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An old farmer in serious financial trouble put an ad selling a cow for $500.
Another farmer went to see it and they agreed to deliver the cow the next day, paying in advance. However, the next day the buyer came and old farmer said: I’m sorry, but I have some bad news. The cow died. “Well, then, give me my money back.” I can’t. I’ve spent it all, I was in debt. “I see, that’s fine give me the cow anyway.” What? And what are you going to do with a dead cow? “I’ll raffle it!” You cannot raffle a dead cow! “Sure I can! Only, I won’t tell anyone that the cow is dead…” A month later, the two farmers met again and the one who sold the cow asked: So what happened to the dead cow? “I raffled her as I’ve told you. I’ve sold 500 tickets at 5 dollars each and made a profit of 2495 dollars.” What? And nobody complained? “Just the guy who won the raffle. I gave him back the 5 dollars…”
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