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 2 days ago
Maybe their problem is that they really needed to beat someone up.
ChristineFoxdale 2 days ago
You should’ve stashed the cash before you gave them the answer, Rat.
Jesy Bertz Premium Member 2 days ago
Rat has the talent to benefit from other people’s anxieties. It’s a grift.
iggyman 2 days ago
They found out Lucy Van Pelt only charges 5 cents!
Johnny Q Premium Member 2 days 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 2 days ago
For once, Rat is on the receiving end.
epicatt2- 2 days 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 2 days ago
Rat has discovered that truth hurts!
Gent 2 days ago
Rat shoulda advertised One Weird Trick To Solves All Yours Problems.
Bilan 2 days ago
Another answer: Don’t trust somebody to be President who has bankrupted every company he started. (yes, that had to be said)
jonnytest 2 days ago
Surprising. I never took Rat to be a Democrat before this.
Botulism Bob 2 days ago
In a divided political year, beating up a Rat is something everybody can agree on!
markkahler52 2 days ago
Shortly after Election Day… maybe….
Kurtass Premium Member 2 days ago
Giving your money to rat, would be as ignorant as giving your money to a “billionaire”.
Huckleberry Hiroshima 2 days ago
You seem to have been persuaded to provide full and complete refunds to them all, Rat.
steveh64 2 days ago
Rat, the dictum is “take the money and run”, not “take the money and tell people they’ve been taken.”
mrwiskers 2 days 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 1 day ago
Time to kick a rip-off artist in the shin!
CaveCat87 1 day ago
That’s what you get for being so brutally honest, Rat.
notmoving Premium Member 1 day ago
If you meet the Buddha on the road, kill him.
Ellis97 1 day ago
That’s what Rat gets for trying to fleece the public again.
Count Olaf Premium Member 1 day 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 1 day ago
What about the answer to your math problems?
tom.amitai 1 day 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 1 day 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 1 day 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 1 day ago
Poor rat, why didn’t you take the money & run!
ajr58(1) 1 day ago
But, only I can fix it.
ladykat 1 day ago
I wonder if he got to keep themoney.
mindjob 1 day ago
Never trust people to solve the problems they created in the first place
innertuber 1 day ago
Sounds like Religion.
Joe Cur 1 day ago
Rat should have learned from the Wizard of OZ, “pay no attention to the man behind the curtain!”
liberalnlovinit 1 day ago
Well, that’s the perfect advice for this years election.
pheets 1 day ago
Be thoughtful in whom you trust: salt and sugar look a like.
KEA 1 day ago
I doubt that people who would fall for that would turn on Rat like that.
PoodleGroomer 1 day ago
Never leave tip money visible in the jar.
DanielRyanMulligan1 1 day ago
As Adrian Monk always says, “you’ll thank me later!!!!” Dan aka the MOST ANNOYING hemophiliac of his generation currently still alive!!!!
ncorgbl 1 day ago
Didn’t tRump say that?
zeexenon 1 day ago
Trust, but verify. Each of us carry a powerful filter, called the cortex frontal lobe.
brick10 1 day ago
I trust they all got refunds.
Buoy 1 day ago
Rat got a lot of bang for his buck.
Aladar30 Premium Member 1 day ago
People should reach like this more often.
willie_mctell 1 day ago
Software company reps often make this claim.
wildlandwaters 1 day ago
um… no… they won’t…
SNVBD about 22 hours ago
Populism 101
Scott S about 12 hours ago
Never give a sucker an even break!