rebel with a cause
20th May 2002, 02:24
from my email:
For those who can't understand the Enron case, this is the simplest way to put it.
An old country farmer with serious financial problems bought a mule from another old farmer for $100, who agreed to deliver the mule the next day.
However, he drove up the next day only to report:
"I have some bad news, the mule died."
>"Well just give me my money back then."
"Can't, already spent it"
>"OK then, just unload the mule"
"What are ya gonna do with a dead mule?"
>"I'm gonna raffle him off."
"You can't raffle off a dead mule!!"
>"Sure I can, I just won't tell anyone he's dead."
A month later the two met up, the farmer who sold the mule asked:
"Whatever happened to the dead mule?"
>"I raffled him off, just like I said I would, I sold 500 tickets at $2 apiece and made a profit of $998."
"Did anyone complain?"
>"Just the guy who won, so I gave him his two bucks back."
For those who can't understand the Enron case, this is the simplest way to put it.
An old country farmer with serious financial problems bought a mule from another old farmer for $100, who agreed to deliver the mule the next day.
However, he drove up the next day only to report:
"I have some bad news, the mule died."
>"Well just give me my money back then."
"Can't, already spent it"
>"OK then, just unload the mule"
"What are ya gonna do with a dead mule?"
>"I'm gonna raffle him off."
"You can't raffle off a dead mule!!"
>"Sure I can, I just won't tell anyone he's dead."
A month later the two met up, the farmer who sold the mule asked:
"Whatever happened to the dead mule?"
>"I raffled him off, just like I said I would, I sold 500 tickets at $2 apiece and made a profit of $998."
"Did anyone complain?"
>"Just the guy who won, so I gave him his two bucks back."