DONKEY RAFFLE

A city boy, John, moved to the desert and bought a donkey from an
old farmer for $100. The farmer agreed to deliver the mule 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 city boy and asked, "Hey
John, what happened with that dead donkey?"

"I raffled him off. I sold five hundred tickets at two dollars a
piece and made a profit of $898.00"

"Didn't anyone complain?"

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