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Non-Tech : The Enron Scandal - Unmoderated -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Raymond Duray who wrote (2152)	6/3/2002 12:03:11 PM
From: James Calladine	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 3602

For Those Who Can't Understand The Enron Case. > >This is put in the simplest form so that everyone can understand. > >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, the next day he drove up and said, "Sorry, but I have some >bad news: The mule died." >"Well, then, just give me my money back." >"Can't do that. I went and spent it already." >"OK, then. Just unload the mule." >"What ya gonna do with a dead mule?" >"I'm going to raffle him off." >"You can't raffle off a dead mule!" >"Sure I can. I just won't tell anybody he's dead." >A month later the two met up and the farmer who sold the mule asked, >"Whatever happened with that dead mule?" >"I raffled him off just like I said I would. I sold 500 tickets at $2 >apiece and >made a profit of $898." >"Didn't anyone complain?" >"Just the guy who won. So I gave him his two dollars back."