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• 1. At 09:11am on 24 Jul 2009, zeldalicious wrote:

  I found a scratchcard in the street with a win of £2 on it once - I cashed it in! Someone left £20 in the cashpoint and I handed that in to the bank. If I found cash loose in the street, I'd keep it. If I found a wallet I'd hand it in.

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• 2. At 09:14am on 24 Jul 2009, jimmy-dean-2009 wrote:

  honesty comes in many forms not just finding lottery tickets or somebodys wallet or purse and handing it back but the way the media report things and read out your emails,texts and the calls they take by hand picking the ones they want to suit there agenda if it was about honesty then a cross section of opinion would be represented on shows like five live to me honesty should be right across the board

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• 3. At 09:14am on 24 Jul 2009, mickyrod wrote:

  Last year on holiday, I went metal detecting on the beach and found a gold wedding ring. The ring had a message written on it and I felt that I must try and find the owner. I placed an add in the local paper and within a week I had found the owner and returned the ring. They were over the moon. The ring was reunited one week before their first wedding aniversary! I felt great.
  

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• 4. At 09:17am on 24 Jul 2009, HalfanAcre wrote:

  I bought a pair of boy's trousers off ebay last year. When they arrived I found a scrunched up £10 in one pocket. I kept it! It has prayed on my mind ever since. Having listened to your programme this morning I'm going to look up the seller and return it and I will feel all the better for it. I would never keep money from a dropped wallet so why did I keep this? I now can't wait to send it back as it, hopefully, will be returned pocket money for a small boy.

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• 5. At 09:38am on 24 Jul 2009, BarraRob wrote:

  I found a roll of £20 notes at the auto teller pay in at a well known high street bank (called Barclays) as I was paying in a cheque. It was so thick I couldnt get my hand around it. I took it to one of the desks and explained that it was maybe left by the person who paid in before me. I heard nothing. I have no regrets though - I know I did the right thing!

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• 6. At 09:39am on 24 Jul 2009, chriscities wrote:

  I lived in Italy for 28 years and an Italian friend had his car headlamp smashed in a car park. HeI was really happy that someone had left him a note that started "I have backed into your car" unfortunately the rest of the message read "lots of people saw me do it so I am writing this to make them think I am honest and they won't take my number. Ciao!

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• 7. At 09:45am on 24 Jul 2009, rosenathan wrote:

  )ne early evening in 1955 my parents were dicussing wether they would be able to bye my little sister a new pair of shoes.my father was making a cardboard cutout of an innersole for them .When, my little sister came in very excited with a wad of money in an elacstic band."Look what i found in the sweet shop" "can i have my new shoes now?"she aske all excited.My
  Father without hesitation said you must take it back NOW.it probaly
  belongs to a delivery man. when my sister returned to the shop the
  delivery man was there.He was so gratful.he gave her five pounds,and the shopkeeper gave her a jar of sweets.Needless to say she got her shoes.Dad got a pint, and we all shared the sweets which were still on ration.A valuable lesson was learnt.We lived in the Eastend of London
  and we were very hard up at the time..

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• 8. At 09:49am on 24 Jul 2009, Paul1948vintage wrote:

  Working in Aberdeen on my way to work i cut through a side street and
  was confronted with a a large amount of litter blowing about a strange occurence for that city,in my mind i was castigating the offender when i noticed the Queens image and on close inspection realised it was Scottish
  Bank notes,during my period of collection i scanned the residences for open windows there was none,then i thought it might be stolen money and whoever stole it might be heading back i swiftly collected £390 quid and went to work to start my evening shift.
  From work i phoned the Police and asked if they could collect the cash,
  i was told in no uncertain terms it was my resposibility to attend the station and hand it in,so at the end of my shift i trailed to the station
  and spent an hour as they noted down each number on the notes and was told to come back in 3 months,which i did and the money was mine.
  I was told there were 3 further incidences that day of money all spanking new notes being left at various locations and this had happened
  in previous years so this idea of all Scottish people being frugal regards cash could be an urban myth.
  

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• 9. At 10:13am on 24 Jul 2009, seeweed3 wrote:

  I found a digital camera and handed it in to the police. After a while, no one claimed it & I was given the camera back. (Old digital camera). There were loads of holiday pictures on the SD card, which I have copied to a CD but it appears that the losers are foreigners, maybe Dutch from the look of the photos and I am sure that they would like to have them back, but I have no idea how these people might be located. I did think of writing to the Dutch press, but I really don't know where to start. The pictures included a handicapped person, so perhaps the photos are of sentimental value. Any ideas?

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• 10. At 10:19am on 24 Jul 2009, furiousvictor wrote:

  Dear NICKY,
  
  on a Friday in May 1989, I flew in from Dublin to Gatwick which arrived in Gatwick at 20-30 hours and I had a phone call 22-30 from Air Lingus in Dublin, saying that I had dropped my wallet containing all the credit cards and abou £200.00. Apparently one of the younger Stewardess recognised my name as I had replace her grandmother's hip, and they got in touch with Cappagh Hospital, who gave my home number in U.K. I had to fly back on the following Sunday from Heathrow, and they had my wallet ready for me to pick up during check in showing my ID. A few weeks later I had a party for three of them which started at 19-30 hours on a Sunday and did not end until 02-30 hours the next day with a lot of champagne and wine. This was the way I repaid their honesty. There are still some honest people in this world.
  
  On the other hand 3 years ago, I flew back from Manchester to London Heathrow, and mistakenly I had kept my mobile phone in my checked baggage which was not locked, and guess what, the phone had been stolen.
  
  I suppose it takes all kinds of people to make up this world.
  
  Very Nice Programme, and Keep doing your good work. I am an avid R5Live listner. My wife is a R4 listner.
  
  Regards
  
  Vish

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• 11. At 5:31pm on 24 Jul 2009, 2nd Earl of Itterby and Oole (The Earl Regrets the passing of the Boreds) wrote:

  I once had change for £20 given back by a well known supermarket, when I handed over £10 and walked. Once saw an expensive egg left in a trolley and kept it, but found £20 in a cash machine and handed it back to the bank. Two weeks later a letter arrived, via bank from an old lady who had mislaid it.
  
  Moral? If it is a luxury or from a megalithhic giant, its tuff, if it is discrete and small, it may be personal!

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• 12. At 02:17am on 25 Jul 2009, Dennis Junior wrote:

  Harriet:
  
  yes, honesty is the best policy!
  
  ~Dennis Junior~

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• 13. At 08:17am on 25 Jul 2009, steelpulse wrote:

  Harriet Oliver? The queries on the top of your threads? lol
  
  This is Shelaghs and Nickys place - so I will restrain my comments. But honesty - best policy - in Great Britain?
  
  I am here to tell you it is not...........
  
  JHang on though. I am here to tell you - still.
  
  I suppose you can offer that figleaf of comfort to those who have done truth and justice an alleged dis service in one selfish business.
  
  I will have nowt else to console them though.
  
  We bring up our young ones to be honest and I have failed badly over the years but I think I can safely say - modestly - myrecent behaviour has been better. But it can still improve. I note the President Of the USA has sort of apologised for commenting on something to do with the Law.
  
  That is going to happen? I mean that honestly too.
  
  Where are todays anagrams - Painted Ladies flying to Morocco
  
  Subject: It sounds like justines car and consider and consider - when his plane went into mass production and how lady chatterley changed america
  Anagram: usa line kind justice sort cad sin drone end sardonic - white cads inns spin omens paul note worth - Cad hen cycle threat Morgan lad hideaway

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• 14. At 10:41pm on 25 Jul 2009, Nick Vinehill wrote:

  How on earth, can you people in the media pose such questions like 'is honesty the best policy' when in the recent Norwich North bi-election voters elected a Tory candidate because of the failed Tory policies of New Labour?
  
  Sums up the apathetic and skewed attitudes of British political opinion today so it's quite laughable when you pose such questions that revolve about such issues as honesty!

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• 15. At 12:39pm on 27 Jul 2009, wendymann wrote:

  dishonesty has never worried journos/presenters , the news media nor government.
  
  

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• 16. At 03:49am on 02 Aug 2009, Dennis Junior wrote:

  Harriet:
  
  yes, honesty is the best policy....
  
  -Dennis Junior-

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