De Ierse Bankencrisis

Young Paddy bought a donkey from a farmer for £ 100.

The farmer agreed to deliver the donkey the next day...

The next day he drove up and said: 'Sorry son, but I have some bad news. The donkey's died.'

Paddy replied: 'Well then just give me my money back.'

The farmer: 'Can't do that. I've already spent it.'

Paddy said: 'OK, then, just bring me the dead donkey.'

The farmer asked: 'What are you going to do with him?'

Paddy: 'I'm going to raffle him off.'

The farmer: 'You can't raffle a dead donkey!'

Paddy: 'Sure I can. Watch me. I just won't tell anybody he's dead.'

A month later, the farmer met up with Paddy and asked: 'What happened with that dead donkey?'

Paddy said: 'I raffled him off.

I sold 500 tickets at two pounds a piece and made a profit of £ 898'

The farmer: 'Didn't anyone complain?'

Paddy: 'Just the guy who won. So I gave him his two pounds back.'

Paddy now works for Anglo Irish Bank...