The Dead Donkey

[Rondy]

A young man named Boris bought a donkey from an old farmer for £100.00, and the farmer agreed to deliver the donkey the following day.

When the farmer drove up the next day, he said, "Sorry son, but I have some bad news...the donkey is on my truck, but he's dead."

Boris replied, "Well then, just give me my money back."

The farmer said, "I can't do that. I went and spent it already."

Boris said, "OK then, just unload the donkey anyway."

The farmer asked, "What are you going to do with
him?"

Boris said, "I'm going to raffle him off."

To which the farmer exclaimed, "You can't raffle off a dead donkey!"

But Boris, with a big smile on his face, said, "Sure I can. Watch me. I just won't tell anybody that he's dead."

A month later the farmer met up with Boris and asked, "What happened with that dead donkey?"

Boris said, "I raffled him off. I sold 500 tickets at
two pounds a piece and made a profit of £698.00."

Totally amazed, the farmer asked, "Didn't anyone complain that you had stolen their money because
you lied about the donkey being dead?"

And Boris replied, "The only guy who found out about the donkey being dead was the raffle winner when he came to claim his prize. So I gave him his £2 back plus £200 extra, which is double the going value of a donkey, so he thought I was a great guy."

Boris grew up and eventually became the Prime Minister of Britain, and no matter how many times he lied or how much money he stole from British voters, as long as he gave them back some of the stolen money, most of
them thought he was a great guy.

[maggiebee]

Haha, going to pinch this one.