Gordon Brown's lost luggage

[Digga]

How to 'we' reclaim it on behalf of the UK taxpayer?

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-16392922

[Puggit]

Why do you want to reclaim base metal?

[Liszt]

Well someone nicked all the drain covers from around our area so probably worth a quid or 2 at the right scrappy, nudge, nudge.

[neilr]

This seems abit odd really. If you had over half a million quids worth of gold on you, would you be likely to leave it on a train? I know they say it's fake but a train isn't the most discrete place to examine your moody gold to make sure it's the real thing is it.

If as the French police say its fake and possibly for use in a scam , then you're again unlikey to forget you've got it with you and leave it on the 7.15 are you, as you won't have the afore mentioned moody ingots to exhange for some unfortunate saps cash....

Maybe it really is fake and was genuinely forgotten, but something definately seems odd about that story.

Now if you'll excuse me, I've got a lorry load of tin foil hats being delivered anytime now....

[Puggit]

Unlike in London, Parisienne trains are frequently patrolled by both the CRS and even the army - there's a good chance someone might have felt safer dumping and running.

[Pints]

Digga said:

How to 'we' reclaim it on behalf of the UK taxpayer?

Where did the gold originate originally?

[Digga]

Puggit said:

Why do you want to reclaim base metal?

I was merely amused by imagining that, not content with selling our reserves at a knock-down price, GB would then buy rubbish like this.

[TheEnd]

20kgs of lead would still be worth a few quid.
Maybe we can start an economy based on lead.

[glazbagun]

Digga said:

Puggit said:

Why do you want to reclaim base metal?

I was merely amused by imagining that, not content with selling our reserves at a knock-down price, GB would then buy rubbish like this.

Unless this is Gordon's gold, in which case maybe he was an evil genius afterall.

[DonkeyApple]

neilr said:

This seems abit odd really. If you had over half a million quids worth of gold on you, would you be likely to leave it on a train? I know they say it's fake but a train isn't the most discrete place to examine your moody gold to make sure it's the real thing is it.

If as the French police say its fake and possibly for use in a scam , then you're again unlikey to forget you've got it with you and leave it on the 7.15 are you, as you won't have the afore mentioned moody ingots to exhange for some unfortunate saps cash....

Maybe it really is fake and was genuinely forgotten, but something definately seems odd about that story.

Now if you'll excuse me, I've got a lorry load of tin foil hats being delivered anytime now....

Unless you were the party that had just been stung and when you realised just left it?

[mrmr96]

DonkeyApple said:

neilr said:

This seems abit odd really. If you had over half a million quids worth of gold on you, would you be likely to leave it on a train? I know they say it's fake but a train isn't the most discrete place to examine your moody gold to make sure it's the real thing is it.

If as the French police say its fake and possibly for use in a scam , then you're again unlikey to forget you've got it with you and leave it on the 7.15 are you, as you won't have the afore mentioned moody ingots to exhange for some unfortunate saps cash....

Maybe it really is fake and was genuinely forgotten, but something definately seems odd about that story.

Now if you'll excuse me, I've got a lorry load of tin foil hats being delivered anytime now....

Unless you were the party that had just been stung and when you realised just left it?

Or it could be part of a "switch over" mechanism which went awry for some reason. The train could have been a "drop locker".

[AJS-]

I assumed from the title that you meant that Gordon Brown is lost luggage, which I always thought he looked like.

[HundredthIdiot]

Dear Mr Train Conductor,

Re: "Where's the million dollars worth of gold I found?"

It's not gold, it's worthless lead. Honest.

And no, you can't have it back.

Best regards,
Inspector Clouseau

[Eric Mc]

I always knew Gordo was carrying a lot of baggage.

[Digga]

AJS- said:

I assumed from the title that you meant that Gordon Brown is lost luggage, which I always thought he looked like.

Yes, that battered, folorn and redundant look of the last suitcase on the baggage carousel. Lapping the conveyor for hours, unclaimed and unloved.

[DonkeyApple]

Digga said:

AJS- said:

I assumed from the title that you meant that Gordon Brown is lost luggage, which I always thought he looked like.

Yes, that battered, folorn and redundant look of the last suitcase on the baggage carousel. Lapping the conveyor for hours, unclaimed and unloved.

Well, if the tales circulating in the taverns of St James' over Christmas contain any truth then he may only need a toothbrush and a soap on a rope in the future.

[Digga]

DonkeyApple said:

Digga said:

AJS- said:

I assumed from the title that you meant that Gordon Brown is lost luggage, which I always thought he looked like.

Yes, that battered, folorn and redundant look of the last suitcase on the baggage carousel. Lapping the conveyor for hours, unclaimed and unloved.

Well, if the tales circulating in the taverns of St James' over Christmas contain any truth then he may only need a toothbrush and a soap on a rope in the future.

Is a taxpayer funded spa and activity break on the cards?

[thinfourth2]

He may not of lost his baggage but he certainly lost his marbles

[DonkeyApple]

Digga said:

DonkeyApple said:

Digga said:

AJS- said:

I assumed from the title that you meant that Gordon Brown is lost luggage, which I always thought he looked like.

Yes, that battered, folorn and redundant look of the last suitcase on the baggage carousel. Lapping the conveyor for hours, unclaimed and unloved.

Well, if the tales circulating in the taverns of St James' over Christmas contain any truth then he may only need a toothbrush and a soap on a rope in the future.

Is a taxpayer funded spa and activity break on the cards?

Almost certainly not, but the intrigue is around a supposed beginnings of an investigation into the original source of public speaking funds accrued by two former British Prime Ministers.

[Digga]

DonkeyApple said:

Digga said:

DonkeyApple said:

Digga said:

AJS- said:

I assumed from the title that you meant that Gordon Brown is lost luggage, which I always thought he looked like.

Yes, that battered, folorn and redundant look of the last suitcase on the baggage carousel. Lapping the conveyor for hours, unclaimed and unloved.

Well, if the tales circulating in the taverns of St James' over Christmas contain any truth then he may only need a toothbrush and a soap on a rope in the future.

Is a taxpayer funded spa and activity break on the cards?

Almost certainly not, but the intrigue is around a supposed beginnings of an investigation into the original source of public speaking funds accrued by two former British Prime Ministers.

I like the sound of that - could prove to be a collossal embarassment!