A farmer’s donkey died, and needing one for many of his farm chores, he called a donkey breeder a couple of counties away. The breeder had a donkey for sale for $100, so it was agreed that the farmer would send in his money, and the breeder would have the donkey trucked to the famer. Sadly, when the truck arrived a week later, the donkey had died.
The farmer called the breeder and said," Hey, the donkey arrived dead."
The breeder said, "That's terrible, What'll we do?"
The farmer said, "Well, you can send me another donkey."
The breeder said, "Well, I don't have any more now."
The farmer said, "Well, you can send me my money back."
The breeder said, "That'll be hard, cause I already spent it."
So the farmer said, ""That's OK, I'll just raffle off the donkey."
The breeder says, "You can't raffle off a dead donkey."
The farmer says, "Don't worry, I'll handle it."
A couple of weeks pass, and the breeder's wondering what happened, He calls the farmer to ask how the raffle went, and the farmer says "Well, it went OK. I sold 500 tickets at $2.00 apiece.”
Stunned, the breeder says, "Wow, I'll bet people were mad when they discovered the donkey was dead!" Said the farmer, "Well, only the guy who won, so I gave his $2.00 back!"