Greybeards Joke For Today!?
A young man named Gordon bought a donkey from an old farmer for £100.00.
The farmer agreed to deliver the donkey the next day, but when the
farmer drove up he said, “Sorry son, but I have some bad news… the donkey
is on my truck, but unfortunately he’s dead.”
Gordon replied, “Well then, just give me my money back.”
The farmer said, “I can’t do that, because I’ve spent it already.”
Gordon said, “OK then, well just unload the donkey anyway.”
The farmer asked, “What are you going to do with him?”
Gordon answered, “I’m going to raffle
To which the farmer exclaimed, “Surely you can’t raffle off a dead donkey!”
But Gordon, with a wicked smile on his face said, “Of course I can,
you watch me. I just won’t bother to 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, sold 500 tickets at two pounds a
piece, and made a huge, fat profit!!”
Totally amazed, the farmer asked, “Didn’t anyone complain that you had
stolen their money because you lied about the donkey being dead?”
To which 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 raffle ticket money back plus an extra £200, which as
you know is double the going rate for a donkey, so he thought I was a
great guy!!”
Gordon grew up and eventually became the Chancellor of the Exchequer,
and then Prime Minister, and no matter how many times he lied, or how
much money he stole from the British voters, as long as he gave them back some of the stolen money, most of them, unfortunately, still thought he was a great guy.
The moral of this story is that, if you think Gordon is about to play
fair and do something for the everyday people of the country for once
in his miserable, lying life, think again my friend, because you’ll be
better off flogging a dead donkey!
Tags: Greybeards, Joke, Today
December 9th, 2009 at 2:01 pm
Excellent one Greybeard.!!!
True as well.!!!
10/10.!!!
December 9th, 2009 at 2:11 pm
wouldnt the donkey have stunk if it was dead…
December 9th, 2009 at 2:43 pm
Go back to the very beginning Sir! You will find a honest young man paid £100.00 for a donkey. The old farmer delivered a dead donkey and could not repay the money. The young man did not harm the old farmer, which is what most others would do. No Sir. He lost £100.00 but still managed to salvage victory from defeat! When people participate in a raffle they know that there can be just one winner and so are prepared to lose the £2 they paid for a ticket…the winner got enough money to buy two donkeys and the young man got his money back with something extra! Everyone is happy! I call that Great Management Sir! Perhaps you Sir, would like to tell us how you would have handled the situation had you been the young man who was delivered a dead donkey for £100.00.
December 9th, 2009 at 3:06 pm
Many a true word said in jest.
December 9th, 2009 at 3:12 pm
Vote Labour
December 9th, 2009 at 3:21 pm
Justin Wilson would be proud of you.
December 9th, 2009 at 4:16 pm
excellent…well written…haven’t heard that one before
December 9th, 2009 at 4:43 pm
You get my vote Greybeard
December 9th, 2009 at 5:25 pm
Hahaha!
December 9th, 2009 at 5:52 pm
ok you post a question in the jokes section about politics? dont quite know why you did that
December 9th, 2009 at 5:55 pm
Very good
December 9th, 2009 at 6:46 pm
Excellent comment on our pension thieving Prime Minister.