Gifts for Mother

Gifts for Mother

Three sons left home, went out on their own and prospered.
Getting back together, they discussed the gifts they were able to give
their elderly mother.

The first said, "I built a big house for our mother."

The second said," I sent her a Mercedes with a driver."

The third smiled and said, "I've got you both beat. You know how Mom
enjoys the Bible and you know she can't see very well. I sent her a
parrot that can recite the entire Bible. It took 20 monks in a monastery
12 years to teach him. I had to pledge to contribute $100,000.00 a year
for 10 years, but it was worth it. Mom just has to name the chapter and
verse and the parrot will recite it."

Soon thereafter, Mom sent out her letters of thanks:
"Million," she wrote the first son, "the house you built is so huge. I
live in only one room, but I have to clean the whole house."

"Marvin," she wrote to the second, "I am too old to travel. I stay home
all the time, so I never use the Mercedes. And the driver is so rude!"

"Dearest Melvin," she wrote to her third son, "You were the only son to
have the good sense to know what your mother likes. That chicken was
delicious."

Donkey Raffle

A hillbilly, young Kenny, moved to Texas and bought a donkey from a farmer for $100.00. 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 died."

Kenny replied, "Well, then, just give me my money back."

The farmer said, "Can't do that. I went and spent it already."

Kenny said, "Ok, then, just bring me the dead donkey."

The farmer asked, "What ya gonna do with him?"

Kenny said, "I'm going to raffle him off."

The farmer said, "You can't raffle off a dead donkey!"

Kenny said, "Sure I can. Watch me. I just won't tell anybody he is dead."

A month later, the farmer met up with Kenny and asked, "What happened with that dead donkey?"

Kenny said, "I raffled him off. I sold 500 tickets at two dollars a piece and made a profit of $998.00."

The farmer said, "Didn't anyone complain?"

Kenny said, "Just the guy who won. So I gave him his two dollars back."

Kenny grew up and eventually became the chairman of Enron.