A city boy, Eddie, moved to the country and bought a donkey from an old farmer for $100. 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.”
Eddie replied, “Well then, just give me my money back.”
The farmer said, “Can’t do that. I went and spent it already.”
Eddie said, “OK, then just unload the donkey.”
The farmer asked, “What ya gonna do with him?”
Eddie: “I’m going to raffle him off.”
Farmer: “You can’t raffle off a dead donkey!”
Eddie: “Sure I can. Watch me. I just won’t tell anybody he is dead.”
A month later the farmer met up with Eddie and asked, “What happened with that dead donkey?”
Eddie: “I raffled him off. I sold 500 tickets at $2 a piece and made a profit of $998.00.”
Farmer: “Didn’t anyone complain?”
Eddie: “Just the guy who won. So I gave him his $2 back.”
Eddie grew up and eventually became the chairman of Sears