Give it away now!

Drunken man hands out his inheritance
By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

MADRID — A British man who arrived at a Spanish airport on Wednesday after having too much to drink was taken into custody — not for bad behaviour but for being too generous.

Turns out the tourist had recently received an inheritance, and he had started to give away 52,000 ($72,285) he was carrying in cash and travellers checks.

Spain’s Interior Ministry said people at Son Sant Joan Airport in Palma de Mallorca first alerted police because the disheveled man “looked like a tramp” and “had a disagreeable smell.”

Police determined he was giving away thousands of euros, without realizing what he was doing.

“Having arrived at the airport terminal he began handing out cash while laughing,” a ministry statement said.

The ministry said the man — identified as James B.N., from Manchester, England — was taken in custody and soon persuaded to put his wallet away and fly home.

The British Foreign Office was informed but consular officials did not have to intervene to coax the 59 year-old man back aboard a return flight.

Way to ruin it for everyone at the Airport Spanish air police. This is exactly the thing that would happen to me. I've been listening to that horid "God is Great, Beer is Good, People Are Crazy" song because its the only non-Tejano station here and I've convinced myself I could charm a wealthy drunk into giving me his inheritance. Just by conversation, nothing sexual. But if the damn Spanish Airport security showed up I'd be SOL. F the Police. Always trying to ruin my get rich quick schemes.