Young Paddy moved to Kent and 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 Paddy, but I have some bad news, the donkey died."
Paddy replied, "Well, then just give me my money back."
The farmer said, "Can't do that. I went and spent it already."
Paddy said, "Ok, then, just bring me the dead donkey."
The farmer asked, "What are you going do with him?"
P addy said, "I'm going to raffle him off."
The farmer said, "You can't raffle off a dead donkey!"
Paddy said, "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 quid a piece and made a profit of £998."
The farmer said, "Didn't anyone complain?" Paddy said, "Just the guy who won. So I gave him his two quid back."

Paddy now works as a personal advisor to Gordon Brown in the Treasury.