# What's the best thing you've ever found?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-best-thing-youve-ever-found/543583>\
**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [June 17, 2010, 6:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-best-thing-youve-ever-found/543583 "2010-06-17T18:40:01Z")\
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**Author:** ![Shot\_From\_Guns](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ccd318/32.png) [@Shot\_From\_Guns](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shot_From_Guns)\
**Post date:** [June 21, 2010, 4:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-best-thing-youve-ever-found/543583/41 "2010-06-21T16:35:21Z")

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> [@Love\_Rhombus](#):
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> It’s one of those big ones with a wicker base that looks like a big saucer.

FWIW, I’m pretty sure you’re describing a [papasan chair](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Papasan_chair).

> [@Awgrimm](#):
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> It was his entire paycheck, I guess, though I still have no idea who just cashes their check instead of depositing at least some of it?

People with no bank account. If your finances are fucked, it’s possible for you to have to deal entirely in cash. I know someone who as recently as the last time I talked to him (~a year ago) was still working entire in cash because of a big snafu at his previous bank that he’d have to get back up to where he used to live to resolve.

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> The worst part was when, after I handed him the money, he fumbles around with the wad of cash and the offers me $2 or $3 as a reward. Maybe I’m a dick, but it pissed me off a little.

Yeah. He either should have given you a decent reward or nothing at all. A couple of dollars is just insulting.

> [@Jump](#):
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> Exactly $22,000 in cash. In a bag. When i was 22.

You can’t leave it at that! More details, please!

> [@Maiira](#):
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> I also found 20 bucks on the ground walking to work one time. That was pretty awesome.

I’ve found $20 exactly twice. This is slightly awkward when I’m telling the stories, as my group of friends sometimes uses “… and then I found $20” as a way to end an anecdote that isn’t going anywhere, we’ve forgotten the point of, we’ve suddenly realized is boring, etc.

> [@digs](#):
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> Wauwatosa High.

Tosa! I’d ask what year you graduated, but since your profile lists kids-plural, you’re probably a few years older than me. (Plus, I can’t remember who I would have known who graduated from there–I was a Pius XI girl, myself.)

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**Author:** ![Properties\_of\_Iron](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/7cd45c/32.png) [@Properties\_of\_Iron](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Properties_of_Iron)\
**Post date:** [June 21, 2010, 7:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-best-thing-youve-ever-found/543583/42 "2010-06-21T19:51:16Z")

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> [@Shot\_From\_Guns](#):
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> I’ve found $20 exactly twice. This is slightly awkward when I’m telling the stories, as my group of friends sometimes uses “… and then I found $20” as a way to end an anecdote that isn’t going anywhere, we’ve forgotten the point of, we’ve suddenly realized is boring, etc.

We do the same thing, except with $5 or ending with “…and then Steve shot a guy.”

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