The Funny Money Matter (AFRTS)

From Hollywood, it's time now for... Johnny Dollar. George Reed, yeah. Oh, hello, George. He has floys of England doing these days. The payments keep broke. What's that mean? What? George, for just once, give me a case involving some nice ordinary normal person.

No, Johnny. First it was that old fuss budget, your Diagilis. Yes, but now. And Big Bad Michael Meany, who thought he owned half the state of Louisiana. Well, yes, I know. But the Rangal. What?

Except what was the matter with him? As $100 bills, you call this character normal? Listen, wait. And the exciting adventures of a man with the action-packed Expense Account.

America's fabulous freelance insurance investigator. Yours truly? Johnny Dollar. Expense Account submitted by Special Investigator Johnny Dollar. Two Floyd's of England, North American offices, Hartford, Connecticut. Following his and account of expenses incurred during my investigation of the funny money matter.

Expense Account out of one, a dollar even, taxi from my apartment at George Reed's office. I found him sitting, staring grimly, at a pile of paper money spread around on the top of his desk.

Well, there they are, Johnny. $45, $100 bills, and every one of them is phony as I've ever seen. Look at them. Yeah. Yeah, see what you mean. Yeah. Or return these out. Didn't even have sense enough to use the proper kind of ink.

Yeah, it looks like he must have diluted it. Yeah. Have you ever seen such washed out looking money in all your life? Good tough paper, though. Just like the real Macon. Yeah, it's real crisp and new.

But Johnny, look at those colors. Even the black isn't really black. You'd think they'd at least have tried to wrinkle them up a bit and dirty them. This is the most obviously flagrant. What are you looking at, Johnny?