Show Me The Money!

This is surely one of those moments where your heart sinks to a place somewhere around your ankle level when you realise the magnitude of your stupidity. A British driver from Westcliff-on-Sea in Essex for some reason whacked £80,000 on the roof of his car and then drove off.

I am sure some people have stories where they have placed a bag on top of their car and driven off without getting the bag off the roof and into the car first or perhaps it is a mobile phone or even a can of Coke or something similar. But, £80,000 is a lot of cash to forget to put into the car before driving off.

In any event, the police have recovered some evidence from the scene of the loss and are treating the case as theft. It seems that whoever 'found' the cash took it out of whatever was holding it and left that behind, presumably with some fingerprints that may or may not lead to the perpetrator of the "theft". The report of the crime suggests that there is also CCTV footage of the "crime scene". So, maybe the owner of the money will get lucky.

It must have been a sight to behold when the man gets home and his wife says "so, honey where is the money that you drew out of the bank?" I am pretty sure that a throttling was on the cards.

I have never driven off with anything sitting on the roof of my car. I wonder, have you?

Is Krisdayanti Scared To Meet Her Kids?

It would seem that in spite of missing her children, Auriel and Azriel, terribly, Krisdayanti or KD as she is known, is too anxious to meet with her children because she is worried about what sort of reception she would get. It seems that KD is particularly worried that her children might hate her and treat her with a degree of disdain. At least this is what I take from a recent press appearance by her.

There has been some suggestion that the children are being indoctrinated that it is KD that is the guilty party and the one responsible for the break-up of the marriage. I wonder if the old adage of "it takes two to tango" can be applied here, at least with respect to fault?

The truth is that children in divorce situations, at least when they are young, tend to suffer the consequences of the public laundering of somewhat personal matters. This is exacerbated where the couple has a public profile and any dirty laundry is aired in public to satisfy the appetite of a hungry public.

Apparently, KD wanted to give some of her hard earned cash to her children, but Anang has not approved any contact and in the end she left the [envelopes of] cash with a maid to pass on to the children.

When one looks at the way divorces unfold and the high emotions they evoke, I understand why it takes dedicated souls to become involved in a family law practice.

Amazing

It is amazing what you can train a dog to do! (Picture from here)

Zimbabwe -- The $100 Billion Bank Note

The Zimbabwean Central Bank has started to issue $100 billion bank notes. The new notes are in reality a bearer cheque and have an expiry date of 31 December 2008 and they are to be introduced from Monday.

Sadly, with an official inflation rate of 2.2 million percent $100 billion does not buy you very much of anything. The photo is of a $500 million note.