Trading Mules
Dec 14, 2020 10:49:21 #
Trading Mules
Curtis & Leroy Mule Traders
Curtis & Leroy saw an ad in the Herald-Citizen in Cookeville, Tn.
and bought a mule for $100.
The farmer agreed to deliver the mule the next day.
The next morning the farmer drove up and said,
"Sorry, fellows, I have some bad news, the mule died last night ."
Curtis & Leroy replied, "Well, then just give us our money back."
The farmer said, "Can't do that. I went and spent it already."
They said, "OK then, just bring us the dead mule."
The farmer asked, "What in the world ya'll gonna do with a dead mule?"
Curtis said, "We gonna raffle him off."
The farmer said, "You can't raffle off a dead mule!"
Leroy said, "We shore can! Heck, we don't hafta tell nobody he's dead!"
A couple of weeks later, the farmer ran into Curtis & Leroy
at the IGA grocery store and asked.
“What'd you fellers ever do with that dead mule?”
They said, "We raffled him off like we said we wuz gonna do."
Leroy said, "Shucks, we sold 1000 tickets fer two dollars apiece
and made a profit of $1998.00
The farmer said, "My Lord, didn't anyone complain?"
Curtis said, "Well, the feller who won got upset.
So we gave him his two dollars back."
Curtis and Leroy now work for the government.
Limit all U.S. politicians to two Terms.
One in office
One in prison
Curtis & Leroy Mule Traders
Curtis & Leroy saw an ad in the Herald-Citizen in Cookeville, Tn.
and bought a mule for $100.
The farmer agreed to deliver the mule the next day.
The next morning the farmer drove up and said,
"Sorry, fellows, I have some bad news, the mule died last night ."
Curtis & Leroy replied, "Well, then just give us our money back."
The farmer said, "Can't do that. I went and spent it already."
They said, "OK then, just bring us the dead mule."
The farmer asked, "What in the world ya'll gonna do with a dead mule?"
Curtis said, "We gonna raffle him off."
The farmer said, "You can't raffle off a dead mule!"
Leroy said, "We shore can! Heck, we don't hafta tell nobody he's dead!"
A couple of weeks later, the farmer ran into Curtis & Leroy
at the IGA grocery store and asked.
“What'd you fellers ever do with that dead mule?”
They said, "We raffled him off like we said we wuz gonna do."
Leroy said, "Shucks, we sold 1000 tickets fer two dollars apiece
and made a profit of $1998.00
The farmer said, "My Lord, didn't anyone complain?"
Curtis said, "Well, the feller who won got upset.
So we gave him his two dollars back."
Curtis and Leroy now work for the government.
Limit all U.S. politicians to two Terms.
One in office
One in prison
Dec 14, 2020 11:11:56 #
Oldsailor65 wrote:
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Good lesson learned by the farmer. And political limits!
Dec 14, 2020 11:50:28 #
Oldsailor65 wrote:
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I kept on reading this and something did not add up. I liked the story, but my math has the profit at $ 1898.
Dec 15, 2020 01:19:08 #
son of witless wrote:
I kept on reading this and something did not add up. I liked the story, but my math has the profit at $ 1898.
Good call!!
Dec 15, 2020 06:43:10 #
Dec 16, 2020 09:11:08 #
EmilyD wrote:
Good call!!
Well I am the product of a public school education, but sometimes I get lucky.
Dec 16, 2020 23:16:56 #
Hmmmm. I also went to public school but it figures out to a profit of $2000-2.00 = 1998 to me. What did I miss?
Dec 17, 2020 11:26:25 #
woodchuck wrote:
Hmmmm. I also went to public school but it figures out to a profit of $2000-2.00 = 1998 to me. What did I miss?
Perhaps I missed something in the wording, word problems notoriously throw in red herrings, Curtis and Leroy are still out the $ 100.00 that they paid to the farmer. I deducted that $ 100.00 from their profit, unless of course you believe they will collect from the farmer.
Dec 17, 2020 12:18:13 #
Dec 17, 2020 15:42:24 #
woodchuck wrote:
Okay. Good thinking. I forgot about that.
Well I wasn't 3rd grade arithmetic champion for nothing.
Dec 18, 2020 13:09:23 #
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