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Papaya

Hello. Me and Fritz Schulthess. 1993. Cotonou. No. I said Cotonou Benin. Cotonou. Well, so, basically, Fritz flew to to Cotonou, and it was his first time in Africa, and he knew nothing. And being a typical Swiss or whatever, he liked to dr


Hello. Me and Fritz Schulthess. 1993. Cotonou. No. I said Cotonou Benin. Cotonou. Well, so, basically, Fritz flew to to Cotonou, and it was his first time in Africa, and he knew nothing. And being a typical Swiss or whatever, he liked to drink a fair amount of beer. And so on his first night, he drank some beers, and then he didn't realize that a papaya tree is actually hollow in the middle, and somebody, sort of dared him to climb up it. And he was a bit of a portly gentleman. So he climbed up it. The tree fell. Bang. Boom. That's the end of the story. Continue. Yeah.

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