The Old Farmer's Explanation Of The Economic Crisis

[Ning The Merciless]

Here is how the Old Farmer explains the current economic crisis...He tells a story about how one day he paid a considerable sum to a neighbor for a new mule. Well the next day he goes over to the neighbor's farm with his truck to get the mule and they both go down to the pasture only to find the mule stone dead. "I'm sorry" says the neighbor," But I've already spent your money." "Don't let it bother you," Says the Old Farmer, "Jest load the mule on my truck and I'll take care of it." And he drives off with the dead mule. About a month later the neighbor runs across OF at the grocery store and buttonholes him next to the onions. "What did you do about that mule?" "I sold enough raffle tickets at $2 each to make a tidy profit on what I paid you. The mule was the prize." The neighbor was taken aback. "Well didn't the winner complain when he found out he'd won a dead mule?" "He shore did, so I gave him his two bucks back."