# 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:** 2
**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, 6:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-where-did-i-put-that-4-000/607518/21 "2011-12-27T18:33:39Z")
> [@Antinor01](#): > > I found it! But this is so fun I hid it again so someone else can look. Wait, **TokyoPlayer** lost it and you found it? Oy… ---
**Author:** ![DMark](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e68b1a/32.png) [@DMark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DMark)\ **Post date:** [December 27, 2011, 7:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-where-did-i-put-that-4-000/607518/22 "2011-12-27T19:10:10Z")
One trick that doesn’t always work but sometimes does - go to the place in the house you last remember holding that envelope. Hold an envelope in your hand and then close your eyes and figure out where you would go to hide this one. Doesn’t always work, but sometimes you start to remember going in a particular direction or reach for a drawer or whatever. BTW, it was just on the news the other day that here at the Las Vegas airport, a man found two envelopes with $5,000 in each. No name, just two envelopes with a total of $10,000. He called the airport and asked if anyone lost any money. They said they were not allowed to give out that info. He called back several times and finally one official gave him the name of a guy in Houston who called to see if they found two envelopes with cash. Sure enough, the guy in Houston described the envelopes (from Caesars Casino) and said there was $5,000 in each and the man here in Vegas returned it to him. The guy in Houston won it on a slot in Caesars, put the envelopes in his jacket pocket and they fell out when he was running to catch his plane. How’s that for a nice story of honesty? (They didn’t mention if there was a reward, but I would certainly hope so/think so.) ---
**Author:** ![handsomeharry](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/e9c0ed/32.png) [@handsomeharry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/handsomeharry)\ **Post date:** [December 27, 2011, 7:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-where-did-i-put-that-4-000/607518/23 "2011-12-27T19:18:11Z")
Was there a rubber band wrapped around it? Because, I found the rubber band. hh ---
**Author:** ![robardin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/43a26b/32.png) [@robardin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/robardin)\ **Post date:** [December 27, 2011, 7:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-where-did-i-put-that-4-000/607518/24 "2011-12-27T19:23:48Z")
It was an Orangutan! …Wait, that’s the ending to the wrong Auguste Dupin story. Check your jacket pockets. I’ve done the same thing before more than once in my life: I had some important check or tickets or receipt or passport or whatnot that I had to bring to present somewhere and definitely didn’t want to forget, so I cleverly put it in the inside pocket of my coat or jacket. Then, after spending 30 minutes looking for it the next morning, giving up and finally walking out the door, stopping to examine “what’s this bulge in my jacket pocket?” ---
**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, 8:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-where-did-i-put-that-4-000/607518/25 "2011-12-27T20:07:54Z")
> [@robardin](#): > > It was an Orangutan! …Wait, that’s the ending to the wrong Auguste Dupin story. > > Check your jacket pockets. I’ve done the same thing before more than once in my life: I had some important check or tickets or receipt or passport or whatnot that I had to bring to present somewhere and definitely didn’t want to forget, so I cleverly put it in the inside pocket of my coat or jacket. Then, after spending 30 minutes looking for it the next morning, giving up and finally walking out the door, stopping to examine “what’s this bulge in my jacket pocket?” Oh if only I made $4,000 every time someone discovered the bulge in my jacket pocket. ---
**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, 8:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-where-did-i-put-that-4-000/607518/26 "2011-12-27T20:16:56Z")
> [@Enderw24](#): > > Oh if only I made $4,000 every time someone discovered the bulge in my jacket pocket. You’ll need some pixie dust. ---
**Author:** ![madmonk28](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/madmonk28/32/20811_2.png) [@madmonk28](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/madmonk28)\ **Post date:** [December 27, 2011, 8:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-where-did-i-put-that-4-000/607518/27 "2011-12-27T20:31:39Z")
My wife once gave me $1,000 in an envelope and asked me to deposit it. I never did and didn’t remember it until she asked me about it a couple of weeks later. We never found it and to this day, I half expect to open an old box in the attic and find it. ---
**Author:** ![Sunspace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sunspace/32/1250_2.png) [@Sunspace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunspace)\ **Post date:** [December 27, 2011, 10:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-where-did-i-put-that-4-000/607518/28 "2011-12-27T22:29:58Z")
> [@lieu](#): > > All right, **Player** , go ahead! You can’t hide in a little town like Tokyo! Yeah! It only has as many people as Canada! Hope you find it soon! (Paying taxes in cash? _Why??_) ---
**Author:** ![jabiru](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/bbce88/32.png) [@jabiru](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jabiru)\ **Post date:** [December 27, 2011, 11:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-where-did-i-put-that-4-000/607518/29 "2011-12-27T23:06:27Z")
Between the arm of the sofa and the seat. That’s where I [finally] found my car keys. ---
**Author:** ![boytyperanma](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/4491bb/32.png) [@boytyperanma](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/boytyperanma)\ **Post date:** [December 27, 2011, 11:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-where-did-i-put-that-4-000/607518/30 "2011-12-27T23:20:12Z")
> [@Sunspace](#): > > (Paying taxes in cash? _Why??_) It’s Japan that’s just how they role. When I’m there I see more transactions in cash then any other country. Their equivalent to our 20 is a 10k yen note which right now is about 130usd. It always boggles my mind when a college student opens their wallet and has a dozen of them. I stopped asking stupid questions like ‘why are you carrying so much cash’ pretty early. The answer is almost always something mundane like oh it’s my rent money or I’m saving for a car. The don’t seem to trust banks or checks. You need to check under the couch for the 4th time. The first 3 looks weren’t thorough enough ---
**Author:** ![Digital\_is\_the\_new\_Analog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a88e4f/32.png) [@Digital\_is\_the\_new\_Analog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Digital_is_the_new_Analog)\ **Post date:** [December 27, 2011, 11:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-where-did-i-put-that-4-000/607518/31 "2011-12-27T23:48:21Z")
A friend of mine lost his keys this weekend. He found them in his spare shoes. So check there. I’ll send you his address if you don’t know how to get there - he’s expecting you. -D/a ---
**Author:** ![Sunspace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sunspace/32/1250_2.png) [@Sunspace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunspace)\ **Post date:** [December 28, 2011, 12:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-where-did-i-put-that-4-000/607518/32 "2011-12-28T00:15:31Z")
It didn’t fall down behind the bed like my glasses did last night? ---
**Author:** ![needscoffee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/needscoffee/32/1076_2.png) [@needscoffee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/needscoffee)\ **Post date:** [December 28, 2011, 12:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-where-did-i-put-that-4-000/607518/33 "2011-12-28T00:24:57Z")
Might you have stuck it in a book? ---
**Author:** ![Becky2844](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/91b2a8/32.png) [@Becky2844](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Becky2844)\ **Post date:** [December 28, 2011, 3:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-where-did-i-put-that-4-000/607518/34 "2011-12-28T03:37:49Z")
Someplace “safe.” If you’re anything like me. ---
**Author:** ![j666](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/9de0a6/32.png) [@j666](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/j666)\ **Post date:** [December 28, 2011, 3:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-where-did-i-put-that-4-000/607518/35 "2011-12-28T03:44:51Z")
Start in one corner of one room; move every item, open every drawer. Be thankful you live in Tokyo instead of a nice country farmhouse. You did check the freezer, right? ---
**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 28, 2011, 4:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-where-did-i-put-that-4-000/607518/36 "2011-12-28T04:12:57Z")
> [@Becky2844](#): > > Someplace “safe.” If you’re anything like me. This. If I could only remember where “safe” was. I was up late last night checking everywhere again. Our house is in a state of chaos, since we are moving rooms about (well, you know what I mean) and lots of boxes with various things mixed up in them. On a completely, totally unrelated development, 200 Barbie dolls were delivered to our house, prepaid. 😕 ---
**Author:** ![billfish678](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/7bcc69/32.png) [@billfish678](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/billfish678)\ **Post date:** [December 28, 2011, 4:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-where-did-i-put-that-4-000/607518/37 "2011-12-28T04:22:57Z")
> [@TokyoPlayer](#): > > On a completely, totally unrelated development, 200 Barbie dolls were delivered to our house, prepaid. 😕 Put em in a vending machine, claim they are wearing dirty panties, charge 20 dollars a piece for em and call it a day. ---
**Author:** ![Sunspace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sunspace/32/1250_2.png) [@Sunspace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunspace)\ **Post date:** [December 28, 2011, 4:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-where-did-i-put-that-4-000/607518/38 "2011-12-28T04:23:15Z")
> [@TokyoPlayer](#): > > On a completely, totally unrelated development, 200 Barbie dolls were delivered to our house, prepaid. 😕 This isn’t going to end up like that thread with the mysterious piano, isn’t it? 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Giles](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/giles/32/60_2.png) [@Giles](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Giles)\ **Post date:** [December 28, 2011, 4:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-where-did-i-put-that-4-000/607518/39 "2011-12-28T04:25:15Z")
So, can you pay your taxes in Barbie dolls? ---
**Author:** ![kittenblue](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ba8739/32.png) [@kittenblue](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kittenblue)\ **Post date:** [December 28, 2011, 4:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-where-did-i-put-that-4-000/607518/40 "2011-12-28T04:33:03Z")
Well, that’s where it went…the baby girl used the $4000 to order the Barbies! [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-where-did-i-put-that-4-000/607518.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-where-did-i-put-that-4-000/607518.md?page=3)