The current banking crisis explained by an Irishman

[Graham]

ONLY AN IRISHMAN WOULD THINK OF THIS?????



A 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 said, '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 said
''I'm going to raffle him off''
The farmer said, 'You can't raffle 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 £2 each and made
a profit of £898.
The farmer said, 'Didn't anyone complain?'
Paddy said, 'Just the guy who won. So I gave him his £2 back.'
Paddy now works for the Royal Bank of Scotland .

 

[Andrew Prince]

If he REALLY worked for RBS his profit would have been £898+100+50! He would have borrowed the original £100 from his old granny and then written off the £100 debt as a loss because the donkey died And he would have sold the carcass to the knackers yard for £50 because the raffle winner got a refund and wouldn't have wanted a dead donkey