Rumor is that thief will be your next PM!
Cheers,
Alan
'53 BN1 '64 BJ8
On 3/31/06, Per Schoerner <healeyguy@bredband.net> wrote:
> This story was sent to me earlier today and I thought it would fit in the
> Friday funnies. It might even be true.
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> A young man named Gordon bought a donkey from an old farmer for #100.00. The
> farmer agreed to deliver the donkey the next day.
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> When the farmer drove up the next day, he said, "Sorry son, but I have some
> bad news... the donkey is on my truck, but he's dead."
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> Gordon replied, "Well then, just give me my money back."
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> The farmer said, "I can't do that. I went and spent it already."
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> Gordon said, "OK then, just unload the donkey anyway".
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> The farmer asked, "What are ya gonna do with him?"
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> Gordon said, "I'm going to raffle him off."
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> To which the farmer exclaimed, "You can't raffle off a dead donkey!"
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> But Gordon , with a big smile on his face, said "Sure I can. Watch me. I
> just won't tell anybody that he's dead."
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> A month later the farmer met up with Gordon and asked, "What happened with
> that dead donkey?"
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> Gordon said, "I raffled him off. I sold 500 tickets at two pounds a piece
> and made a huge profit"
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> Totally amazed, the farmer asked, "Didn't anyone complain that you had
> stolen their money because you lied about the donkey being dead?"
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> And Gordon replied, "The only guy who found out about the donkey being dead
> was the raffle winner, when he came to claim his prize.
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> So I gave him his #2 back plus #200 extra, which is double the going value
> of a donkey, so he thought I was a great guy."
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> Gordon grew up and eventually became the Chancellor of the Exchequer, and no
> matter how many times he lied or how much money he stole from British
> voters, as long as he gave them back some of the stolen money, most of them
> thought he was a great guy.
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