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  • Gordon and the defunct Donkey

    A young man named Gordon bought a donkey from an old farmer for

    £100.00.



    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."



    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."



    To which the farmer exclaimed, "Surely you can't raffle off a dead

    donkey!"



    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?"

    Gordon said, "I raffled him off, sold 500 tickets at two pounds a

    piece, and made a huge, fat profit!!"



    Totally amazed, the farmer asked, "Didn't anyone complain that you

    had stolen their money because you lied about the donkey being dead?"

    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.



    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!!



    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.



    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
    Semper in excretum. Solum profunda variat.

  • #2
    All I need now is a dead donkey!
    "Just go home rednecks!" Me, 28/03/2007

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    • #3
      Originally posted by RadioM View Post
      All I need now is a dead donkey!
      named Gordon

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      • #4
        Socialism disgusts me.

        We have the same problem here. Government takes our money. It gives some back in the name of welfare. And everyone thought it's the greatest thing.
        "Only Nixon can go to China." -- Old Vulcan proverb.

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        • #5
          Originally posted by gunnut View Post
          Socialism disgusts me.

          We have the same problem here. Government takes our money. It gives some back in the name of welfare. And everyone thought it's the greatest thing.
          Well, dear heart, it must be said there are countries where the hoi polloi are not taxed at all. They are not democracies, and we wouldn't like to live there.
          Semper in excretum. Solum profunda variat.

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          • #6
            I agree some tax is needed to fund national defense and highway system and to facilitate a process of choosing a government and courts. But taking money from the people and then give it back in the form of unemployment insurance and retirement fund is just wrong. If we like freedom so much, we should be able to buy our own insurance, from unemployment to health to retirement.
            "Only Nixon can go to China." -- Old Vulcan proverb.

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