Donkey

[Kromovaracun]

A chap buys a donkey from an old farmer for �100. The farmer agreed to deliver the donkey the next day.

The next morning, the farmer drove up and said, "Sorry, but I've got some bad news. The donkey died."

"Well I'd like my money back."

"I'm afraid I've allready spent it," replied the farmer.

"Ah... just unload the donkey, then."

"What're you gonna do with him?" asked the farmer.

"I'm gonna raffle him off."

"Ya can't raffle off a dead donkey!" exclaimed the farmer.

"I can. I just won't tell anyone he's dead."

A month later the farmer met up with the guy and asked about what happened with the dead donkey. "I raffled him off. I sold 500 tickets at �2 apiece and made a profit of �898."

"Didn't anyone complain?" asked the farmer.

"Just the guy who won. So I gave him his �2 back."

[China Doll]

Guffaws

[natalie_1982]

I don't get it

[sophie_1003]

well everybody paid �2 for a chance to win the donkey, the guy who won was the only one who found out the donkey was dead so he was the only one who needed his money (�2) back so the guy who bought the donkey in the first place got to keep all the money other people had paid for a chance to win the donkey

[Littleowl]

What happened to the other �100?

[Kromovaracun]

A profit of �898 - he originally paid �100 for the donkey (so broke even on that), then paid �2 to the winner, and then had the rest as profit.

[fluffykitten]

bloody nora!! if u cant understand such a simple (but very funny) joke, then sod off to cbbc and perhaps that will help u

brill joke

[natalie_1982]

Thanks fluffy, but I am at work and don't have accessto cbeebies through the day. I will have to wait until I get it, ho hum.

I understand that the winner got his �2 back (haw-de-haw-haw) and that was the witty response from the donkey seller was the punchline. I was just expecting something more, considering the length of the joke I thought I had missed something.

Excuse me while I tiddle myself