Originally posted by Turnbull:
[quote]Originally posted by J Geoff:
[b] Lewis is quoted as saying Sinatra was going through customs with a briefcase containing "three and a half million in fifties" and that customs officials opened the case. But due to crowds jostling for a glimpse of the star, officials aborted their search.
Customs would have needed a crane to open the case. $3.5 million in fifties amounts to 70,000 $50 bills. A case big enough to hold that volume of bills would have been bigger than Frankie himself. Perhaps Jerry Lewis overdosed on that stuff he took in "The Nutty Professor." :rolleyes: [/b][/quote]I did a search on the internet and found out this:
"a suitcase that is 30" x 24" x 12" can carry 38,400 bills"
I think the problem in the story is when he said they opened the case but aborted the search meaning there was obviously more in the case than just bills (the equation above would have been a suitcase JUST with bills) so it doesn't add up at all.
