Mystic Muse's Magnificent Masquerade Random Banter #225

[LaZodiac]

What do you mean by that?

Reference to George C. Parker, a scam artist who "sold" landmarks to immigrants to trick them out of money. Originator of the phrase "if you believe that I've got a bridge to sell you" which is an expression implying sheer gullibility.

Ironically I literally looked up this information yesterday to talk to a friend about wacky history things and I always knew this story, but thought it was a guy selling it to the government and ****ing them over and getting paid for it but no, he's just a ****ty person. That sucks. History was a lot more fun when I was ignorant of how it's secretly just a bunch of bad people doing bad things.

Between this and the Fabio Roller Coaster story, all my "haha funny" moments are turning into "set fire to bad people" moments. Which, valid.