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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
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lawyer persists, and says that the game is a lot of fun. I6 S$ N% Q8 ?# g
ask you a question, and if you don't know the answer,9 \/ |& d" c4 K' @2 v6 f- ~
you pay me only $5.
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" c3 @/ s% {, J9 q& k You ask me one, and if I don't know the answer, I' y# c! ?( t. b
will pay you $500.
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` i8 o: D2 X1 M This catches the newfie's attention and to keep1 G, Q4 l/ S8 b2 s+ L- Z: r
the lawyer quiet, he agrees to play the game. . O n4 X; U) K; x8 R! {! s
9 \; O U4 \ R" Q3 x. tThe lawyer asks the first question. 'What's. s4 K2 k. a+ ]+ b) o( `4 S
the distance from The Earth to the Moon?'
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# n3 P! k) o# N( V6 e- q6 p1 iThe newfie doesn't say a word, reaches in his7 P4 m' R2 {. g; M+ M2 Z
pocket pulls out a five-dollar bill, and hands it to the
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Now, it's the newfie's turn.2 a o$ B2 h4 |& F: y% {
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He asks the lawyer, 'What goes up a hill with6 u8 S% A9 G$ W+ t4 }3 H& o( k6 A
three legs, and comes down with four?'
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The lawyer uses his laptop and searches all
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k! \" l* L v1 x- a' Bthe smart friends he knows, all to no avail. After one hour
4 c/ r7 B/ `1 @9 E/ B) ~& i9 Aof searching he finally gives up. He wakes up the newfie and
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7 _5 D o9 b# ]5 o+ L# p3 S5 KThe lawyer is going nuts not knowing the answer. He% T; M8 i h2 {: X9 W, R- e" b
wakes the newfie up and asks,
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, h4 C7 x# L+ P'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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