In a board room with 5 chairs, one is filled with a seated man in a suit looking at a graph showing a line denoting a drastic decline in profits. At the door to the meeting room is an old bearded prospector, his wife, who is smoking a pipe, and additionally, a mule and a coyote.
It's unusual to see old-timey western characters in an office setting like this.
Why is the old couple here? How is the investor involved with the couple?
You the Ponzi varmint that lost our nest egg?
scene: a corporate meeting room description: In a board room with 5 chairs, one is filled with a seated man in a suit looking at a graph showing a line denoting a drastic decline in profits. At the door to the meeting room is an old bearded prospector, his wife, who is smoking a pipe, and additionally, a mule and a coyote. uncanny: It's unusual to see old-timey western characters in an office setting like this. entities: Profit_(accounting), Prospecting, Retirement. caption: You the Ponzi varmint that lost our nest egg?
A reference to Charles Ponzi, the namesake of the "Ponzi scheme", which is a failed scam investment. Ponzi is at the desk watching profits go down, and the country folks whose money he was playing with are at the door and want answers for where their money is. A reference to how big city bankers play fast and loose with the investments of people who they will never know or meet.