A Lebanese man in Texas A clever Lebanese man moves to the Texas Republic. He wants to buy a mule, but when he goes to see the man he knows is selling one, he is told that the mule has died. ""No problem,"" says he. ""I will give you two dollars for the dead mule."" A few weeks later the mule seller runs into the Lebanese man in town, looking quite prosperous. He asked him what had happened. "" I raffled off the mule. I charged one dollar a ticket, and sold 700 tickets."" ""But weren't the winner upset that the mule was dead?"" ""I gave him his money back""