Finally, roommates find something in the couch more useful than condom wrappers.
Three roommates from NYC — one male and two female — scrapped together some money and bought a used couch at a Salvation Army.
One night, after watching a movie (the girls were watching the movie, the guy was coming up with ways to propose a threesome), the trio said they “felt crinkles in two side pillows built into their couch.” Crinkles usually does mean condom wrappers but not this time.
“It had these bubble wrap envelopes, just like two or three of them. We ripped them out and was just like freaking out, like and inch and a half of hundred dollar bills,” Werkhoven said.
And it wasn’t just a little bit of money. So they eagerly counted it, taking pictures along the way. In all the money totaled $41,000.
The excitement was short lived — the envelope had a woman’s name on it. The three tracked the woman down and gave her back the money.
This is what I never understand about these stories of people hiding cash –I’d remember I put $41K in a couch EVERY FUCKING DAY OF MY LIFE. How does it end up at a Salvation Army?
“The friends said the elderly woman, who wanted to remain anonymous, told them she had stashed the money in the couch for years and that family members who didn’t know had mistakenly donated the couch.”
Alright, well that makes sense, but from now on how about we all just ask old people if there is hidden money is stuff before we donate it? Great, thanks.
[via CBS New York]