There is the story of the Spanish peasant who decided to take his donkey to market in order to make sufficient money to feed his large family for another week.
As it was a hot day,he decided to ride the donkey,leaving his twelve year old son to walk beside him.
"Look," said the local busybodies, "That selfish man is riding his donkey,while his poor son trudges through the heat on foot.Disgusting!"
The farmer was embarrassed and dismounted,letting his son ride the donkey.
"Look at at lazy young man,riding in comfort in the heat of the day,while his poor old father struggles through the heat on foot," said the onlookers.
The father ordered his son to dismount.
As they walked through the heat side by side with the donkey ,an onlooker remarked,"Look as those two idiots,you would think one would have enough sense to ride!"
They had just reached a bridge over a deep ravine by this time.
"To hell with the lot of you"cried the farmer as he hefted his donkey over the rails into the ravine.