Frank and Ernest by Thaves for April 30, 2012
April 29, 2012
May 01, 2012
Transcript:
The Birth of Free Market Economics Cave Man #1: I wish I had a rock. Cave Man #2: I wish I had a stick.
watmiwori over 12 years ago
Trade you my stick for your rock.
Done!
That was too easy, he must have cheated me somehow.
Proginoskes over 12 years ago
“If only I could hit him with something, I could just take it from him.” - Corporatism is born
bbadenov over 12 years ago
I’m sure government will step in with regulations on sticks and rocks … not to mention a 20% tax on each transaction.
prrdh over 12 years ago
“The greatest meliorator of the world is selfish, huckstering Trade”.Ralph Waldo Emerson
lonecat over 12 years ago
I wish I had a rock AND a stick. The birth of capitalism.
Poollady over 12 years ago
Then I can hit you with my rock. Then i can hit YOU with my stick! lol
PShaw0423 over 12 years ago
Liars and thieves do what they please, and appropriate whatever labels suit them to justify themselves…and in doing that they’re still lying and stealing. Blaming the original and pure meaning of the labels for their actions seriously misses the point, and it only colludes with them in letting them off the hook for bearing the responsibility for their choices and their actions.
iced tea over 12 years ago
We’ll take a vote, and nominate who gets the rock, and who gets the stick. We’re living in a Democracy.
RetFor over 12 years ago
tomorrow should be titled “the death of free market economics” and show the guy who had the rock lying on the ground and the other guy with both the stick and the rock…
bmonk over 12 years ago
They haven’t been invented yet. It’s just rock, rock, rock. Which made for lots of ties.
galanti over 12 years ago
But the one who bashes the other’s head in with either the rock or the club gets both and becomes the first 1 percenter.
DavidGBA over 12 years ago
No, you need a guy with 10 rocks saying I would trade them all for a stick, and a guy with 10 sticks saying I would trade them all for a rock. Trade needs a stiff gradient.
Darryl Heine over 12 years ago
This is the starting of a rerun week of Frank and Ernest strips.