Times Have Changed Since Aesop Was Writing Fables

Obama says he told bankers: "Show some restraint. Show some -- show that you get that this is a crisis and everybody has to make sacrifices."

  TPM

To which there were snickers all ‘round.

It would seem the story of the grasshopper and the ant...

...could use some updating to include another character.

Or two.

And these guys need to revise their page.

To all you ants out there who believed you were doing the right thing by storing up for the future only to find out your store has been robbed....so sorry. It was only a fable after all.

....but hey, do what you want....you will anyway.