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[00:01.50]Lesson 7
[00:03.40]Mutilated Ladies
[00:12.02]Why did Jane cook John's wallet?
[00:17.75]Has it ever happened to you?
[00:20.19]Have you ever put your trousers in the washing machine
[00:23.28]and then remembered there was a large bank note in your back pocket?
[00:27.98]When you rescued your trousers,did you find the note was whiter than white?
[00:33.62]People who live in Britain needn't despair when they make mistakes like this
[00:38.93](and a lot of people do)!
[00:41.33]Fortunately for them, the Bank of England has a team called Mutilated Ladies
[00:47.13]which deals with claims from people who fed their money to a machine or to their dog.
[00:53.22]Dogs,it seems,love to chew up money!
[00:57.75]A recent case concerns Jane Butlin
[01:01.34]whose fiance,John, runs a successful furniture business.
[01:06.80]John had a very good day
[01:09.08]and put his wallet containing `3,000 into the microwave oven for safekeeping.
[01:16.06]Then he and Jane went horse-riding.
[01:20.05]When they got home, Jane cooked their dinner in the microwave oven
[01:24.28]and without realizing it,cooked her fiance's wallet as well.
[01:29.86]Imagine their dismay when they found a beautifully-cooked wallet