Shrink in the Kitchen

(New York)

An insidious connection has emerged between Bernard Madoff, organizer of the largest Ponzi scheme in history, and J. Wellington Wimpy.

“I would gladly pay you Tuesday for a hamburger today,” noted Mr. Wimpy in 1932.

At the age of six, Mr. Madoff (born 4/29/38) may have been reading the Popeye strip, where the comment appeared, and the proverbial light bulb went on.

Expanding upon Wimpy’s criminal remark, Madoff hatched a scheme.

From the mind of a six-year old, hundreds lost millions.

All because of the lowly burger.