Post by Madhatter on May 13, 2006 18:58:38 GMT
Some people think we should have a classless society, I'm not sure how that would work, but for the time being class is here to stay.
But which of all the classes is the most honest?
I've found this story, and it got me thinking, are the lowest classes the most honest, most generous, of all the classes.
Spurned suitor gave ring to beggar
An angry lover whose girlfriend turned down his marriage proposal threw the £500 ring in a beggar's bowl.
Tim Pockett could not believe his luck when the engagement ring landed in his collection pot, reports the Daily Mail.
The honest beggar, who plays his penny whistle for loose change in Shrewsbury town centre, handed it over to the police.
At first he thought the ring was worthless but was amazed to later find it was a 2.5-carat diamond solitaire white gold ring.
He said: "I was playing my whistle and I heard a man say: "That will keep you going for a couple of days". When I looked up he'd gone but I later noticed something in my bowl.
"At first I thought it was costume jewellery but when I picked it up it had a hallmark. I was really very surprised. I didn't know what to do with it."
If the ring is not claimed within 28 days, he will be allowed to keep what will be his biggest ever donation.
Police later discovered a man had earlier tried to sell the ring to a second hand jewellery shop but fled in tears when he was turned down because he didn't have proof of ownership.
PC Dave Walton said: "We feel perhaps that this person may have been in a particular state of mind when he dropped it into the bowl. He may now feel differently and think it was a bit rash."
But which of all the classes is the most honest?
I've found this story, and it got me thinking, are the lowest classes the most honest, most generous, of all the classes.
Spurned suitor gave ring to beggar
An angry lover whose girlfriend turned down his marriage proposal threw the £500 ring in a beggar's bowl.
Tim Pockett could not believe his luck when the engagement ring landed in his collection pot, reports the Daily Mail.
The honest beggar, who plays his penny whistle for loose change in Shrewsbury town centre, handed it over to the police.
At first he thought the ring was worthless but was amazed to later find it was a 2.5-carat diamond solitaire white gold ring.
He said: "I was playing my whistle and I heard a man say: "That will keep you going for a couple of days". When I looked up he'd gone but I later noticed something in my bowl.
"At first I thought it was costume jewellery but when I picked it up it had a hallmark. I was really very surprised. I didn't know what to do with it."
If the ring is not claimed within 28 days, he will be allowed to keep what will be his biggest ever donation.
Police later discovered a man had earlier tried to sell the ring to a second hand jewellery shop but fled in tears when he was turned down because he didn't have proof of ownership.
PC Dave Walton said: "We feel perhaps that this person may have been in a particular state of mind when he dropped it into the bowl. He may now feel differently and think it was a bit rash."
