Monday, November 20, 2006

Raffles are gambling

After the Lutheran Zephyr posted regarding gambling, I found this joke and I couldn’t resist posting it. Did I tell you I hate raffles, especially in church.

Donkey Raffle

A Cajun named Jean Paul moved to Texas and bought a donkey from an old farmer for $100.00. The farmer agreed to deliver the donkey the next day. The next day the farmer drove up and said, "Sorry, but I got some bad news. The donkey died."

"Well then, just give me my money back."

"Cain't do that. I went and spent it already."

"OK then, just unload the donkey."

"What ya gonna do with em."

"I'm gonna raffle him off."

"Ya cain't raffle off a dead donkey!"

"Sure I can. Watch me. I just won't tell anyone he's dead."

A month later the farmer met up with the Cajun and asked, "What happened with the dead donkey?"

"I raffled him off. I sold 500 tickets at $2.00 apiece and made a profit of $898.00."

"Didn't no one complain?"

"Just the guy who won. So I gave him his $2.00 back."

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  1. Psalmist11/20/2006 11:36 PM

    Hahaha! I like that!

    Here's another one that could, with a little tweaking, follow yours very well:

    Father O'Malley rose from his bed. It was a fine spring day in his new Texas mission parish. He walked to the window of his bedroom to get a deep breath
    of the beautiful day outside. He then noticed there was a jackass lying dead in the middle of his front lawn. He promptly called the local police station. The conversation went like this:

    "Good morning. This is Sergeant Flaherty. How might I help you?"

    "And the best of the day te yerself. This is Father O'Malley at St.Brigid's. There's a jackass lying dead in me front lawn. Would ye be so kind as to send a couple o' yer lads to take care of the matter?"

    Sergeant Flaherty, considering himself to be quite a wit, replied with a smirk, "Well now father, it was always my impression that you people took care of last rites!"

    There was dead silence on the line for a long moment. Father O'Malley then replied: "Aye, that's certainly true, but we are also obliged to notify the next of kin."

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  2. LutherPunk11/21/2006 6:48 AM

    Funny! Good to read stuff like this when you first wake up.

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  3. Dorcas (aka SingingOwl)11/21/2006 6:11 PM

    hahahaha

    Thank you for the absolutely beautiful Thanksgiving E Card.

    WOW!

    Try to get some r and r, and have a good Thanksgiving!

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  4. David11/22/2006 6:54 AM

    Good stuff.....starting the day with a laugh.

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  5. Anonymous11/23/2006 5:05 AM

    I remember the first time I read that too. It is a great joke!!!

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