Shoes- on robbed

[Kintamayama]

Kyokushuuzan went to a Tokyo senior high school escorting his sister, an exchange student, to her school entrance ceremony on Thursday afternoon. He had to go to the toilet, and forgot his bag there. On returning, he found the bag near the toilet, with his wallet missing. The wallet was an expensive one made of alligator skin and had diamonds scattered on it. Inside the purse was 850,000 yen ($7860) in cash and 7 credit cards bringing the grand total of damage to 1,800,000 yen ($16,645). The purse also contained his Waseda University ID card and his good luck charm which he cherishes dearly. "It is deplorable that this happened at my sister's long-awaited school entrance ceremony. I can live with the fact that the money is gone, but I ask that my good luck charm be returned to me."

No one has been arrested yet, as the investigation is at its early stage. "I can confirm that this happened inside the school grounds. We will be cooperating with the police", said a school spokesman.

Earth to Shoes-on: "BANK."

Over and out.

Edited April 8, 2005 by Kintamayama

[Kintamayama]

Kyokushuuzan went to keiko this morning as usual though, in preparation for Sunday's one-day tournament in Osaka. "It's better all of this year's misfortunes come out now.. We hope this is the worst that can happen", said someone from the Heya.

[Mark Buckton]

i often carry around 16,000 dollars in cash too  :-P

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pauper - have that in just my right pocket! - in coins! (Being unsure...) Bloody leg is heavy ;-)

[Naganoyama]

i often carry around 16,000 dollars in cash too  :-|

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pauper - have that in just my right pocket! - in coins! :-) Bloody leg is heavy :-P

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Would make shiko extra fun - one reason for wearing pants in keiko I suppose.

B-)

[ilovesumo]

Poor Shuzan. :-P (Sign of disapproval)

"I ask that my good luck charm be returned to me."

WHAT could that be? :-|

:-)

[AsaMoe]

pauper - have that in just my right pocket! - in coins!  Bloody leg is heavy

There is some way to get 140 kg, is there ?

i once carried 180 TDM (90TE, 90T$ or 9MY) back in 99 when my parents bought a house in Stuttgart. In this time we want to save the fee for transferring money from one bank to another ( did i say that i am from Swabia ?)

The second most money i was carrying was when i bought my car.

I am mistakening, i think it was BEFORE the visit to the Karaoke bar in Fukuoka back in 2000.

[Odoriou]

I think that Kyokushuzan was speaking of "$ 16,645" only because he has a good insurance policy. ;-)

In fact he had only the two bucks for a cafeteria chanko nabe in his wallet... (Whistling...)

[ilovesumo]

I think that Kyokushuzan was speaking of "$ 16,645" only because he has a good insurance policy. ;-)

In fact he had only the two bucks for a cafeteria chanko nabe in his wallet... :-)

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BAD Kitty :-) :-P

[Hashira]

very common in Japan for people to keep large amounts of m oney in their wallets/houses. reasons include atms which close at early hours, lack of stores accepting credit/debit cards, and interest rates like 0.0001%, as well as never knowing when one might have to shell out money for long taxi trip etc. i often carry 80,000 yen ($800US) , i would never dream of carrying more than $200 while in canada. news like this are not so rare

[aderechelsea]

well i guess if i finally come to Japan one day i could finance my trip by carrying a gun there .... ;-)

i could even make a profit by it ...

(just kidding)

[Erkhembulgan]

Kyokshuzan is doing better in business rather than sumo. I have seen him on TV literally saying that his purpose is succeed in his business and to stay in Makuuchi for a while, preventing himself from injuries. Which means he is not training well and is not doing his best. But his construction projects and "Kyokushuzan development" fund is doing quite well. So I do not think that he really cares about the stolen money, but the good luck thing, which I guess is the ankle bone of a wolf... Maybe not. Mongolian men believe that if you steel this bone from someone it brings you even more luck.

[Ryukaze]

Well his bad for leaving his prized possesions in a bathroom stall at a highschool!? C'mon now .......lol

[Cammy]

I also wonder what his good luck charm is. I think that i at most carry about 300(U.S.) on me. That is a pretty large amount of Yen to have at one time, but the explanation is a good one(fukunoyama) I think that I would be to worried about it getting stolen...or leaving it in a bathroom.

[Fujisan]

I gave up on banks after trying to join one recently and being turned down because I didn't have enough 'proof of identity.'

Wait a minute I said I want to put my money in your bank and you want me to prove who I am,I'm giving you my money I'm not asking for your money. ;-)

Well thats the edited version anyway.

If they dont want my money thats their loss.

[_the_mind_]

maybe they do that to make sure your not an out of country drug dealer trying to stash money?

[Fujisan]

maybe they do that to make sure your not an out of country drug dealer trying to stash money?

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They dont use commonsense then if thats the case.

I think a drug dealer would have more proof of identity than anyone,all the crooked contacts they have.

[_the_mind_]

good point, but you cant expect common sense to be used in business these days. asume they dont have any and things will go more smoothly