{"id":2862,"date":"2021-05-22T08:03:51","date_gmt":"2021-05-22T08:03:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.getfunwith.com\/story\/?p=2862"},"modified":"2021-05-31T12:19:24","modified_gmt":"2021-05-31T12:19:24","slug":"once-upon-a-time-in-a-village-a-man-appeared-and-announced-to-the-villagers-that-he-would-buy-monkeys-for-10-each","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.getfunwith.com\/story\/once-upon-a-time-in-a-village-a-man-appeared-and-announced-to-the-villagers-that-he-would-buy-monkeys-for-10-each\/","title":{"rendered":"Once upon a time in a village, a man appeared and announced to the villagers that he would buy monkeys for $10 each&#8230;"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The villagers, seeing that there were many monkeys around, went out to the forest and started catching them.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The man bought thousands at $10 and as supply started to diminish, the villagers stopped their effort. He further announced that he would now buy at $20. This renewed the efforts of the villagers and they started catching monkeys again.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Soon the supply diminished even further and people started going back to their farms. The offer increased to $25 each and the supply of monkeys became so little that it was an effort to even see a monkey, let alone catch it!<\/p>\n\n\n\n <div style=\"margin-top:50px; margin-bottom:5px; text-align:center; color:#c1bdbd;\">ADVERTISEMENT<\/div>\r\n<script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- Jokes -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-6695910881285465\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"9339555086\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"\r\n     data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script>\r\n<\/br><\/br><\/br>\n\n\n\n<p>The man now announced that he would buy monkeys at $50! However, since he had to go to the city on some business, his assistant would now buy on behalf of him.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In the absence of the man, the assistant told the villagers; &#8220;Look at all these monkeys in the big cage that the man has collected. I will sell them to you at $35 and when the man returns from the city, you can sell them to him for $50 each.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The villagers rounded up with all their savings and bought all the monkeys.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>They never saw the man nor his assistant, only monkeys everywhere!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Now you have a better understanding of how the cryptocurrency market works.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"683\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/www.getfunwith.com\/story\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/JokePin-23-683x1024.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2863\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.getfunwith.com\/story\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/JokePin-23-683x1024.png 683w, https:\/\/www.getfunwith.com\/story\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/JokePin-23-200x300.png 200w, https:\/\/www.getfunwith.com\/story\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/JokePin-23-768x1152.png 768w, https:\/\/www.getfunwith.com\/story\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/JokePin-23.png 1000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 683px) 100vw, 683px\" \/><\/figure>\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The villagers, seeing that there were many monkeys around, went out to the forest and started catching them. 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