Can you sell a dead donkey? ...

Now this is what you call business...

Can you sell a dead donkey? (The determination required to be an

achiever)

A city boy, Kenny, moved to the country 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."

Kenny replied: "Well then, just give me my money back."

The farmer said: "Can't do that. I went and spent it already."

Kenny said: "OK then, just unload the donkey."

The farmer asked: "What ya gonna do with him?" Kenny: "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!"

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

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

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

Kenny grew up and eventually became the chairman of Enron .

Posted By: meeky on July 13th 2005 at 17:30:55

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