Video Of The Week - Yes, Money Does Grow On Trees
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Ever dreamed you could just walk over to a tree and pluck some money? Your wish would have come true if you lived in Sydney, Australia and happened to come to this park on that fateful Monday in July.
The experiment, an attempt to 'wake up people's lazy money', was set up by Rabo Direct, an on-line bank, based in Australia. After attaching hundreds of $5 AUD notes to a tree, the pranksters secretly filmed people's reactions, as they strolled by.
What they observed was quite interesting - The first 100 or so people who walked by didn't notice anything unusual. The same thing happened with a group of joggers who simply pointed at the tree and moved on.
When some park visitors finally took notice, they simply gazed at the tree for a few minutes, took pictures and then walked away, without plucking a single bill!
It was not until much later that one brave soul reached up to pluck some notes, and started a frenzy as people suddenly woke up and realized that there was actually some free money!
source: damncoolpics.com
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shivi483over 9 yearsthat is so amazing so that mean if case you are out of money you can go to that money tree and go and do what you need to do with your money wow.
happypug12over 9 yearsWell, nick483, they put the money tree up in 2010 and now it's 2015. I doubt that there's any money left on the tree, although it would be cool if there was.
bluetoothover 9 yearsHay it's still possible that's there. I don't doubt it's there where ever it is.
leap411over 9 yearsThat is amazing. I was once told that spaghetti grew on trees, but I do know that that is biologically impossible.- bluetoothover 9 yearsAgree.
- happypug12over 9 yearsI was once told that crocodiles lived under my bed, and I actually believed it for a couple years. Then one day I just looked under my bed and found that there were, in fact, NO crocodiles under my bed. I never was afraid of the imaginary crocodiles under my bed again. : )
jackhackmcover 10 yearsThis needs to happen in Wisconsin- aubrey4455over 10 yearsmoney is awesome
sunshine83over 10 yearsEverything good happens down under (Australia)- Pooppeeover 10 yearsLol
- ryantheawesomeover 10 yearsu guys don't know what your talking about everybody knows money trees only grow in Kentucky
- bluetoothover 9 years:/ What are you talking about? Money doesn't grow on trees in any state!
braxdelaxabout 11 yearsi wish money did grow on trees :[
la_elizaabout 11 yearsThat is so cool!- rappkingabout 11 yearsi cant believeve this!!!!!!!!!!!! i used this for a test and i got a hundred +A