08/31/01

A city boy in the Witness Protection Program moved to the
country 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."

"Okay 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,
"Whatever happened with that dead donkey?"

"I raffled him off.  I sold 500 tickets at two dollars
apiece and made a profit of $998. "

"Didn't anyone complain?"

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