Man Finds $150,000 In His Garden

[jimmy olsen]

Why doesn't this ever happen to me? 

http://news.yahoo.com/blogs/lookout/man-finds-150-000-garden-225554517.html

Man finds $150,000 in garden

By Claudine Zap

As the old saw goes, money doesn't grow on trees. But sometimes it sprouts up in the garden. An unemployed man in northern Illinois was out working in his backyard when he came across some serious green: bags filled with $150,000 cash.

Wayne Sabaj was headed to pick some broccoli to go with his roast. The carpenter spotted duffel bags that looked like trash by the peppers -- but they turned out to be a cash crop: stacks of $20 bills that added up to about $150,000. The 49-year-old, who is living with his dad, did not exactly jump for joy.

The out-of-work carpenter told ABC7, "I could really use this money." But with this money comes trouble. He explained, "With my luck, it would be bank robbery and I'd get caught and say I'd robbed a bank."

So the honest man with money troubles alerted the police to his amazing backyard treasure.

For now, police haven't a clue to where the cash came from: There are no reported burglaries in the area, and no banks have been robbed.

Then there was the concern that whoever left the money behind would be back, and that's a problem the Sabaj men would rather have solved by the police.

If nobody comes forward to legitimately claim the cash, there may be a happy ending for the man tending his garden: Police will help figure out if Sabaj can keep the money. The carpenter has retained an attorney just in case.

For now, the cash is in custody with the country sheriff, who left behind a card on the lawn where Sabaj found the bags, bearing the simple message, Please call.
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[Razgovory]

You don't have a garden?  I found twenty bucks in a parking lot last month.  I seriously considered turning it in to the clerks at the Grocery store in case someone came looking for it.  I then realized that was stupid for a whole host of reasons.

[MadImmortalMan]

For the euros--

Garden = a patch of ground in which one grows vegetables

[Josquius]

Awesome.
Though my dad bought his first car in a somewhat similar way. Found a sports bag full of money in a phone box.

For the euros--

Garden = a patch of ground in which one grows vegetables

An allotment then.
So whats a British English garden called over there?

[MadImmortalMan]

A back yard.


Or front yard if it's in the front.

It's where you mow the lawn and trim the hedges and stuff. What you call gardening we call yard work. What we call gardening you call..I dunno, home farming? 

[Richard Hakluyt]

Many English houses have back yards, it is the standard in the northern part of the country, but by this we mean a paved and walled area.

[Josquius]

Yeah, yards typically are actually about a yard in size and are just....concretey and yardy.

[Admiral Yi]

Many English houses have back yards, it is the standard in the northern part of the country, but by this we mean a paved and walled area.

And we would call that a patio.

We could go on all day! 

[Richard Hakluyt]

No, no.......a patio is a paved area that is then backed on to by a lawn or other vegetation