Two Dollars

[plmnjko]

Young Chuck moved to Montana and bought a horse from a farmer for $100.00. The farmer agreed to deliver the horse the next day.

The next day, he drove up and said, ‘Sorry, son, but I have some bad news. The horse died. ‘Chuck replied, ‘Well, then, just give me my money back.’
The farmer said, ‘Can’t do that. I went and spent it already.’

Chuck said, ‘Ok, then, just bring me the dead horse.’
The farmer asked, ‘What ya gonna do with him?’
Chuck said, ‘I’m going to raffle him off.’
The farmer said, ‘You can’t raffle off a dead horse!’
Chuck said, ‘Sure I can. Watch me. I just won’t tell anybody he’s dead.’

A month later, the farmer met up with Chuck and asked, ‘What happened with that dead horse?’
Chuck said, ‘I raffled him off. I sold 500 tickets at two dollars a piece and made a net profit of $998.00.’

The farmer said, ‘Didn’t anyone complain?’ Chuck said, ‘Just the guy who won. So I gave him his two dollars back.’

Chuck grew up and works for the government.

[Lindy]

LOL! An oldie but goodie. And Chuck should go to work for the government. Any business person would know that he made a gross profit of only $898.00 (since he also paid $100.00 for the dead horse.)

Lindy