Two fellows saw a FOR SALE ad for a mule for $100 in the Starkville Daily News, the local newspaper of Starkville, Mississippi.
They bought the mule.
The farmer agreed to deliver the mule the next day.
However, the next morning the farmer drove up and said, "Sorry, fellows, I have some bad news, the mule died last night."
The buyers replied, "Well, then just give us our money back."
The farmer said, "Can't do that. I went and spent it already."
They said, "OK then, just bring us the dead mule."
The farmer asked, "What in the world are ya'll gonna do with a dead mule?"
One of the fellows said, "We gonna raffle him off."
The farmer said, "You can't raffle off a dead mule!"
The other fellow said, "We shore can! Heck, we don't hafta tell nobody the mule's dead!"
A couple of weeks later, the farmer ran into the two guys at the local Piggly-Wiggly Supermarket and asked them, "What'd you fellers ever do with that dead mule?"
They said, "We raffled him off like we said we wuz gonna do."
One of the guys said, "Shucks, we sold 500 tickets fer $2 apiece and made a profit of $998!"
The farmer said, "My Lord, didn't anyone complain?"
The other guy said, "Well, the feller who won got upset. So we gave him back his two dollars."
The two guys now work for the US government, and they're overseeing the federal bailout program.
Limit all US politicians to two terms: one in office, one in jail.
~Contributed by Ralph
They bought the mule.
The farmer agreed to deliver the mule the next day.
However, the next morning the farmer drove up and said, "Sorry, fellows, I have some bad news, the mule died last night."
The buyers replied, "Well, then just give us our money back."
The farmer said, "Can't do that. I went and spent it already."
They said, "OK then, just bring us the dead mule."
The farmer asked, "What in the world are ya'll gonna do with a dead mule?"
One of the fellows said, "We gonna raffle him off."
The farmer said, "You can't raffle off a dead mule!"
The other fellow said, "We shore can! Heck, we don't hafta tell nobody the mule's dead!"
A couple of weeks later, the farmer ran into the two guys at the local Piggly-Wiggly Supermarket and asked them, "What'd you fellers ever do with that dead mule?"
They said, "We raffled him off like we said we wuz gonna do."
One of the guys said, "Shucks, we sold 500 tickets fer $2 apiece and made a profit of $998!"
The farmer said, "My Lord, didn't anyone complain?"
The other guy said, "Well, the feller who won got upset. So we gave him back his two dollars."
The two guys now work for the US government, and they're overseeing the federal bailout program.
Limit all US politicians to two terms: one in office, one in jail.
~Contributed by Ralph
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