Like the CALVIN & HOBBES episode where Calvin was peddling “Life: 5 cents.” Suzie: “Here’s my nickel. What do I get?” Calvin: “Nothing. I just ripped you off…. That’s life!” (Calvin got bashed too.)
Rat needs to polish his grifting skills. He first must convince folks he’s one of them by making speeches that play upon their emotions and victimhood. Next, he’s then convinces them, through nefarious means, that if they give Rat money, he can make things better for them, because nobody understands these folks like Rat and nobody can fix things except Rat. By then the hard core believers will excuse anything Rat does because they’re convinced Rat is fighting for them.
This reminds me of the old gag/scam that some people allegedly pulled in the classified ads they used to put in the back of some pulp magazines. The ad would say “Make big money from classified ads! Send $1 to this address to find out how!”. If you sent the dollar to the address, they’d send a note telling you to take out an identical ad, but with your address instead of theirs.
BasilBruce about 1 month ago
Maybe their problem is that they really needed to beat someone up.
ChristineFoxdale about 1 month ago
You should’ve stashed the cash before you gave them the answer, Rat.
Jesy Bertz Premium Member about 1 month ago
Rat has the talent to benefit from other people’s anxieties. It’s a grift.
iggyman about 1 month ago
They found out Lucy Van Pelt only charges 5 cents!
Johnny Q Premium Member about 1 month ago
Like the CALVIN & HOBBES episode where Calvin was peddling “Life: 5 cents.” Suzie: “Here’s my nickel. What do I get?” Calvin: “Nothing. I just ripped you off…. That’s life!” (Calvin got bashed too.)
blunebottle about 1 month ago
For once, Rat is on the receiving end.
epicatt2- about 1 month ago
Always good to see that once in a while rat gets just what he deserves (just like Hyacinth Bucket oughtta).
Walrus Gumbo Premium Member about 1 month ago
Rat has discovered that truth hurts!
Gent about 1 month ago
Rat shoulda advertised One Weird Trick To Solves All Yours Problems.
Bilan about 1 month ago
Another answer: Don’t trust somebody to be President who has bankrupted every company he started. (yes, that had to be said)
jonnytest about 1 month ago
Surprising. I never took Rat to be a Democrat before this.
Botulism Bob about 1 month ago
In a divided political year, beating up a Rat is something everybody can agree on!
markkahler52 about 1 month ago
Shortly after Election Day… maybe….
Kurtass Premium Member about 1 month ago
Giving your money to rat, would be as ignorant as giving your money to a “billionaire”.
Huckleberry Hiroshima about 1 month ago
You seem to have been persuaded to provide full and complete refunds to them all, Rat.
steveh64 about 1 month ago
Rat, the dictum is “take the money and run”, not “take the money and tell people they’ve been taken.”
mrwiskers about 1 month ago
Rat needs to polish his grifting skills. He first must convince folks he’s one of them by making speeches that play upon their emotions and victimhood. Next, he’s then convinces them, through nefarious means, that if they give Rat money, he can make things better for them, because nobody understands these folks like Rat and nobody can fix things except Rat. By then the hard core believers will excuse anything Rat does because they’re convinced Rat is fighting for them.
SquidGamerGal about 1 month ago
Time to kick a rip-off artist in the shin!
CaveCat87 about 1 month ago
That’s what you get for being so brutally honest, Rat.
notmoving Premium Member about 1 month ago
If you meet the Buddha on the road, kill him.
Ellis97 about 1 month ago
That’s what Rat gets for trying to fleece the public again.
Count Olaf Premium Member about 1 month ago
Particularly with no real support or ideas for doing so except to blame Climate Change and Donald Trump and then cackle. God Bless America!
Goat from PBS about 1 month ago
What about the answer to your math problems?
tom.amitai about 1 month ago
This reminds me of the old gag/scam that some people allegedly pulled in the classified ads they used to put in the back of some pulp magazines. The ad would say “Make big money from classified ads! Send $1 to this address to find out how!”. If you sent the dollar to the address, they’d send a note telling you to take out an identical ad, but with your address instead of theirs.
timinwsac Premium Member about 1 month ago
Just when campaign season is heating up. It’s going to be a tight race so, if you can afford it, five dollars would be a big help.
TampaFanatic1 about 1 month ago
That kind of happened to Don Lapre though he chose the easy way out when the Feds finally locked him up on numerous felonies……
SheMc about 1 month ago
Poor rat, why didn’t you take the money & run!
ajr58(1) about 1 month ago
But, only I can fix it.
ladykat about 1 month ago
I wonder if he got to keep themoney.
mindjob about 1 month ago
Never trust people to solve the problems they created in the first place
innertuber about 1 month ago
Sounds like Religion.
Joe Cur about 1 month ago
Rat should have learned from the Wizard of OZ, “pay no attention to the man behind the curtain!”
liberalnlovinit about 1 month ago
Well, that’s the perfect advice for this years election.
pheets about 1 month ago
Be thoughtful in whom you trust: salt and sugar look a like.
KEA about 1 month ago
I doubt that people who would fall for that would turn on Rat like that.
PoodleGroomer about 1 month ago
Never leave tip money visible in the jar.
DanielRyanMulligan1 about 1 month ago
As Adrian Monk always says, “you’ll thank me later!!!!” Dan aka the MOST ANNOYING hemophiliac of his generation currently still alive!!!!
ncorgbl about 1 month ago
Didn’t tRump say that?
zeexenon about 1 month ago
Trust, but verify. Each of us carry a powerful filter, called the cortex frontal lobe.
brick10 about 1 month ago
I trust they all got refunds.
Buoy about 1 month ago
Rat got a lot of bang for his buck.
Aladar30 Premium Member about 1 month ago
People should reach like this more often.
willie_mctell about 1 month ago
Software company reps often make this claim.
wildlandwaters about 1 month ago
um… no… they won’t…
SNVBD about 1 month ago
Populism 101
Scott S about 1 month ago
Never give a sucker an even break!