Money in the chicken coop

Sounds like Albert didn't want his sisters to know about the money in the chicken coop. Perhaps it was his intention for it all to burn after he died.

Atlanta Journal - Dec 15, 1968

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Posted By: Alex - Thu Jul 18, 2024
Category: Money | Inheritance and Wills | 1960s

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Mind you, thousands of Ozzy dollars in 1968 would be a few less tens of thousands of USA dollars today. Not chicken droppings, but not really worth writing a newspaper story about, either.

Posted by Richard Bos on 07/20/24 at 09:32 AM

So that's the inspiration behind Arrested Development's "There's always money in the banana stand" episode.

Posted by Yudith on 08/03/24 at 07:06 AM

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