A guy meets a friend walking a dog

So a guy is walking along by the river, comes across an old friend with a dog. Says "Hey! How's it going?" ...
The other guy says "ah man it's awful. I dunno ... I'm depressed, this dog and all ... "

"oh? What's wrong with the dog?"

"Nothing's wrong with the dog, the dogs perfect. It's amazing. But I can't keep him."

"Oh, perfect huh?"

"Yeah, you have no idea. He gets the newspaper for me in the morning, but he also cooks. Walking by this river bank right now he saved two babies from drowning. Last month he did my tax returns, and got money back... absolutely amazing ..."

"Hey, if he's that good, I'll take him"

"nah man ... He's too good"

"No, man, look, here's $100"

"Nah, I can't, he's too special. I just don't know what I'm going to do"

"Look, here's a thousand, actually here's $5000 bucks"

"Oh, okay" he takes the money and gives our man the dog.


2 weeks later the guy is walking down by the river dragging this dog behind him. Comes across the ex-owner again.

"Hey! How's it going with the dog?"

"This dog? This useless dog? You said he was amazing. He just sits by the front door and barks, that's all he does. I was conned."


"Hey", says the guy, "If you start off like that, you'll never sell him" ...