
The Parable of Tony and the Dead Donkey.
A young man named Tony bought a donkey from a farmer for £100.
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 I'm afraid he's dead."
Tony replied, "Well
then, just give me my money back."
The farmer said, "I Can't do that. I went and spent it
already."
Tony said, "OK then, just unload the donkey anyway".
The farmer asked, "What are ya gonna do with him?"
Tony said, "I'm going to raffle him off."
The farmer exclaimed, "You can't raffle off a dead
donkey!"
But Tony, 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 Tony and asked, "What happened with that dead donkey?"
Tony said, "I raffled him off. I sold 500 tickets at two pounds a piece and made a profit of £798.00."
Totally amazed, the farmer asked, "Didn't anyone complain that you had Stolen their money because you lied about the donkey being dead?"
Tony 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 really great guy."
Tony grew up and
eventually became the Prime Minister of Britain, 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.
The end.