Spare a thought for Allen Stanford who gets sentenced today

[Kumquat]

If it's not overtly amusing - I need a smillie to tell me it's supposed to be funny.

Didn't he play for us in the cup final in 1983?

 

[Rodney Thomas]

I for one feel sorry for Bill Archer in all this..

 

[Doc Lynam]

I for one feel sorry for Bill Archer in all this..

Please tell me he got shafted as well !?

 

[withdeanwombat]

I think WW was trying to be amusing by altering the original quote with the addition of "someone elses (sic)"

A horse walked into a pub.

The barmaid said,"Why the long face ?"

 

[ifuhatepalacestandup]

why should i he never thinks about me

 

[Brixtaan]

Have a look at the current state sponsored position of the British banking industry for another example of a ponzi scheme.

 

[Rodney Thomas]

Please tell me he got shafted as well !?

Fraid not, although I'm sure I heard somewhere he'd snuffed it?

 

[chucky1973]

It all looked so good for him, once upon a time.

But let's face it, when you make as many enemies as him, it was all going to come back and bite him eventually.

Ouch.

the bird on the right is cracking

 

[hans kraay fan club]

the bird on the right is cracking

Rachel Flintoff?

 

[chucky1973]

Rachel Flintoff?

similar, but I dont think its her.

 

[Basil Fawlty]

Im sure Matt Prior's distraught, after seeing his wife sitting on Stanford's lap a few years back

I won't be surprised to see Matt Prior waving when he gets sent down. What a dirty rotten human being Allen Stanford is, I hope he rots in Jail for the rest of his life.

 

[Gritt23]

similar, but I dont think its her.

Agreed.

Apparently, it's a "friend of the WAGs".

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/cricket/article-1081628/You-pay-getting-bed-Stanford.html

 

[Leekbrookgull]

You tell Mr X that you will get him a £200 return on his £1000 investment, so he gives you £1000. You don't invest the money, but give him £200 of your own money. You then tell Mr Y that you can get him a £400 return on his £2000 investment, just look what you've done for Mr X, so he gives you £2000, and you give him £400 of the £1000 that you received from Mr X. You tell Mr Z that you can get him £600 return on £3000, take the £3000, give him £600 received from Mr X and Mr Y, etc, etc.

Basically there's no investing of funds, and no profit, you simply pay out 'returns' using money received from investors. If you do it on a grand enough scale you'll have enough money swilling about to repay any investors that want to leave the 'fund' without raising suspicion.

Sounds very much like what i saw in a programme about Stanford,only at the 'bank' shown on the programme there were no safes or vaults whatsoever it was a paper chase.

 

[chucky1973]

Agreed.

Apparently, it's a "friend of the WAGs".

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/cricket/article-1081628/You-pay-getting-bed-Stanford.html

she can be a friend of mine!!

 

[NEASTGULL]

Sentenced to 110 Years without Parole!

 

[WhingForPresident]

Sentenced to 110 years.

 

[Doc Lynam]

110 years, could have been worse, could have been 230. Time to take up a hobby me thinks!

 

[Gary Gurr]

Perhaps the thought should be that 230 years is not long enough!

 

[Stat Brother]

One thing I'm missing.

Did Stanford force Mrs Prior onto him?

 

[Mackenzie]

110 years, could have been worse, could have been 230. Time to take up a hobby me thinks!

Whittling?