I think this explains the current economic crisis.

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nitrah55 · #1 Post by **nitrah55** » Fri Jan 16, 2009 12:32 pm

Farmer Lum bought Farmer Abner's mule for $100.

The next day, the mule died, and Farmer Lum wanted his $100 dollars back.

Abner wouldn't give it to him, so Lum said, "Ok, I'll make my money back. I'll raffle off the mule."

Lum said, "How you going to raffle off a dead mule?"

"I won't tell anyone it's dead," said Abner.

A few weeks later, Lum saw Abner and asked, "How'd the raffle go?"

Abner said, "Great. I sold 500 tickets at $2 each, and cleared $898."

Surprised, Lum asked, "Weren't the people mad when they found out you raffled a dead mule?"

Abner said, "Only the guy who won. And I gave him his two dollars back."

christie1111 · #2 Post by **christie1111** » Fri Jan 16, 2009 1:17 pm

That was funny!

Worth forwarding to a couple of people.

silverscreenselect · #3 Post by **silverscreenselect** » Fri Jan 16, 2009 2:08 pm

I know a guy named Max Bialystock who'd like to meet that farmer.

BackInTex · #4 Post by **BackInTex** » Sat Jan 17, 2009 9:55 pm

That IS funny. I did laugh out loud.

I think the names Abner and Lum helped.

VAdame · #5 Post by **VAdame** » Sat Jan 17, 2009 10:22 pm

BackInTex wrote:That IS funny. I did laugh out loud.

I think the names Abner and Lum helped.

I always thought it was "Lem" and Abner. Short for Lemuel?

ETA: Well, I looked it up -- is is Lum. Short for "Columbus!" Apparently I misheard it as a little kid and never found out the correct version till now.

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