Man Mistakenly Uses Envelope Full Of Money As Fire Kindling

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A Norwegian who came home chilly after a night of partying didn't realize he had money to burn.

The man realized too late that the paper he used to start a fire to warm up was a stack of kroners worth about $2,400, the regional newspaper Avisa Nordland reported Thursday.

"I came home late at night after a party, and wanted a beer before I went to bed," he told the newspaper. "It was cold in the living room, but there was a glow in the wood stove."

So the man, identified only as being his 50s and living on the Arctic Lofoten Islands of northwestern Norway, grabbed a handful of paper next to the stove and tossed it in.

"I discovered too late that the envelope of money had fallen onto the floor with the kindling paper," he said. He said the cash had been payment for an artwork he had sold earlier in the day.

Had there been anything left of the bills, he might have been able to exchange some of it at the state Bank of Norway, but the wood stove was too efficient.

http://www.wftv.com/newsofthestrange/3913344/detail.html

an envelope with $3,000 in it on his front porch. MrG and I found it and held on to it, just for kicks....He never said anything, so we asked if he was missing anything about a week later. He said he was nauseated at the thought, but to proud to freak out about it in public. :hi:

Is this guy a Bush advisor?

once KKKarl reads this story. I was going to say when * read the story, but then I realized that he doesn't read! :)

:bounce:

"Heheh. Wait till he steps on this flaming bag of... Lisa's College Fund!?"--Homer Simpson

Hahaha! Come home from a party, want a beer, burn your money...ooops!