Wednesday, March 18, 2009

Moneywise: What do you think this riddle means?

When Chuck was a young cowboy in Montana he bought a horse from a farmer for $100. The farmer agreed to deliver the horse the next day. The next day the farmer drove up and said, "Sorry son, but I have some bad news, the horse died." Chuck replied, "Well, then just give me my money back." The farmer said, "Can't do that. I went and spent it already." Chuck said, "Ok, then, just bring me the dead horse." The farmer asked, "What ya gonna do with him?" Chuck said, "I'm going to raffle him off." The farmer said, "You can't raffle off a dead horse!" Chuck said, "Sure I can, watch me. I just won't tell anybody he's dead."

A month later, the farmer met up with Chuck and asked, "What happened with that dead horse?" Chuck said, "I raffled him off. I sold 500 tickets at two dollars a piece and made a profit of $998." The farmer said, "Didn't anyone complain?" Chuck said, "Just the guy who won. So I gave him his two dollars back."

Chuck grew up and now works for the government. He's the one who figured out how this "bail-out" is going to work.

7 comments:

Anonymous said...

wow. that was funny.

Anonymous said...

tina nguyen 6th period

LOL! that was very clever. i believe that the riddle means that people will always find a way around a problem and benefit from it.

Anonymous said...

this is so funny!!!

but i believe it has a meaning of which is, profit. people did not care and do not care how they there money. as long as they make money. i feel sorry for the man that won that horse. WHO WANTS A DEAD HORSE?! like seriously. he just waisted his two dollars. ha. but now that little boy has money!

Anonymous said...

wow that is hilarious BRENDO...never underestimate the average man

Anonymous said...

Kelly Lam :)
Period 6

This was ideally intelligent. Who could have ever imagine that a farmer could alter into the head of the government. Don't judge a book by its cover!

Na Li Pd.6 said...

wow this is jsut so funny. I believe that this riddle means that you can't judge a person by their appearance. Some might look stupid but maybe they are smarter than you think ;)

Renzee said...

lol..dats was funni..