$PSGR Once upon a time there was a King of a teeny tiny country. The King wanted his country to appear to be a very big and powerful country. The King paid for some full time employees and consultants to make his kingdom look like a much larger and more powerful Nation. The King even took over some very very teeny tiny little hamlets in distant places that made the Kingdom appear to be much larger than it really was.
After a short period of time, the King, together with his staff and consultants, saw that the Kingdom had stagnated and the hoped for riches had not materialized. The King called his staff together and asked everyone to think of a way to grow the Kingdom. One advisor said "Take pictures of the various townships and tell the World that each of our townships offers one of the best places to live!" Another consultant said "We can run tests at the various locations and tell the World that the soil is fertile and many valuable things can be found at the various places!" Still another sorta-almost-but-not-quite- employee said "We can call the local Royal Printing Shop and release information that we think will excite the public and then not issue anything for months and months. That should keep the public curious and continuously interested in our Kingdom!"
The King thought and thought long and hard about each suggestion. Many months passed when, on his way to the Throne Room, yes THE porcelain Throne Room, the King encountered a talking Frog. Yep, you heard that right... A TALKING FROG! The Frog said "Your Highness, I can help you with your Kingdom and ask NOTHING in return." The King was a bit skeptical but agreed to listen to the Frog.
The Frog then spent the next 20 or so minutes telling the King that he, the Frog, could crap GOLD and other Precious Metals BUT the King had to provide a very very specific diet in order for the Frog to properly digest the food and crap the Gold and Precious Metals. The King was overcome with joy and immediately agreed to the Frog's presentation and terms. The King then announced to the WORLD that he had a Frog that could crap Gold and other Precious Metals and would make each and every citizen RICH..... IF each and every citizen would pay a small tax to feed the very very special diet required by the Frog to poop the Precious Metals.
Short story longer: For approximately 20 years, the Frog did NOT crap one gram of Gold or any other Precious Metal. Meanwhile the citizens of the Kingdom began to get restless. The King and his staff no longer would release timely, honest, accurate, and frequent announcements to the citizens of the Kingdom. Many citizens demanded their tax money back BUT the value of the Kingdom had continued to drop. Day by day, the Kingdom took on the appearance of a worthless Fantasyland. Every once in a great while, the King would authorize the release of a little information about what may, could possibly, maybe, we hope would happen as new, improved, whamma-jamma diets were tried with no success. Each time the Frog would tell the King that " You are ALMOST there, pretty close but you missed adding the kasnerga whopping and didn't allow the blend to stand for a period of one snuppenhoopen before you fed the ore to the wailllduffer". Of course, the King did not want to show his ignorance of all those technical terms so he continued to praise the Frog and sorta, kinda promise the citizens of his Kingdom that maybe in a not too distant future there could possibly be a kinda sorta possible break through and there would be all kinds of Gold and other Precious Metals in the Poop piles. If things happen according to plan, the poop piles may even produce Big Bucks in another 6 months or so, but maybe, possibly, not quite surely before the next 20 years have come to an end!
Boys and Girls, WHAT HAVE YOU LEARNED?
1) ANYONE who believes in a talking Frog is not too bright
2) A Frog that claims to be able to crap gold and other Precious
metals is a Fairy Tale
3) Citizens who continue to pay taxes for promises are foolish
4) Hell.....decide for yourself, you are all part of the Fairy Tale!
I see a POSITIVE side to this Fairy Tale.
After a short period of time, the King, together with his staff and consultants, saw that the Kingdom had stagnated and the hoped for riches had not materialized. The King called his staff together and asked everyone to think of a way to grow the Kingdom. One advisor said "Take pictures of the various townships and tell the World that each of our townships offers one of the best places to live!" Another consultant said "We can run tests at the various locations and tell the World that the soil is fertile and many valuable things can be found at the various places!" Still another sorta-almost-but-not-quite- employee said "We can call the local Royal Printing Shop and release information that we think will excite the public and then not issue anything for months and months. That should keep the public curious and continuously interested in our Kingdom!"
The King thought and thought long and hard about each suggestion. Many months passed when, on his way to the Throne Room, yes THE porcelain Throne Room, the King encountered a talking Frog. Yep, you heard that right... A TALKING FROG! The Frog said "Your Highness, I can help you with your Kingdom and ask NOTHING in return." The King was a bit skeptical but agreed to listen to the Frog.
The Frog then spent the next 20 or so minutes telling the King that he, the Frog, could crap GOLD and other Precious Metals BUT the King had to provide a very very specific diet in order for the Frog to properly digest the food and crap the Gold and Precious Metals. The King was overcome with joy and immediately agreed to the Frog's presentation and terms. The King then announced to the WORLD that he had a Frog that could crap Gold and other Precious Metals and would make each and every citizen RICH..... IF each and every citizen would pay a small tax to feed the very very special diet required by the Frog to poop the Precious Metals.
Short story longer: For approximately 20 years, the Frog did NOT crap one gram of Gold or any other Precious Metal. Meanwhile the citizens of the Kingdom began to get restless. The King and his staff no longer would release timely, honest, accurate, and frequent announcements to the citizens of the Kingdom. Many citizens demanded their tax money back BUT the value of the Kingdom had continued to drop. Day by day, the Kingdom took on the appearance of a worthless Fantasyland. Every once in a great while, the King would authorize the release of a little information about what may, could possibly, maybe, we hope would happen as new, improved, whamma-jamma diets were tried with no success. Each time the Frog would tell the King that " You are ALMOST there, pretty close but you missed adding the kasnerga whopping and didn't allow the blend to stand for a period of one snuppenhoopen before you fed the ore to the wailllduffer". Of course, the King did not want to show his ignorance of all those technical terms so he continued to praise the Frog and sorta, kinda promise the citizens of his Kingdom that maybe in a not too distant future there could possibly be a kinda sorta possible break through and there would be all kinds of Gold and other Precious Metals in the Poop piles. If things happen according to plan, the poop piles may even produce Big Bucks in another 6 months or so, but maybe, possibly, not quite surely before the next 20 years have come to an end!
Boys and Girls, WHAT HAVE YOU LEARNED?
1) ANYONE who believes in a talking Frog is not too bright
2) A Frog that claims to be able to crap gold and other Precious
metals is a Fairy Tale
3) Citizens who continue to pay taxes for promises are foolish
4) Hell.....decide for yourself, you are all part of the Fairy Tale!
I see a POSITIVE side to this Fairy Tale.
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