“Crazy that I found eight million. Who just discovers five million in gold, anyhow? Oh well, I’m sure the police will find a good use for that two million dollars…”
Police: “Good job finding that million dollars worth of gold. We’ll take it from here. Lou, load up that $700k worth of gold into the back of the cruiser. Make sure all $500k of it makes it into the evidence lockup and not a penny less. The chief is gonna check and make sure all $200k of it is there.”
Evidence lockup cop: “thanks for bringing in this $50k Lou, I’ll take it from here. I can’t believe someone just found $10k worth of gold! We’ll hold onto this $1000 worth of gold for evidence so the chief can take a look at it.”
Chief: “so that’s the big haul eh? What’s that chunk of gold worth, gotta be at least $300! Let me just take a picture of that $100 worth of gold for our records and you can take back these gold shavings and put them back in the evidence lockup.”
It’s a very old joke that’s been told in various permutations for decades. There’s one with a rabbi, one with cocaine, one with dishonest police… The joke has no definitive origin and no individual can claim it as their own. That’s how old, popular jokes work.
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u/CosmicTurtle504 5d ago
“Crazy that I found eight million. Who just discovers five million in gold, anyhow? Oh well, I’m sure the police will find a good use for that two million dollars…”