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> GORDON AND THE DONKEY
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>A young man named Gordon bought a donkey from an old farmer for £100.00.
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>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."
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>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 him off."
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>To which the farmer exclaimed, "Surely you can't raffle off a dead donkey!"
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>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?"
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>Gordon said, "I raffled him off, sold 500 tickets at two pounds a
>piece, and made a huge, fat profit!!"
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>Totally amazed, the farmer asked, "Didn't anyone complain that you had
>stolen their money because you lied about the donkey being dead?"
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>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.
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>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 great guy!!
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>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
>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.
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>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.
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big smile baby!!!
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>A young man named Gordon bought a donkey from an old farmer for £100.00.
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>
>
>
>
>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."
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>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 him off."
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>To which the farmer exclaimed, "Surely you can't raffle off a dead donkey!"
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>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?"
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>Gordon said, "I raffled him off, sold 500 tickets at two pounds a
>piece, and made a huge, fat profit!!"
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>Totally amazed, the farmer asked, "Didn't anyone complain that you had
>stolen their money because you lied about the donkey being dead?"
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>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.
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>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 great guy!!
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>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
>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.
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>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.
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big smile baby!!!
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