Here's a nice story about a famous American....
How come I never thought of that? Hrmm.
Quite True..!

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A city boy, Kenny, moved to the country and bought a
donkey from an old farmer for $100. The farmer agreed
to deliver the donkey the next day. The next day the
farmer drove up and said, "Sorry son, but I have some
bad news, the donkey died last night." 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 unload the donkey."
The farmer asked: "What ya goanna do with him?"
Kenny: "I'm going to raffle him off." (Note: To raffle
is to sell a thing by lottery - draw lot to a group of
people each paying the same amount for a
ticket)
Farmer: "You can't raffle off a dead donkey!" Kenny:
"Sure ! I can. Watch me. I just won't tell anybody
he's dead." A month later the farmer met up with Kenny
and asked, "What happened with that dead donkey?"
Kenny: "I raffled him off. I sold 500 tickets at two
dollars apiece and made a profit of $898."
Farmer: "Didn't anyone complain?"
Kenny: "Just the guy who won. So I gave him back his
two dollars." Kenny grew up and eventually became the
chairman of Enron (Kenneth Lay).

Morale of the story : You have to be a con-artist to
be rich.