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Date Posted: 16:03:16 06/09/01 Sat
Author: Daniel
Subject: Raffle!

Old farmer Ben noticed that his neighbor, Zeke, who lived a mile down the road, had a horse for sale.
(Ben) "How much do you want for that horse?"
(Zeke) "Fifty dollars."
(Ben) "You gotta deal."
Ben paid him the $50 and said "I'll come by tomorrow morning with my pick-up truck to get him."
That night, the horse dropped dead! The next morning, Ben came by and saw the horse stretched out stiff as a board in the yard.
(Ben) "Hey Zeke! That damn horse is dead! I want my money back!"
(Zeke) :Sorry, when I sold him to you he was alive. So, dead or alive, he's your horse now!"
Ben, fuming and calling Zeke several choice names, dragged the dead carcass over to his truck, piled him up onto the bed of the vehicle, and went wheeling out of the driveway.
Two weeks later the two men met in town.
(Ben) "Hey, how are you doin', Zeke? How's the family?"
(Zeke) "Fine, thank you! Er, you aren't mad at me anymore for selling you that dead horse?"
(Ben) "Aw, hell no! In fact, I made a profit on him!"
(Zeke) "A profit? How?"
(Ben) "I raffled him off, a dollar a chance! Sold a hundred tickets! Doubled my money!"
(Zeke) "But ... weren't those people mad when they found out you were raffling off a dead horse!?"
(Ben) "Only the guy that won! ... And I gave him his dollar back!"

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