Monty by Jim Meddick for January 18, 2017
Transcript:
This, Jarvis, is the secret passage escape tunnel!... Every properly built castle has one... It's for when things really go bad... Your kingdom is collapsing... The masses are storming the gates and you need a quick exit to save your hide... Where does it lead, sir? To the Federal Reserve Bank, where one can obtain an interest-free loan from the American taxpayer...
Brass Orchid Premium Member almost 8 years ago
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Richard S Russell Premium Member almost 8 years ago
The outgoing CEO had some words of advice for his incoming successor: “When a crisis arises, and it will, I’ve prepared 3 numbered envelopes for you. I’ll leave them in this bottom drawer. Be sure to read them in order.”
A year later, sales were really bad, so the new CEO opened up Envelope #1. It contained a sheet of paper with a single sentence: “Blame everything on your predecessor.”
That seemed to placate everyone for awhile, but 2 years later, middle management was ravaged by feuds and resignations, so the boss opened up Envelope #2. It contained a sheet of paper with a single word: “Reorganize!”
And that worked for awhile as well, but after 3 years the company’s stock value had tanked and the shareholders were calling for the CEO’s head on a platter. Desperate, he opened up Envelope #3. It contained a sheet of paper that began with the advice: “Prepare 3 envelopes …”
Mayor Snorkum almost 8 years ago
Enough of this. Let’s get back to Moondog at the museum.
euvnrutas almost 8 years ago
F E M A planning at the finest level.
Night-Gaunt49[Bozo is Boffo] almost 8 years ago
What his parents and the other 400 families should be doing is constructing habitats for them to live in in the future Hot House world. Hot periods out number the cold times and are far far longer. Since they don’t have an advanced space habitat to live in, the Antarctic will be serviceable for them till then.
Night-Gaunt49[Bozo is Boffo] almost 8 years ago
Death and birth are painful.
Death of the old world.
Birth of the new world….
Sisyphos almost 8 years ago
And I thought it lead straight to old Scrooge McDuck’s 40-cubic-Acre money vault!
BlueIris Premium Member almost 8 years ago
Well, I’m going to assume cartoon physics on this one, but (in reality) an individual can’t borrow from the Fed — only a bank.