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A fisherman kept this $100M pearl under his bed for 10 years
NY Post ^
| 8/23/2016
| Yaron Steinbuch
Posted on 08/23/2016 4:04:38 PM PDT by bkopto
A fisherman in the Philippines is happy as a clam after finding out this mammoth pearl — which he has kept as a good luck charm — is worth $100 million.
The lucky angler, who has not been identified, discovered the 75-pound gem — believed to be the biggest ever — 10 years ago in the sea off Palawan Island....
Unaware of the massive gem’s value, he kept it as a good luck charm until a fire in his home forced him to move and he decided to take the pearl to the tourism office in remote Puerto Princesca.
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Comment #1 Removed by Moderator
To: bkopto
I hope he gets every penny.
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posted on
08/23/2016 4:06:27 PM PDT
by
Jonty30
(What Islam and secularism have in common is that they are both death cults)
To: bkopto
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posted on
08/23/2016 4:06:33 PM PDT
by
dp0622
(The only thing an upper crust conservative hates more than a liberal is a middle class conservative)
To: bkopto
That cam from one serious oyster!
To: doorgunner69
And a seriously irritated one at that.
To: bkopto
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posted on
08/23/2016 4:08:21 PM PDT
by
King Moonracer
(Bad lighting and cheap fabric, that's how you sell clothing.....)
To: bkopto
What can you do with it other than look at it sitting there?
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posted on
08/23/2016 4:09:19 PM PDT
by
Iron Munro
(<a href="httpsIf Illegals voted Rebublican 50 Million Democrats Would Be Screaming "Build The Wall!")
To: bkopto
Philippines top tax rate is 32% which is lower than I expected. Even after taxes he is set.
To: bkopto
Was this secreted by ONE oyster?
To: Iron Munro
What can you do with it other than look at it sitting there? Sell it.
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posted on
08/23/2016 4:12:08 PM PDT
by
Talisker
(One who commands, must obey.)
To: bkopto
...he kept it as a good luck charm until a fire in his home forced him to move And that is when he realized it was a pearl and not a good luck charm.
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posted on
08/23/2016 4:15:02 PM PDT
by
VRW Conspirator
(Enforce the Law. Build the Wall.)
To: doorgunner69
Look for a huge oyster with a hernia and you’ll know that’s the one who made the pearl.
To: plain talk
If he gets to keep just $100,000, he is set for life in the Philippines. If he doesn’t change his lifestyle too much.
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posted on
08/23/2016 4:16:04 PM PDT
by
Jonty30
(What Islam and secularism have in common is that they are both death cults)
To: Jonty30
carrying charges my boy. Carrying charges.
To: bkopto
Kept it under his bed? That’d be one lumpy mattress!
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posted on
08/23/2016 4:16:56 PM PDT
by
COBOL2Java
(Trump is to the political class what Uber is to taxicab companies)
To: bkopto
It looks like a cast of the interior of the oyster’s shell. It must have taken up the entire innards of the shell.
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posted on
08/23/2016 4:16:56 PM PDT
by
bkopto
To: Iron Munro
He didn’t know it had value. It was an interesting thing for him to look at. That’s all he knew about it.
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posted on
08/23/2016 4:17:00 PM PDT
by
Jonty30
(What Islam and secularism have in common is that they are both death cults)
To: bkopto
The last stone i passed felt that big
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posted on
08/23/2016 4:17:50 PM PDT
by
al baby
(Hi Mom)
To: bkopto
The pearly gates of Heaven must resemble the luster of this pearl.
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posted on
08/23/2016 4:18:04 PM PDT
by
bkopto
To: Jonty30
I’m betting on a lifestyle change. ;<)
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posted on
08/23/2016 4:18:34 PM PDT
by
Lurkina.n.Learnin
(Hillary Clinton AKA The Potemkin Princess of the Potomac)
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