[kirklancaster]

In 1963, a member of the public found £47,245 in a plastic sack that had been left inside a telephone box in Great Dover Street, Newington, South London.

It was part of the haul from the infamous Great Train Robbery and would be worth £2.35 million in today's money and he rang the police.

Supposing you were in Great Dover Street in the early hours today with not a soul around and you went to use the public phone and found £2.35 million inside in bags.

Would you:

a) Thank your 'Lucky Stars' and call a trusted mate up to come along in his car and help you carry home the loot?

b) Would you be so scared that you would leave the money where it was, wipe the telephone box door where you'd touched it, then just scarper as fast as your little legs would carry you?

c) Would you call the police and report it then stay guarding the money until they arrived?

Honest answers only, please.

[RileyH]

A obvs

[RileyH]

Not that anyone uses telephone boxes anymore

[Denver]

Im the bank robber who dropped it

[smudgie]

Depends on my age at the time.
If I was a teenager or early twenties I would bag the lot.
Any older and I would just stuff my pockets
My age now I would have a heart attack worrying about them coming after me

[kirklancaster]

Originally Posted by smudgie

Depends on my age at the time.
If I was a teenager or early twenties I would bag the lot.
Any older and I would just stuff my pockets
My age now I would have a heart attack worrying about them coming after me

Honest as ever, Smudge.

[Matthew.]

hmm this is a toughie…

most likely i’d choose Option A, really like these scenarios you do Kirk

[kirklancaster]

Originally Posted by Matthew.

hmm this is a toughie…

most likely i’d choose Option A, really like these scenarios you do Kirk

Thanks, Matthew.

[Cherie]

Originally Posted by smudgie

Depends on my age at the time.
If I was a teenager or early twenties I would bag the lot.
Any older and I would just stuff my pockets
My age now I would have a heart attack worrying about them coming after me

.

[Eddie.]

A.

In Singapore dollars, it’s 4.1 million which is A LOT.

[user104658]

If you find £2 million in a phonebox it's drug money and someone is coming for it, and has probably already seen you, so you leave it the **** alone and pretend you know nothing about it.

[kirklancaster]

Originally Posted by Toy Soldier

If you find £2 million in a phonebox it's drug money and someone is coming for it, and has probably already seen you, so you leave it the **** alone and pretend you know nothing about it.

Come on T.S - wouldn't you at least fill your pockets with a few grand?

[GiRTh]

Originally Posted by kirklancaster

Come on T.S - wouldn't you at least fill your pockets with a few grand?

I see what TS is saying but in the scenario where I'm not sure, I'd probably circle the areas for an hour or so to make sure no one was watching the place, park the car a good distance away etc and the moneys mine, its gone never to be found again.

[kirklancaster]

Originally Posted by GiRTh

I see what TS is saying but in the scenario where I'm not sure, I'd probably circle the areas for an hour or so to make sure no one was watching the place, park the car a good distance away etc and the moneys mine, its gone never to be found again.

[MTVN]

Not taking that money, you're either going to end up in trouble with the police or some pretty bad criminals for doing so

I would leave it but I wouldn't risk my safety guarding it, would probs report it to the police once I was a safe distance away

[kirklancaster]

Originally Posted by MTVN

Not taking that money, you're either going to end up in trouble with the police or some pretty bad criminals for doing so

I would leave it but I wouldn't risk my safety guarding it, would probs report it to the police once I was a safe distance away

Sensible, Matt. I'm too old to care. I'd regard it as a Gift From Above and take the risk.

[Brillopad]

Originally Posted by MTVN

Not taking that money, you're either going to end up in trouble with the police or some pretty bad criminals for doing so

I would leave it but I wouldn't risk my safety guarding it, would probs report it to the police once I was a safe distance away

This.

[Gstar]

As much as I want to vote A ..

Originally Posted by Toy Soldier

If you find £2 million in a phonebox it's drug money and someone is coming for it, and has probably already seen you, so you leave it the **** alone and pretend you know nothing about it.

[kirklancaster]

Originally Posted by Germyle

As much as I want to vote A ..

Drug Dealers DO NOT leave £2.3 million in public phone boxes in such a heavily populated area which is surrounded by housing etc.

Whoever left it there Germyle, it certainly would not have been them.

Ditto 'Ransom Money' - no kidnapper would have such a huge amount of cash placed to be picked up in such a dangerously unsafe location.

I'm only saying in case this really does ever happen to you, then you can nick it all without fear - AFTER giving me a call first to help you carry it away that is.

[GiRTh]

A

Anonymous money in a bag is another no brainer Kirk. No one can ever prove I got it from there so its mine. It would never touch a bank however. Probably keep in a safe place and dip into it when I needed to.

[kirklancaster]

Originally Posted by GiRTh

A

Anonymous money in a bag is another no brainer Kirk. No one can ever prove I got it from there so its mine. It would never touch a bank however. Probably keep in a safe place and dip into it when I needed to.

I ALWAYS love your honest answers, Girth. THAT is exactly what I would do too.

[user104658]

Originally Posted by GiRTh

A

Anonymous money in a bag is another no brainer Kirk. No one can ever prove I got it from there so its mine. It would never touch a bank however. Probably keep in a safe place and dip into it when I needed to.

The problem with that though is that bank notes expire, so you would have at best 20-30 years to spend it... Imagine having £1 million+ in banknotes you know are about to expire . The temptation to try to launder it would be huge. Best bet might be some sort of darkweb antique / art deal which you could then later re-sell for "new cash" .

To answer the question of if I knew for a fact that NO ONE would know I had taken the cash, kirk... Of course I would take the cash .

BUT that sort of money in cash can only be from something very dodgy.

We had a guy a year or so ago constantly trying to use almost-expired £50 notes from the late 1980's... 30 year old notes, but they were as crisp as a brand new note . And they were genuine. Refused them though. I was like "FFS I'm not touching that! And I also do NOT want to know where you got it ".

[kirklancaster]

Originally Posted by Toy Soldier

The problem with that though is that bank notes expire, so you would have at best 20-30 years to spend it... Imagine having £1 million+ in banknotes you know are about to expire . The temptation to try to launder it would be huge. Best bet might be some sort of darkweb antique / art deal which you could then later re-sell for "new cash" .

To answer the question of if I knew for a fact that NO ONE would know I had taken the cash, kirk... Of course I would take the cash .

BUT that sort of money in cash can only be from something very dodgy.

We had a guy a year or so ago constantly trying to use almost-expired £50 notes from the late 1980's... 30 year old notes, but they were as crisp as a brand new note . And they were genuine. Refused them though. I was like "FFS I'm not touching that! And I also do NOT want to know where you got it ".

To the emboldened.

To the bit about the guy with the £50 notes - Aren't they worth ANYTHING? Will the banks take them or are they collectable? If so I would have offered him a £5 for each one.

[user104658]

Originally Posted by kirklancaster

To the emboldened.

To the bit about the guy with the £50 notes - Aren't they worth ANYTHING? Will the banks take them or are they collectable? If so I would have offered him a £5 for each one.

They were still (just about) in date so were legal currency, but it was (being frank) a VERY obvious money laundering attempt which we're really supposed to report, so it was a case of "I don't want these, I didn't see these, you didn't try to pay with these, take them far away!"

[Calderyon]

Depends on the finders fee.