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They say it isn't an offense, but I am very offended.
Posted by: Marvin | Paranoid Android | September 29, 2009 at 09:15 AM
...but only when you're not looking.
Posted by: Allen at Division | September 29, 2009 at 09:15 AM
I hate to say it but the people that gave them their money and then didn't watch it kind of deserved what they got. What kind of businessman would be this stupid?
Posted by: nursecindy | September 29, 2009 at 09:24 AM
*agrees with Cindy*
Posted by: Guin | September 29, 2009 at 09:26 AM
Absolutely right on NC. If it's too good to be true...quack, quack, quack.
Posted by: Cheesewiz | September 29, 2009 at 09:29 AM
Hey, it worked. The guys running the scam doubled their money.
Posted by: Layzeeboy | September 29, 2009 at 09:40 AM
I think those Aussies have spent too much time in the sun.
Posted by: Jeff Meyerson | September 29, 2009 at 09:47 AM
Sounds like there's some bull loose down under, too.
The best way to double your money is to fold it and put it in your pocket.
Then some rich woman will mistake the "fold" for something else and voila - you're a rich boy toy.
Posted by: Annie Where-but-here | September 29, 2009 at 10:00 AM
the businessmen must have been soaking in chemicals to believe this!
Posted by: insomniac | September 29, 2009 at 10:01 AM
Another case of the coming global dumbing
Posted by: Scott Gyplin | September 29, 2009 at 10:06 AM
Pssst, people of the blog. By some great fortune I have acquired some of this magic chemical. Please send your money to NotSherly at my typepad account.
Posted by: NotSherly | September 29, 2009 at 10:08 AM
NotSherly - you're supposed to put the chemical on the money, not sniff it.
Does this chemical double the size of anything? Siouxie wants to know.
Posted by: Annie Where-but-here | September 29, 2009 at 10:20 AM
Hah! MY chemical TRIPLES your money!!
Posted by: Allen at Division | September 29, 2009 at 10:22 AM
revealed the chemical formula as bleach, baby powder and hair spray.
Shoot... if this was true, I would have been rich back in the 60's instead of feeding us all Kraft dinner every night.
Posted by: Betsy | September 29, 2009 at 10:30 AM
Washington is already dealing with toxic assets, so why not?
Posted by: Meanie the Blue | September 29, 2009 at 11:12 AM
wow. these geniuses didn't check the serial number on the "new" $100 bill?
Posted by: mudstuffin | September 29, 2009 at 11:22 AM
A fool and his money...are soon fodder for the Blog.
Posted by: Diva | September 29, 2009 at 11:22 AM
I blame our nation's schools. If those scammers had gotten a quality education, they would have used the tried-and-true ponzi scheme instead of this laughable scheme. Or possibly hired themselves as "business consultants". Either-or.
'Course, the business owners should be slapped several times and made to sit in a corner. Sheesh....alchemy didn't translate lead into gold in the bad-old-days, and it won't today either.
Posted by: Specialnobodie | September 29, 2009 at 11:25 AM
So what business were they in that they actually MADE that much money and were still that gullible?
Was the victim that guy who charged people $25 a pop to punch and kick him?
Post-concussion syndrome is the only explanation I can think of.
Posted by: padraig | September 29, 2009 at 11:37 AM
*snork* at blog fodder.
And thank goodness for it.
Posted by: NotSherly | September 29, 2009 at 11:58 AM
Sort of o/t butt:
Has anyone else noticed that we get something on the blog, discuss it in an intelligent and fair manner and then a couple of days later it's on several of the major news networks and late night shows? I wonder if we're being watched...
Okay, back o/t.
Posted by: nursecindy | September 29, 2009 at 12:06 PM
I work with a business partner that, back in the early 80's, invested in an oil well that hadn't yet been built. He still refers to that transaction as his $50,000 tuition to the school of Hard Knocks.
Posted by: Pannus | September 29, 2009 at 12:08 PM
Sad to say, this is a variant of one of the oldest confidence tricks on the books. Con men in the past used a "duplicating" box that did the same trick. In fact, it was the basis of "Dragnet" script about 50 years ago. Dum da dum dum, indeed.
Posted by: Horace LaBadie | September 29, 2009 at 12:12 PM
NCindy, I have noticed this also. I find I already know the answers on NPR's 'Wait Wait Don't Tell me' radio show when it airs on the weekend.
Posted by: NotSherly | September 29, 2009 at 12:16 PM
cindy...I know *I'm* being watched.
Posted by: Siouxie | September 29, 2009 at 12:26 PM
*goes back to hiding*
Posted by: Siouxie | September 29, 2009 at 12:29 PM
This scam is actually over 50 years old. I didn't think anyone was still dumb enough to fall for it.
Posted by: Elon | September 29, 2009 at 12:41 PM
Elon, it's an oldie, but goodie:
Just when you think you've idiot proofed something, they go and invent better idiots.
Posted by: Specialnobodie | September 29, 2009 at 12:51 PM
I have mixed feelings about this. The scammers should go to jail. No doubt about that. But the scammees are dumber than rocks and are bound to lose the money in some way or another.
"This" says the guy who buys one lottery ticket each week.
Posted by: Steve | September 29, 2009 at 01:08 PM
Siouxie we won't let anything happen to you. btw, I think it's great your extremely jealous boyfriend has decided to give up professional boxing and concentrate on his professional weight lifting so he can spend more time with you and your 6 children. iycmd.
Posted by: nursecindy | September 29, 2009 at 01:15 PM
And Siouxie? Is it true that you've doubled the size of your pit-bull breeding operation? Congratulations! Just don't let any of them fall into the moat, where the crocodiles can get them.
Posted by: Betsy | September 29, 2009 at 01:21 PM
nc - is he the former explosives expert from the CIA? Same guy, right?
Posted by: Meanie the Blue | September 29, 2009 at 01:22 PM
Yes he is mtb! They had to let him go because he didn't have enough fear and he scared the terrorists too much. Betsy I think Siouxie expanded that moat last spring. She had to because the Pit Bulls kept trying to eat the croc's.
Posted by: nursecindy | September 29, 2009 at 01:28 PM
Does he still do guillotine repairs on the side?
Posted by: Meanie the Blue | September 29, 2009 at 01:30 PM
Is that the same guy she broke her machete on??
Posted by: Layzeeboy | September 29, 2009 at 01:37 PM
That's him, Layz. She was upset with him for kicking Chuck Norris' butt.
Posted by: Meanie the Blue | September 29, 2009 at 01:42 PM
Layzee, it was a tragic accident, butt...he forgave me.
Oh and btw...did I mention that my sister's name is Lorena???
Really.
Posted by: Siouxie | September 29, 2009 at 01:48 PM
Kind of sad what she did to John isn't it Siouxie butt it was either her or you and your machete which you had repaired. btw, I LOVE the new 3 foot blade you had put on. It's so shiny! Really sharp.
Posted by: nursecindy | September 29, 2009 at 01:50 PM
How are his doctoral studies coming along for the toxicology degree, Siouxie?
Posted by: Meanie the Blue | September 29, 2009 at 02:06 PM
cindy - I used to see all of Dave's material on Leno anywhere from 1-4 nights later. Funny, that, eh? I always figured the writers dropped by here for fodder. Occasionally I'd hear a oneliner that bore GREAT resemblance to something said by Dave or one of the blogits, also. You gotsta be wary in this media-savvy world!
Also, a year or so ago we all turned in some guy who kept posting Dave's (and some of the other bloggits') original material verbatim on other boards claiming it as his own. Blatant plagiarism is MUCH easier to spot with the advances on the internet.
Posted by: Diva | September 29, 2009 at 02:10 PM
I thought Siouxie was dating this guy.
Posted by: NotSherly | September 29, 2009 at 02:17 PM
NSherl...that's my bodyguard.
Posted by: Siouxie | September 29, 2009 at 02:22 PM
BOT
Looks like those guys "down under" need to have more "up top". Stooopids.
Posted by: Siouxie | September 29, 2009 at 02:36 PM
♫ If I'll be your bodyguard
You can be my long lost pal
I can call you Siouxie
and Siouxie when you call me
you can call me Al ♪
Yes, you're being watched. :)
Posted by: Allen at Division | September 29, 2009 at 02:40 PM
*snork*
shaddup LOL
Posted by: Siouxie | September 29, 2009 at 02:47 PM
If I am patient will stupid people give me money for nothing too?
Posted by: Cheesewiz | September 29, 2009 at 03:01 PM
Siouxie, as long as your tin foil hat is in place, you're (not yore) safe!
Speaking of which (the your/yore thing), we saw a restaurant yesterday advertising "Kid's Eat Free."
And today we saw "Bocs" pears on sale.
I think we really need remedial English teachers.
Posted by: Jeff Meyerson | September 29, 2009 at 03:14 PM
Wonder if those chemicals will increase the size on anyone's brain.
Posted by: NotSoShyJan | September 29, 2009 at 03:39 PM
OF not ON. *sheesh* obviously not working here.
Posted by: NotSoShyJan | September 29, 2009 at 03:40 PM
Which brain, Jan? Because I've been told there are some sure-fire brain-enhancement products for men that women whisper and smile about...
Posted by: Allen at Division | September 29, 2009 at 03:50 PM
I think the dupees were already soaked in chemicals. aka "alcohol may have been involved".
Can I have their email addresses? I have a bridge, some Nigerian investments and a Ponzi or two I need to unload.
Posted by: eve | September 29, 2009 at 03:55 PM
Jeff, I was watching one of those tribal shows the other night and they had subtitles. One of them said, "Whose going to be in charge?"
I almost put my foot through the TV.
Posted by: Layzeeboy | September 29, 2009 at 03:57 PM
Siouxie, one of the water moccasins escaped from your moat, if you hadn't already noticed...
Posted by: frodolives | September 29, 2009 at 06:47 PM
frodo...you mean my anaconda??
Oh dear...
Posted by: Siouxie | September 29, 2009 at 08:27 PM
Maybe that's what it was, Siouxie- I just noticed the crocs aren't as scared as usual...
Posted by: frodolives | September 29, 2009 at 09:35 PM
"Police said that despite attempting to produce fake currency, the business owners had not committed an offence."
Obviously, gross stupidity is not a crime in Australia.
Posted by: monsoon | September 29, 2009 at 10:02 PM
Soaked In Chemicals WBAGNFARB
Posted by: sooty | September 30, 2009 at 10:28 AM
At last we discover the REAL reason for the global financial meltdown.
I wonder if the two guys also claimed to be Nigerian Royalty and needed help moving their money out of the country?
Posted by: Taters | September 30, 2009 at 10:38 AM