A truck driver moved to Texas and bought a vanagon from an old farmer for $100. The farmer agreed to deliver the vanagon the next day. The next day the farmer drove up and said: "Sorry, but I have some bad news. The vanagon died (head gaskets)." "Well, then, just give me my money back." "Can't do that. I went and spent it already." "OK, then. Just unload the vanagon." "What ya gonna do with it?" "I'm going to raffle it off." "You can't raffle off a dead vanagon!" "Sure I can. Watch me. I just won't tell anybody it's dead." A month later the farmer met up with the truck driver and asked: "What happened with that dead vanagon?" "I raffled it off. I sold 450 tickets at two dollars apiece and I made a profit of $898." "Didn't anyone complain?" "Sure, but just the guy who won. So I gave him back his two dollars." Jere 90 GL 88 GL |
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