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   sjoujke said, 3 months ago

   Always thinking of the Kingdom…not! He just wished he’d thought of it.

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   Ladywolf17 said, 3 months ago

   Alas! the sentence was passed. There’s no turning back now.

   OFF WITH HIS HEAD!

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   Jo Jo said, 3 months ago

   I wonder why the King would have a plant behind the throne, where no one can see it?

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   rshive said, 3 months ago

   Such a waste of potential!

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   BC13 said, 3 months ago

   You can still pardon him

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   cabrobst said, 3 months ago

   Death is easy. Dying is hard.
   Let him sit dying for 150 years.

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   legaleagle48 said, 3 months ago

   I must be getting dense in my middle age; I don’t get the throwaway joke at the top of the panel! What would someone be in prison for that rhymes with “Fonz”?

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   grampaspot said, 3 months ago

   Think about it! FONZI rymes with PONZI!

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   Joe Allen Doty said, 3 months ago

   The FONZ was called that because in “Happy Days,” it was part of Arthur’s last name, Fonzarelli. He was also called “Fonzie.”

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    Joe Allen Doty said, 3 months ago

    The irony of this whole strip is that nobody in the Kingdom of Id even likes The King. (That’s the character’s name, “The King”.)

    But, the Id citizens, even the soldiers, seem to be too dumb to recognize that they could easily get rid of him.

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    Norman said, 3 months ago

    King thinks same way as Obozy.

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    Kyler said, 3 months ago

    Or 150 years in prison…

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    Furienna said, 3 months ago

    That’s right, BC13. He could just have pardoned him! Why didn’t he just do that?

    And by the way, what is a ponzi scheme?

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    yyyguy said, 3 months ago

    @Furienna: it’s similar to a pyramid scheme. you make money at the top of the pyramid by suckering in lots of other people.
    an example. send a note to 3 people asking for them to send a dollar to the name at the top of the list and forward the list to 3 others after they’ve removed said name. if everyone follows through, the name on the top gets $3 from those below them on the pyramid. they, in turn, get $3 from the people below them on the pyramid. it’s usually done with more names and more levels, so that the potential return once you reach the top of the pyramid is greater. the problem is that the quantity of names needed increases exponentially, such that, if you join at the bottom of a pyramid, your chances of seeing any return on investment become vanishingly small. in my example, by the time the 3 people i send the letter to have forwarded it, there are 9 folks involved, if they all play along, 27 more people have seen it. this makes a total of 40 people in just a couple of rounds of a one level pyramid. now picture it with 5 levels and note just how many more people need to be involved for the scheme to work.
    this is annoying in a “chain letter” asking for a small amount, but devasting in what is made to look like an investment plan. hence, the criminal charges for fraud, etc. (since fraud is exactly what it is. the people creating these schemes know that they’re unsustainable.)

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    jmworacle said, 3 months ago

    Had they guy been a liberal he would have been perfect.

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    Smarkflea said, 3 months ago

    The man, the myth…

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ponzi

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    krisl73 said, 3 months ago

    This was funny!

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    Susan001 said, 3 months ago

    Notice how smug “Bernie Ripoff” looks when his crimes were described to the King.
    That expression changes to a glazed-over look as his sentence is pronounced.
    Might take a little time before reality sets in for the “Ponzi Perp”.

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    OldHipster said, 3 months ago

    Joe Allen Doty said, about 9 hours ago
    The irony of this whole strip is that nobody in the Kingdom of Id even likes The King. (That’s the character’s name, “The King”.)
    But, the Id citizens, even the soldiers, seem to be too dumb to recognize that they could easily get rid of him.

    Yep…..get a rope.

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    rricchhterr said, 3 months ago

    ponzi reminds me of that trickle down theory that we survived …

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    kab2rb said, 3 months ago

    The authories have convicted one to life for the scheme. Others are taking a downfall.
    
    With me and my husband we received one of those chain letters and shucks no money, we simply threw the letter away. Same way with secret shopper we received a check which look bogus. Never cashed it. I asked the bank if they could check first to see if real without cashing the check, but allas we never gave the check to the bank.
    Some people use receipes for paramids.