While walking in a park, one morning, I found a Hundred Rupee note on one of the park benches. I picked it up, noted the number and took it home.

In the afternoon the plumber called on me to collect his bill. As I had no other moey at home, I settled his account with the Hundred Rupee note that I had found.

Later I came to know that the plumber paid the note to his milkman to settle his monthly account , who paid it to his tailor for the garments he had made.

The tailor in turn used the money to buy an old sewing machine, from a woman who lives in my neighbourhood. This woman incidentally, had borrowed Hundred Rupees from me sometime back to buy some household appliance. She, remembering that she owed me a Hundred Rupees, came and paid the debt.

I recognized the note as the one that I had found on the park bench, and on careful examination, I discovered that the note was counterfeit.

How much was lost in the whole transaction and by whom ?

(In reply to Jonny Jonny........ by Ravi Raja)

I would pick it up and use it. Like most of us but this is not the issue. I am claiming that me finding the note got nothing to do with transactions. I am saying that the transaction started with me lending money to my neighbor then paying the plumber who paid ... and the transaction ends with me being paid. The fact that I found money which later was proven as counterfeit is of no relevance to the transactions.

Posted by Jonny Doe on 2003-03-24 05:07:52