During World War II,

servicemen shipping out to the South Pacific,

 would write their name on a dollar bill, then at a later date would call back retrieve the bill and buy a drink, a veteran who knew that tradition stuck a dollar into the ceiling of the tiki bar Forbidden Island in Alameda, California, some ten years ago, above Michael Thanos (left), John Peterson (right), and 10 grand (big pile), He used a little paper umbrella to attach the bill to the ceiling and has now decided to retrieve the money and send it to a good cause, it was a bigger job than they had first realized, as it neared opening time, they had to stuff the cash in four big garbage bags to deal with at later time. "And it was a really dirty job. We had to wear gloves and face masks because there was layers of fire retardant and dust," reported General Manager John Peterson. When they got back to sorting and counting it, they were surprised to learn they had a significant amount of money on their hands, "$10,367 to be exact," said John, the even better part of the tale is what they did with the money, read the whole story at Boing Boing, what a neat way to raise funds for a deserving cause.