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 A lawyer and a Newfie are sitting next to each other on a
3 N" T" q3 g4 X/ _% a+ g9 T. Llong flight. The lawyer is thinking that newfies are so dumb
" O s0 C6 p1 d" u+ ?" |$ Pthat he could get over on them easy...So the lawyer asks if
. @8 P2 O, B9 @- Jthe newfie would like to play a fun game. 4 z, J1 {* N1 g7 u, b
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The newfie is tired and just wants to take a nap, so
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: D0 \- h- b4 Z+ W# V! \+ K lawyer persists, and says that the game is a lot of fun. I9 r& I' i9 C8 S6 o! K; Y
ask you a question, and if you don't know the answer,
, R7 l1 |$ x( g7 u4 Byou pay me only $5. ( Z" D3 e% _, s( K
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You ask me one, and if I don't know the answer, I- s, W" e; w/ w2 n
will pay you $500.
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1 M' }1 f* u( q. f' h4 f This catches the newfie's attention and to keep0 j9 j5 e. l1 D8 z! t- L! h7 ]
the lawyer quiet, he agrees to play the game. p$ ` w% N& b" Z, z. ]& S
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The lawyer asks the first question. 'What's
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0 J5 K8 v C! c& O1 g4 _The newfie doesn't say a word, reaches in his9 l5 q0 K. l0 ?* ~0 ~, y
pocket pulls out a five-dollar bill, and hands it to the3 K, q0 T- t4 x* x% B' ]/ T3 _2 s
lawyer. 9 ? b# s7 D, | O" f; V
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Now, it's the newfie's turn.# n7 ~ W4 ~' ` O( @
: c8 ^2 b6 a/ {, q2 z2 @" U+ q& }He asks the lawyer, 'What goes up a hill with. }, j, \2 U3 Q& `8 P
three legs, and comes down with four?'
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The lawyer uses his laptop and searches all
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the smart friends he knows, all to no avail. After one hour
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hands him $500. The newfie pockets the $500 and goes right
/ N6 C0 j2 J) D# F' q: W4 nback to sleep.
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% k, j* N1 R* O- c' aThe lawyer is going nuts not knowing the answer. He: h% c* D7 _( f$ q$ o
wakes the newfie up and asks, U; }4 k N5 x6 j+ m( Z, q- o
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'Well, so what goes up a hill with three legs and$ Q5 m* K3 U# A; B1 w4 `4 N( K8 N
comes down with four?'
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: X5 a) T2 P9 t' R' xThe newfie reaches in his pocket, hands the lawyer $57 \# A1 n# s. o ^
and goes back to sleep.4 r+ n, B- ]$ x. ^4 O3 S. G' O
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