Donkey Auction
How to make a profit from a dead donkey...
A city boy, Kenny, moved to the country and bought a donkey from an old farmer
for $100.00. The farmer agreed to deliver the donkey the next day.
The next day the farmer drove up and said,
“Sorry son, but I have some bad news,
the donkey died.”
Kenny replied,
“Well then, just give me
my money back.”
The farmer said,
“Can't do that. I went
and spent it already.”
Kenny said,
“OK then, just unload
the donkey.”
The farmer asked,
“What ya gonna do with
him?”
Kenny:
“I'm going to raffle him
off.”
Farmer:
“You can't raffle off a
dead donkey!”
Kenny:
“Sure I can. Watch me. I
just won't tell anybody he is dead.”
A month later the farmer met up with Kenny and asked,
“What happened with that
dead donkey?”
Kenny replied,
“I raffled him off. I
sold 500 tickets at two dollars a piece and made a profit of $898.00.”
Farmer:
“Didn't anyone
complain?”
Kenny:
“Just the guy who won.
So I gave him his two dollars back.”
Kenny grew up and eventually became the chairman of Enron...