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”?
@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.)
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.
sjoujke Premium Member over 14 years ago
Always thinking of the Kingdom…not! He just wished he’d thought of it.
ladywolf17 over 14 years ago
Alas! the sentence was passed. There’s no turning back now.
OFF WITH HIS HEAD!mrsullenbeauty over 14 years ago
I wonder why the King would have a plant behind the throne, where no one can see it?
rshive over 14 years ago
Such a waste of potential!
GROG Premium Member over 14 years ago
You can still pardon him
Charles Brobst Premium Member over 14 years ago
Death is easy. Dying is hard. Let him sit dying for 150 years.
legaleagle48 over 14 years 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”?
grampaspot over 14 years ago
Think about it! FONZI rymes with PONZI!
Virtualjump over 14 years ago
Or 150 years in prison…
yyyguy over 14 years 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.)
jmworacle over 14 years ago
Had they guy been a liberal he would have been perfect.
Smarkflea over 14 years ago
The man, the myth…
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ponzi
krisl73 over 14 years ago
This was funny!
kab2rb over 14 years 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.
Phil (full phname Philip Philop) almost 7 years ago
In panel four bernie looked like he knows the king very well.