A Columbian farmer named Sigifredo Jose Mannuel  Miquel Giovanni Rodriguez, or Mike for short, has drawn the attention of  both journalists and the authorities due to the unusual trees found growing in his orchard. Senor  Rodriguez’s first came to the attention of the press when Bogotá journalist Potero Botero’s son  Tom Brad Daymond Rodriguez  (his mother is an American movie fan) came home with a bunch of unusually enticing bananas. It was only when his son refused to eat any fruit apart from said bananas that Potero’s suspicions were raised.  Trying a banana for himself, he was more than surprised to find that its tasted like a bar of Cadbury’s Dairy Milk Chocolate.

Recognising a good thing when he saw one, Sigifredo abandoned his other responsibilities  and started marketing chocolate bananas full time. When he saw the money pouring in he decided on expanding to new areas. If Senior Rodriguez had kept to fruit you probably wouldn’t be reading this article. However, the news that the farmer  was producing green dollars soon reached the authorities and Sigifredo was arrested pronto. The magistrate  he was brought before, several weeks later, didn’t take kindly to the preposterous story that the piles of  $50 and $100 bills found in his possession had grown on money trees in his back garden and send him off for a lengthy holiday behind bars.

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