Lost money

I found a five-pound note on the pavement near my front door, and wasn't sure what to do about it; it was an interesting ethical experiment, since if it had been two pence I should have picked it up without a moment's thought, and if it had been a pound coin I should have picked it up and felt lucky! If it had been a twenty-pound note it might have been worthwhile taking it to the police station, but as it was five pounds I couldn't see anyone bothering to go the police and ask if it had been handed in. But I didn't feel entitled to keep it.

In the end I hunted round for a large stone and put that on top of the note to keep it from blowing away on the off-chance that the owner did realise what had happened and come back for it, and to make it look less like random cash lying around for the taking. I just went out to check, and it has gone now -- I imagine someone else walked off with it :-(