Rodney & The Donkey

[Gumby]

THE TALE OF RODNEY AND THE DONKEY

A city boy, Rodney, 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."

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

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

Rodney said, "OK then, at least give me the donkey."

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

Rodney, "I'm going to raffle him off."

Farmer, " You can't raffle off a dead donkey!"

Rodney, "Sure I can. Watch me. I just won't tell anybody
he is dead."

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

Rodney, "I raffled him off. I sold 500 tickets at two dollars a piece and made a profit of $900.

Farmer, "Didn't anyone complain?"
Rodney, "Just the guy who won. So I gave him his two dollars back."

Rodney grew up and eventually became the chairman of HIH, FAI and OneTel

[craigb]

Is that the "homework" he was sprung helping his kids with?

[Zed]

Im glad the bastard in in the big house - he took some of mine too.

[Gumby]

Im glad the bastard in in the big house - he took some of mine too.

I had HIH shares too :mad:

[knucklehead]

I had HIH shares too :mad:

I had donkey shares

[AlexS]

I had donkey shares

Were they an ASSet?

[Daddles]

My son saw the funny side of this joke (I didn't read the last line). Perhaps the generation gulf isn't so wide after all

Richard

[soundman]

I remember seeing that guy touted as the key note speaker at business conferences. Didn't like him then. Wondered what sort of people wanted to hear what he had to say on how to run a business.

[Iain]

:confused: :confused: :confused: