Richard's Poor Almanac by Richard Thompson for March 31, 2015
March 30, 2015
April 01, 2015
Transcript:
richard's poor almanac --- by richard thompson smithsonian fundraising some simple solutions scam artists, grifters & patsies two centuries of american shakedowns snake oil & nostrums for sale 3 card monte see the egress $5 the old shell game an interactive hall of swindles in the museum of american history would scare up some funds nice and quick. plus, the rubes would think it's educa-tional!... tourists, i mean, not rubes. haha! headphones: as we enter the first ladies' gowns exhibit, i sure hope the crumbling ceiling doesn't fall on you. sigh. we've been a little short (sniff) on funds (sniff sniff) lately (choke)- woman 1: aw. woman 2: what a shame! why not add a little pathos to those audiotour recordings? then put a donation box somewhere handy and watch the cash come rolling in! man: another one? kid 1: ooh, it's got smithsonian secretary lawrence small! kid 2: i want it! i want it! squished penny machines are the major source of income for many tourist destinations, like the louvre & west virginia. thirty of forty of 'em in each museum oughta do the trick! hey! larry small! you hear me?
PoodleGroomer about 9 years ago
Go High Tech. You need a new building for the “Internet Fraud and Scams” wing.A friend of mine just got a letter from the IRS announcing an audit of his 2014 return for reasonable doubt on entries on his form. The letter was from the real IRS, but he hasn’t filed yet because he owes them money. Someone stole his ID and filed a return with bogus numbers expecting a big return.
ehtaniguchi about 9 years ago
Congress needs more squished penny machines. If anybody there still knows what a penny looks like.
Sisyphos about 9 years ago
The Smithsonian Institution is always fundraising. As a subscriber to their (generally good) magazine, or rube, I do concur that like most other so-called non-profits they do seem to spend a lot of time and money on fundraising.It’s like the local PBS TV channel, that (it seems to me) has a Fundraising Month quarterly….