Pants found on street with $41,000

gldstwmn · #1 09-03-2007, 02:26 PM

http://www.cnn.com/2007/LIVING/wayof....ap/index.html

WAUKESHA, Wisconsin (AP) -- It was embarrassing enough that Mark Stahnke woke up in a neighbor's yard without his pants. Then he remembered they contained a cashier's check for $41,093, meant for his son, and several hundred dollars in cash.

But he got it all back Friday, including the pants, thanks to a man and his dog.

Stahnke said he doesn't know what happened between when he left the bar and when he woke up the next morning, and police were skeptical when he filed a report on Monday.

"We're used to hearing weird stories, but with his intoxication we figured this one would be different, that the amount of money wouldn't be exact," Police Lt. William Graham said. "How do you get so intoxicated that you lose your pants?"

Stahnke said he had met his son at a bar and doesn't remember much afterward.

"I woke up cold not knowing where the heck I was, and I didn't realize it at first because I still had my shoes and socks on," he said. "When I got up, I realized, my God, I don't have any pants."

Tim Curzan's dog, Joe, found the pants at an intersection, according to a police report. He found the cashier's check and tried twice, unsuccessfully, to deliver it and the cash to where he thought the owner lived.

On Wednesday, the pants were still at the intersection, so Curzan took them to the police, who contacted Stahnke to claim his belongings.

michelle2677 · #2 09-03-2007, 02:38 PM

wtf?

this should go on all of the alcohol commercials. "this could happen to you"

on the other hand, it wouldn't happen to me because I wouldnt' have that much money

carrie721 · #3 09-03-2007, 02:58 PM

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Originally Posted by michelle2677

wtf?

this should go on all of the alcohol commercials. "this could happen to you"

on the other hand, it wouldn't happen to me because I wouldnt' have that much money

LOL i might start drinking like that in the hopes that someone would find my pants with $41,000 in them

AliceLover · #4 09-04-2007, 11:54 AM

LMAO...what an idiot!!!

[email protected] · #5 09-04-2007, 01:16 PM

That dimwit better have given that man a BIG reward!
His Son would have to take a loss, and only get $40,000
because that good Samaritan deserves at LEAST $1,000.
What a drunken loser. I must say, I would not have felt
sorry for him if someone found and kept the cash part.

Idiot. Good man and dog, kudos to them!

gldstwmn · #6 09-04-2007, 01:21 PM

This story makes me

. I would love to know how this guy was relieved of his pants in the middle of an intersection.

SuzeQuze · #7 09-04-2007, 01:54 PM

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Originally Posted by gldstwmn

This story makes me

. I would love to know how this guy was relieved of his pants in the middle of an intersection.

I'm thinking he likely just took them off. He had to have been pretty lit!

gldstwmn · #8 09-04-2007, 01:57 PM

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Originally Posted by SuzeQuze

I'm thinking he likely just took them off. He had to have been pretty lit!

The thought of that cracks me up too. His hangover has probably only just begun to wear off.

sara1998 · #9 09-04-2007, 02:13 PM

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Originally Posted by gldstwmn

This story makes me

. I would love to know how this guy was relieved of his pants in the middle of an intersection.

You've got me cracking up.... I could just see it now... driving down the street and suddenly some drunk taking his pants off and twirling them like a lasso over his head.... throw 'em down, and continue walking.....

SuzeQuze · #10 09-04-2007, 02:21 PM

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Originally Posted by sara1998

You've got me cracking up.... I could just see it now... driving down the street and suddenly some drunk taking his pants off and twirling them like a lasso over his head.... throw 'em down, and continue walking.....

Haha. It's making me think of 16 Candles when the sister whips off her slip on the way to the car from the church after her wedding.

SortaSavageLike · #11 09-04-2007, 02:53 PM

Man, they must have some really expensive prostitutes in Wisconsin!

JWS · #12 09-04-2007, 06:27 PM

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Originally Posted by sara1998

You've got me cracking up.... I could just see it now... driving down the street and suddenly some drunk taking his pants off and twirling them like a lasso over his head.... throw 'em down, and continue walking.....

That's probably just what happened. What an idiot.

amber · #13 09-04-2007, 07:29 PM

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Originally Posted by JWS

That's probably just what happened. What an idiot.

I beg your pardon! That's "An enchanting and dignified night out" for me!

Sarah · #14 09-04-2007, 07:59 PM

He probably lost them because he had to stop and take a whiz on his way home. When you're drunk, it's really easy to unfasten and take down your pants, but it's really hard to pull them back up and snap them sometimes. I can understand that in a few different types of ways. He probably just needed to wee, and now it's national news.

amber · #15 09-04-2007, 08:08 PM

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Originally Posted by Sarah

He probably lost them because he had to stop and take a whiz on his way home. When you're drunk, it's really easy to unfasten and take down your pants, but it's really hard to pull them back up and snap them sometimes. I can understand that in a few different types of ways. He probably just needed to wee, and now it's national news.

yah, exactly. You know how when you are drunk, stuff that you have to do stuff with becomes unbearably irritating and difficult and slow? Like I think I broke the hinges off my bedroom door on just such an occasion. Nothing ever moves like you want it to, at the speed you want it to, because, well, your drunken sloppy ass just has no coordination.

Never lost m-pants in public, though. That's the advanced realm of drunkenness. I can't get past level three, "Maintaining a Shred of Dignity"

I never shoot the "naked in public" power up fast enough! I totally get stuck on the "Singing Way Too Loud" and "Dangerously Cooking" levels. My favorite level is the "Drunken Bike Ride" level. That one is so fun!!!