The Donkey |
Boudreaux left Newfoundland and moved to Toronto and bought a donkey from an old farmer for $100. The farmer agreed to deliver the donkey the next day. The next day, the farmer drove up and said, "I'm sorry, but I have some bad news... the donkey died last night." "Well, den" said Boudreaux, "Jus' give my money back, yeah." "I can't do that Sir, I went and spent it already." "OK, den. Jus' unload dat donkey." "What are you gonna do with him?" "I'm gon-to raffle him off." "You can't raffle a dead donkey, you dumb Newfie!" "Well dats where you wrong. You wait you an' you learn how smart we Newfie's are!" A month later the farmer ran into the Newfie and asked, "What happened with that dead donkey?" "I raffled dat donkey off. I sold 500 tickets at two dollars apiece and made $998." "Didn't anyone complain?" "Just dat guy who won. So I gave him his two dollars back." |
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