I Laughed then Thought about it.

angel · Joined: 28 Jun 2006 Posts: 4751 Location: essex

A young Scotsman named Gordon bought a donkey from an old farmer for
£100..00.

The farmer agreed to deliver the donkey the next day.
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."

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

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

Gordon said, "OK then, just unload the donkey anyway".

The farmer asked, "What are ya gonna do with him?"

Gordon said, "I'm going to raffle him off."

To which the farmer exclaimed, "You can't raffle off a dead donkey!"

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."

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

Gordon said, "I raffled him off. I sold 500 tickets at two pounds a
piece
and made a huge profit"

Totally amazed, the farmer asked, "Didn't anyone complain that you had
stolen their money because you lied about the donkey being dead?"

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. 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."

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

jtheb · Joined: 21 Jun 2006 Posts: 1451 Location: second childhood

Has someone removed the rest of this thread?
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Eddie c · Joined: 16 Sep 2006 Posts: 685 Location: Manchester

Have they?
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jtheb · Joined: 21 Jun 2006 Posts: 1451 Location: second childhood

Yes Helena had posted a reply and so had I. And I think at least one other.

One of life's little mysteries.
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crystal · Joined: 04 Apr 2007 Posts: 308

I also posted a reply to the original of this as posted by eddie. I was surprised when I saw it re posted in angel's name.
So John you are not imagining it there is some messing around going on.

jtheb · Joined: 21 Jun 2006 Posts: 1451 Location: second childhood

I'll see if the mods know anything
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keepingthefaith · Guest

No I haven't been doing any editing to be honest I haven't even read this thread till now Ive had some problems and can't be in the forum as much as I would like to be ATM i'm sure there is an explanation

angel · Joined: 28 Jun 2006 Posts: 4751 Location: essex

I posted this yesterday,
Maybe Eddie has Posted it somewhere else, under a different Heading.

Great minds and all that Icon_biggrin