Fancy Pants! Honest schoolboys return 100,000 baht cash found in pocket of old jeans

By Coconuts Bangkok 

 

Photo: AEC News/Facebook

 

BANGKOK: -- Two students in Tak province’s Mae Ramat neighborhood got the surprise of their life on Thursday afternoon after they were presented with some donated clothes to wear during the winter months.

 

When they were trying on the old clothes, they found a wad of cash in the pocket of a pair of jeans that added up to THB100,000!

 

Cousins Khamnon Kaenwichit and Nawapon Suksereepon, both 9, quickly alerted their teacher, who had distributed the clothes to the underprivileged students.

 

Full story: http://bangkok.coconuts.co/2016/12/16/fancy-pants-honest-schoolboys-return-100000-baht-cash-found-pocket-old-jeans

 

-- © Copyright Coconuts Bangkok 2016-12-16

I hope the kids get a reward,so they can buy some new clothes,

and some sweets,honesty is the best policy. well done.

regards worgeordie

If no-one is able to establish a verifiable claim I trust that these two lads will get to keep the money.

 

What am I talking about -silly old fool that I am...

Lucky the parents didn't get to the jeans before the kids did!!

Yep... and when these little guys will grow up they will become a honest

cabbies..... keep it up boys....

does this mean:

a ) donated clothing is not washed before given to the poor?

b ) the owner of the cash is another nine-year-old, judging by the jeans size?

c ) the kids have learned their lesson on how to stay underprivileged?
  

2 hours ago, JAG said:

If no-one is able to establish a verifiable claim I trust that these two lads will get to keep the money.

 

What am I talking about -silly old fool that I am...

The teacher has the money now. I can honestly say that I wouldn't have returned the money, it was a gift from God.

4 minutes ago, soalbundy said:

The teacher has the money now. I can honestly say that I wouldn't have returned the money, it was a gift from God.

Oh I should imagine that it is being "looked after" somewhat further up the "educational food chain "!

Crikey how big were the pockets?  And how did anyone not notice that there was a wad of cash still in the pocket when they donated the jeans

Edited December 16, 20169 yr by DaveE13

So great of the kids . Salute to their honesty. Maybe the person donated these cloths wanted some one to get them as well , maybe to be forgiven from some sins ..

anyway I hope the boys are rewarded and if no claims they should have it 

If some-one is stupid enough to leave 100k in his or her pocket , they should not get it back. The boys should have kept it & shut up about it .

Can you imagine what is the meaning of 100.000 Baht for these boys. This is the salary of one year for many Thais, I can imagine they panicked when they found the money. Well done boys!


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3 hours ago, soalbundy said:

The teacher has the money now. I can honestly say that I wouldn't have returned the money, it was a gift from God.

Gift from Buddha surely

Say what you want about Thais, but most of them are honest. 

Hope these guys get some reward.

6 hours ago, klauskunkel said:

does this mean:

a ) donated clothing is not washed before given to the poor?

b ) the owner of the cash is another nine-year-old, judging by the jeans size?

c ) the kids have learned their lesson on how to stay underprivileged?
  

 

 

 

   d) An honest drug dealer's missing some good money he/she's hiding in the pants?

 

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Edited December 16, 20169 yr by lostinisaan

How on earth can this happen?  100,000 is quite a little bundle.  Having said that, a friend of ours back home hides gold and money in bags of old clothes.  She went home to Thailand for a visit and my friend (hubby) decided to take the advantage of her absence to show her what he meant  by getting rid of some of her horde of old clothes that he is always telling her to dump.   It all went into the local "old clothes to charity" donation bin.    Possibly something similar happened  here

Edited December 16, 20169 yr by The Deerhunter

20 minutes ago, The Deerhunter said:

How on earth can this happen?  100,000 is quite a little bundle.  Having said that, a friend of ours back home hides gold and money in bags of old clothes.  She went home to Thailand for a visit and my friend (hubby) decided to take the advantage of her absence to show her what he meant  by getting rid of some of her horde of old clothes that he is always telling her to dump.   It all went into the local "old clothes to charity" donation bin.    Possibly something similar happened  here

 

 

 

 If your friend ( hubby) likes beer, the woman surely became a Beerhunter.....

Edited December 16, 20169 yr by lostinisaan

3 minutes ago, lostinisaan said:

 

 If your friend ( hubby) likes beer, the woman surely became a Beerhunter.....

He does.  In fact he is the only person I know who drinks his particular favourite tipple.  However I am at a loss to know what a beerhunter is and  it has to do with the post.  She was seriously not impressed on her return, I can tell you.

12 hours ago, Farang1966 said:

Gift from Buddha surely

Whatever, life's flow gave it to them, it's an insult to refuse it, what are the odds of that happening, millions to one.

a hundred thousand bht.in A POCKET of an old pair of jeans,these stories are getting so FAR FETCHED they are hard to BELEIVE. 

mind you they do look like OLD NOTES 5555555555555555555

Great pointing skills!

I once bought a second pair of trousers in a market. An out of date £10 note was in the pocket. Thank you.

Well done lads and what do you want to be when you grow up ?

TAXI DRIVERS !

The foreigner rape news stories are coming thick and fast.

 

The TAT (?) is using its top publicity weapon turned up to the max, "The "I returned some money I found" story". A new tale every day.

In the early 70's I found a Roman coin in my grandmother's drawers in her bedroom.

One hundred banknotes makes quite a lump in a pair of jeans -- almost impossible to miss by anyone. But, if so, and if the jeans were crumpled up and thrown into a bag and then simply given to these kids without checking, then you'd expect the notes to be a bit dog-eared and worn, edges crimped and folded over. These look quite fresh, way too fresh.

 

I think a new PR agency is needed.

This story smells VERY fishy to me. I suspect it's part of the 'Trust me - I am a Thai' propaganda.

 

This could easily be the latest incarnation of the junta's fake news operations (as if!) to attract more tourists and goodwill towards Thailand, when they desperately need both.

the 100,000 donations was actually donated and meant as a christmas surprise for whoever found the money.

The owner won't be found... 

Edited December 18, 20169 yr by Moonmoon

7 hours ago, Dexlowe said:

One hundred banknotes makes quite a lump in a pair of jeans -- almost impossible to miss by anyone. But, if so, and if the jeans were crumpled up and thrown into a bag and then simply given to these kids without checking, then you'd expect the notes to be a bit dog-eared and worn, edges crimped and folded over. These look quite fresh, way too fresh.

 

I think a new PR agency is needed.

 

Exactly.

 

There is a single fold in the notes, and all of that is not fitting in a pocket. 

 

The Thai propaganda machine is almost as good as North Korea's PR team. However, both are equally as kooky and absurd. 

13 hours ago, toofarnorth said:

In the early 70's I found a Roman coin in my grandmother's drawers in her bedroom.

 

Not while she was wearing them, I hope.