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 A lawyer and a Newfie are sitting next to each other on a
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that he could get over on them easy...So the lawyer asks if
# Y6 h3 S% c1 P1 H: Hthe newfie would like to play a fun game. * j1 O$ k) u7 t" [8 I( V
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The newfie is tired and just wants to take a nap, so
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lawyer persists, and says that the game is a lot of fun. I
% Q3 p, C% j, r1 jask you a question, and if you don't know the answer,
$ n% ~+ p* k; R& l7 [0 H! }you pay me only $5. 7 r& q- p( ?' S# L; E
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You ask me one, and if I don't know the answer, I% _" I, A) P! u3 n7 `8 G/ j# [: ^3 B
will pay you $500.
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This catches the newfie's attention and to keep
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The lawyer asks the first question. 'What's: A1 \9 D( A3 Y3 h. d: q
the distance from The Earth to the Moon?' 5 o$ |8 L/ I3 E' P
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The newfie doesn't say a word, reaches in his+ u6 T" W5 \' O" N8 m
pocket pulls out a five-dollar bill, and hands it to the8 o+ q l2 R( H* W
lawyer. + |( K1 A* Y$ M3 T( `
) o8 x5 H5 I( z' j0 D$ t" V; M9 uNow, it's the newfie's turn.* q) X% n& f: G+ b, Z; ~, y" v+ R
7 c; x% R v8 m+ z8 OHe asks the lawyer, 'What goes up a hill with
C' u) S6 Z0 x, v% M, ~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
3 [$ v. J+ H: k8 {# W, f' J7 {of searching he finally gives up. He wakes up the newfie and% w- [0 j/ s% Z1 m) g
hands him $500. The newfie pockets the $500 and goes right
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; q+ w7 k$ d$ `2 r3 M! aThe lawyer is going nuts not knowing the answer. He( R* l' S9 R- |" I7 s3 o
wakes the newfie up and asks,
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: L7 J) ^* R @% Z1 U0 Y% e'Well, so what goes up a hill with three legs and( d) _7 F. J% x5 y
comes down with four?'
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+ k' v4 D2 u2 n7 F$ `The newfie reaches in his pocket, hands the lawyer $5% H8 e2 O1 ^0 Q3 U7 `: w" {7 Q
and goes back to sleep.
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