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02-08-2008, 04:16 AM
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Stranger gives couple blank cheque
Stranger gives café couple blank cheque
By Gary Cleland
Last Updated: 2:36am GMT 07/02/2008
They were just enjoying a bite to eat in a café - when a mysterious stranger changed their lives by handing them a blank cheque. How About That: More bizarre stories from around the world My love is like a blue, blue rose Stripping stewardess hunted
It sounds like the script of a television programme, but it is exactly what happened to a couple called Alissa and Barry, as they ate last Thursday at Dr Salami's Café in Pella, Iowa. advertisement
An elderly man approached the pair and asked them if they had any children. They told him that Alissa did have a two-year-old.
The man then slid a cheque across the table and told them to fill it out for as much as they liked. The two assumed he was joking and filled it out for $100,000 - around £50,600.
The benefactor then signed the cheque and told the couple: "I'm good for it."
The couple weren't sure what to do next. Barry said: "We're either going to throw it away or try it. Let's give it a whirl.
"We really didn't think it was going to happen. It's too rare for something like that to happen."
They were amazed when the cheque cashed.
The man did give them certain conditions. They were not to reveal their last names or his identity and were to use the money to buy a house.
And if they have a child together, they are to name the child after him. He told them that he always regretted that he had no grandchildren.
The mystery man's generosity did not stop there - he also left the waitress a $100 (£50.60) tip.
She said: "He is just a nice guy. You never know when you can make a difference to someone else's life."
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main...5/wgift105.xml
I'm so used to bad stuff happening all the time that I can't help but wonder if there's a hidden agenda behind this.
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02-08-2008, 04:22 AM
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Wow. The best I ever did was to get $500 one time when I was pan-handling, back when I lived on the streets. It came from James Hetfield. Yes, that James Hetfield.
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02-08-2008, 04:27 AM
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Oops - I didn't delete the ad captions here and there. Too late to edit. :o
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This is the strangest life I've ever known - Jim Morrison
Alas! Must it ever be so?
Do we stand in our own light, wherever we go,
And fight our own shadows forever? - Edward Bulwer-Lytton
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02-08-2008, 05:42 PM
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Join Date: Apr 2007
Location: Down the Rabbit Hole
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Sweet Mother above me. That's just unbelievable.
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02-08-2008, 06:18 PM
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Join Date: Aug 2006
Location: London
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Some people are just nice.
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02-08-2008, 07:11 PM
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Join Date: Feb 2007
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I once left a 40 dollar tip for a waitress at Dennys. Just to be doing something crazy.
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Not all beliefs and ideas are equal.
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02-08-2008, 07:26 PM
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Join Date: Jan 2008
Location: Houston, Texas
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I wish someone would write a blank one 4 me. lol...But damn...that's really sweet.
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02-11-2008, 04:28 AM
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Join Date: Jul 2006
Location: a russian, vienna-educated, living in the Netherlands. beat that.
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I guess he decided to do something good on the end of his days...maybe he has a bad conscience?
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02-11-2008, 05:15 AM
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Wooow. Now that almost makes me believe this world isn't that fucked up after all.
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02-11-2008, 10:15 AM
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Join Date: Sep 2007
Location: Under the clouds.
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That's pretty cool and very kind of the man. I would be confused if that were to happen to me though and be looking for some kind of scheme. Though what would happen if the couple had a girl? Maybe make his name her middle name or something like that.
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02-11-2008, 10:22 AM
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Join Date: Jan 2007
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Heh. Maybe I'll do that before I die. I won't need the money.
I just hope I remember it before I go senile. 
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02-11-2008, 10:26 AM
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Join Date: Nov 2007
Location: Detroit
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The best tip I ever got as a waitress was $20. Yay for working in a poor neighborhood.
Anyway, that was very kind of that man.
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