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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
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The newfie is tired and just wants to take a nap, so* }4 K# g; V1 S
he politely declines and tries to catch a few winks. The
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ask you a question, and if you don't know the answer,
2 ^1 f( a) ?6 V* z5 ]2 Pyou pay me only $5. : ~* i$ c. K9 }# w/ K$ E# L
5 F1 `6 T8 F; j0 }: Z2 J. e You ask me one, and if I don't know the answer, I0 R$ H+ p7 s8 R- Z7 P
will pay you $500. + f6 O! m1 X% ?2 [) n( V& i+ K
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This catches the newfie's attention and to keep
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; a9 }0 B9 h- m- K) [9 |+ U, sThe lawyer asks the first question. 'What's+ d* c5 p8 D2 n; G4 }8 e
the distance from The Earth to the Moon?'
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pocket pulls out a five-dollar bill, and hands it to the. L' @6 I4 F K8 p: Z
lawyer. 8 h4 ]# {% P5 N* t
( q7 [, W& S" Z! N! o* P1 kNow, it's the newfie's turn.
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* L) {, L9 K" {8 t$ DHe asks the lawyer, 'What goes up a hill with6 l% g& q+ r( V
three legs, and comes down with four?'
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The lawyer uses his laptop and searches all
# ~, N M$ K6 _7 ?# lreferences he could find on the Net. He sends e-mails to all
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of searching he finally gives up. He wakes up the newfie and
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back to sleep.
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& s: r) _9 g Z9 r+ _$ O2 ]2 gThe lawyer is going nuts not knowing the answer. He2 [ W4 m( v' s9 v
wakes the newfie up and asks,
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9 f7 H, k5 f& e" a'Well, so what goes up a hill with three legs and
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The newfie reaches in his pocket, hands the lawyer $5
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