:33Z")
Damn. I had to pay some taxes here in Japan, and they only take cash. So I had about $4,000 in an envelope and I put it somewhere in my house. And I can’t remember where the fuck I put it. :smack: So where is it? ---
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [December 27, 2011, 3:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-where-did-i-put-that-4-000/607518/2 "2011-12-27T15:26:32Z")
Go talk to Mr. Potter. ---
**Author:** ![lieu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c2a13f/32.png) [@lieu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lieu)\ **Post date:** [December 27, 2011, 3:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-where-did-i-put-that-4-000/607518/3 "2011-12-27T15:33:06Z")
All right, **Player** , go ahead! You can’t hide in a little town like Tokyo! ---
**Author:** ![brittekland](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/aeb1de/32.png) [@brittekland](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/brittekland)\ **Post date:** [December 27, 2011, 3:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-where-did-i-put-that-4-000/607518/4 "2011-12-27T15:36:04Z")
I hate it when that happens. ---
**Author:** ![Mighty\_Girl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/7bcc69/32.png) [@Mighty\_Girl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mighty_Girl)\ **Post date:** [December 27, 2011, 3:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-where-did-i-put-that-4-000/607518/5 "2011-12-27T15:47:47Z")
Check your kids’ candy stash. ---
**Author:** ![Chessic\_Sense](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/7c8e57/32.png) [@Chessic\_Sense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chessic_Sense)\ **Post date:** [December 27, 2011, 3:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-where-did-i-put-that-4-000/607518/6 "2011-12-27T15:52:03Z")
I once put my rent check in the refrigerator and thought I’d mailed it off with some other bill. I thought I’d pre-paid my electric bill for the next five years! So check the fridge. ---
**Author:** ![FatBaldGuy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/ecd19e/32.png) [@FatBaldGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FatBaldGuy)\ **Post date:** [December 27, 2011, 3:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-where-did-i-put-that-4-000/607518/7 "2011-12-27T15:52:44Z")
> [@Chefguy](#): > > Go talk to Mr. Potter. Beat me to it 😃 ---
**Author:** ![TriPolar](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tripolar/32/3008_2.png) [@TriPolar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TriPolar)\ **Post date:** [December 27, 2011, 3:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-where-did-i-put-that-4-000/607518/8 "2011-12-27T15:58:17Z")
Mr. Gower cabled you need cash, stop. My office instructed to advance you up to twenty-five thousand dollars, stop. Hee Haw and Merry Christmas! Sam Wainwright. ---
**Author:** ![KinkiNipponTourist](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/e9bcb4/32.png) [@KinkiNipponTourist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KinkiNipponTourist)\ **Post date:** [December 27, 2011, 4:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-where-did-i-put-that-4-000/607518/9 "2011-12-27T16:29:04Z")
I’d be happy to come help you look, for a small percentage. Or babysit your gorgeous kiddies, put them to bed early, then snoop around? Always glad to help! ---
**Author:** ![maisoui](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/85f322/32.png) [@maisoui](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/maisoui)\ **Post date:** [December 27, 2011, 4:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-where-did-i-put-that-4-000/607518/10 "2011-12-27T16:33:31Z")
A little woo-ooo I guess, but this tends to work in my house. We stand where we last remember seeing the missing item and say out loud to the air, “Put it back!” It often is found in plain sight within a minute or two. YMMV, of course. :0) ---
**Author:** ![freckafree](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/freckafree/32/3050_2.png) [@freckafree](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/freckafree)\ **Post date:** [December 27, 2011, 4:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-where-did-i-put-that-4-000/607518/11 "2011-12-27T16:36:37Z")
Wherever it is, you’ll find it in the last place you’ll look. ---
**Author:** ![Canadjun](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/76d3ee/32.png) [@Canadjun](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Canadjun)\ **Post date:** [December 27, 2011, 4:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-where-did-i-put-that-4-000/607518/12 "2011-12-27T16:38:30Z")
> [@freckafree](#): > > Wherever it is, you’ll find it in the last place you’ll look. So look there first. ---
**Author:** ![lieu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c2a13f/32.png) [@lieu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lieu)\ **Post date:** [December 27, 2011, 4:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-where-did-i-put-that-4-000/607518/13 "2011-12-27T16:44:10Z")
There’s $4000 in there? I must have grabbed the hundreds. Shaleen must have the fifties. She’ll be pissed. ---
**Author:** ![brittekland](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/aeb1de/32.png) [@brittekland](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/brittekland)\ **Post date:** [December 27, 2011, 4:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-where-did-i-put-that-4-000/607518/14 "2011-12-27T16:46:51Z")
Check under your armpit… as I often tuck things like an envelop under my armpit and look for it for hours. ---
**Author:** ![Enderw24](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ba9def/32.png) [@Enderw24](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enderw24)\ **Post date:** [December 27, 2011, 5:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-where-did-i-put-that-4-000/607518/15 "2011-12-27T17:37:51Z")
> [@TokyoPlayer](#): > > Damn. > > I had to pay some taxes here in Japan, and they only take cash. So I had about $4,000 in an envelope and I put it somewhere in my house. I think the problem is one of a lack of conversion. Surely the government doesn’t take dollar bills so if you happen to find an envelope with $4,000, you automatically know that’s not the one you’re looking for. Instead, try to figure out where an envelope filled with 311,296.56 Yen would be hiding and your mystery will be solved. ---
**Author:** ![freckafree](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/freckafree/32/3050_2.png) [@freckafree](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/freckafree)\ **Post date:** [December 27, 2011, 5:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-where-did-i-put-that-4-000/607518/16 "2011-12-27T17:41:14Z")
> [@Canadjun](#): > > So look there first. Then the last shall be first and the first shall be last. ---
**Author:** ![davidm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/davidm/32/225_2.png) [@davidm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/davidm)\ **Post date:** [December 27, 2011, 5:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-where-did-i-put-that-4-000/607518/17 "2011-12-27T17:44:26Z")
Finders keepers? ---
**Author:** ![brittekland](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/aeb1de/32.png) [@brittekland](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/brittekland)\ **Post date:** [December 27, 2011, 5:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-where-did-i-put-that-4-000/607518/18 "2011-12-27T17:54:18Z")
> [@freckafree](#): > > Then the last shall be first and the first shall be last. Oy Carayo, please, I have a hangover… ---
**Author:** ![velvetjones](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/5f9b8f/32.png) [@velvetjones](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/velvetjones)\ **Post date:** [December 27, 2011, 6:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-where-did-i-put-that-4-000/607518/19 "2011-12-27T18:24:27Z")
Well? Didja find it? ---
**Author:** ![Antinor01](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecae2f/32.png) [@Antinor01](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Antinor01)\ **Post date:** [December 27, 2011, 6:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-where-did-i-put-that-4-000/607518/20 "2011-12-27T18:28:11Z")
I found it! But this is so fun I hid it again so someone else can look. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-where-did-i-put-that-4-000/607518.md?page=2)