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Originally posted by Serge_Oprano@Dec 20 2003, 10:55 AM
having VERY modest desires and a nest egg I can't outlive even if my desires increase

Serge, are you in Japan? ;-)))

http://www.news.com.au/common/story_page/0...55E1702,00.html

Man throws 1m yen from tower
From correspondents in Tokyo
December 23, 2003

A MAN who wanted to share his stock market winnings with the public tossed a million yen ($12,780) worth of US dollar and yen bills from the observation deck of a tower in central Japan today, causing a scramble for the money in the streets below.

The unidentified man grabbed wads of dollar ($1.37) and 100 yen ($1.27) notes from two shopping bags and threw them through an open window of the room at the TV Tower in Nagoya. The room is 100 metres above the street.

The money rained down on the footpaths and streets, where people chased the wind-blown cash. The 100 yen bill is no longer in circulation.

Afterward, the man told NHK television that he wanted to give away some of his profits from playing the stock market earlier this month.

"I have too much money. I don't need it," he said. "I wanted to give some back to the world."