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 last night."
Ben replied: "Well then, just give me my money back."
The farmer said: "Can't do that. I went and spent it
already."
Ben said: "OK then, just unload the donkey."
The farmer asked: "What ya gonna do with him?"
Ben: "I'm going to raffle him off."
(Note: To raffle is to sell a thing by lottery - draw
lot - to a group of people each paying the same amount
for a ticket)
Farmer: "You can't raffle off a dead donkey!"
Ben: "Sure I can. Watch me. I just won't tell
anybody he's dead."
A month later the farmer met up with Ben and asked,
"What happened with that dead donkey?"
Ben: "I raffled him off. I sold 500 tickets at two
dollars a piece and made a profit of $998.00."
Farmer: "Didn't anyone complain?"
Ben: "Just the guy who won. So I gave him back his
two dollars."
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hmmm..is that being smart or "exploitative" ?...
Rumor has it that Ben grew up and eventually became
the chairman of a very big US company..?!? !?!?.....
of course, rumor has it too that the said company
evetually collapsed under his watch....hmmm. ...
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