dead horse

;DThe Dead Horse
>
> Young Chuck in Montana 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