Erlkönig: donkey-raffle.shtml

[collected 2002-01-21 22:22:58 CST (Jan Mon) 1011673378]

A Cajun named, Jean Paul, moved to Texas and bought a donkey from an 
old redneck farmer for $100. The farmer agreed to deliver the donkey 
the next day. 

The next day, the farmer drove up and said, "Sorry, but I have some 
bad news. The donkey died." 

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

"Can't do that. I went and spent it already." 

"OK, then. Just unload the donkey." 

"What ya gonna do with him?" 

"I'm going to raffle him off." 

"You can't raffle off a dead donkey!" 

"Sure I can. Watch me. I just won't tell anybody he's dead." 

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

"I raffled him off. I sold 500 hundred tickets at two dollars 
apiece and made a profit of $898." 

"Didn't anyone complain?" 

"Just the guy who won. So I gave him his two dollars back."