Dutch Courage

Some idiot athlete left his Olympic silver medal in the back of an Athens taxi.

We have always wondered just how drunk and/or high you have to be to leave something that valuable in a taxi?

2001 - Lynn Harrell, presumably following a three-day cocaine binge, leaves $4-million Stradivarius cello in Mohamed Ibrahim's taxi. Ibrahim later complains about $75 "thank-you" check and lack of "thank-you" note.

1999 - Yo-Yo Ma "forgets" $2.5-million, 266-year-old cello in taxi trunk, presumably during the 12th hour of an acid trip.

1997 - A 12-year-old musician "accidentally" leaves her prosthetic arm in a taxi, can't play the cello without it. Yet another crystal meth tragedy among our nation's youth.

Dutch Courage

Some idiot athlete left his Olympic silver medal in the back of an Athens taxi.

We have always wondered just how drunk and/or high you have to be to leave something that valuable in a taxi?

2001 - Lynn Harrell, presumably following a three-day cocaine binge, leaves $4-million Stradivarius cello in Mohamed Ibrahim's taxi. Ibrahim later complains about $75 "thank-you" check and lack of "thank-you" note.

1999 - Yo-Yo Ma "forgets" $2.5-million, 266-year-old cello in taxi trunk, presumably during the 12th hour of an acid trip.

1997 - A 12-year-old musician "accidentally" leaves her prosthetic arm in a taxi, can't play the cello without it. Yet another crystal meth tragedy among our nation's youth.