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 A lawyer and a Newfie are sitting next to each other on a
9 D& ~6 S# m3 y8 Flong flight. The lawyer is thinking that newfies are so dumb; A6 U1 d7 Q! s) T% D( w
that he could get over on them easy...So the lawyer asks if! F0 a& A; E5 w* ^, g- e
the newfie would like to play a fun game.
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( T9 W+ E3 n* [# @, h/ i* E! y The newfie is tired and just wants to take a nap, so
7 f+ R& ?, Y- i' u he politely declines and tries to catch a few winks. The8 M8 N4 t- t% p: `, Z3 y
lawyer persists, and says that the game is a lot of fun. I
9 @$ q) O3 y, n" o+ @2 G0 d4 eask you a question, and if you don't know the answer,
; { m% i f7 W. Q5 _you pay me only $5. ' i2 L+ T( |0 k4 z: N! I( w
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You ask me one, and if I don't know the answer, I+ y# q- X4 w6 y3 W6 W
will pay you $500. 5 `$ g# `' {8 w
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This catches the newfie's attention and to keep/ a* _. {7 q; t2 c" @) w7 {
the lawyer quiet, he agrees to play the game.
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3 e- |0 w. t0 }9 v% m7 EThe lawyer asks the first question. 'What's
\, M" A1 o3 h' e1 Ythe distance from The Earth to the Moon?' ) v/ I# J E; ^" m$ U+ P
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The newfie doesn't say a word, reaches in his
# e b% s. p8 \$ o+ P5 Vpocket pulls out a five-dollar bill, and hands it to the
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. S% Y. Q2 }/ L% z3 CNow, it's the newfie's turn.
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He asks the lawyer, 'What goes up a hill with
( u- C8 L9 Q5 ~% G0 }: Wthree legs, and comes down with four?' : p( C' E, h6 N8 Z
9 e7 g5 R. Z8 v3 n X7 a* e" ~4 v4 RThe lawyer uses his laptop and searches all4 W2 {1 R$ s0 K
references he could find on the Net. He sends e-mails to all
! A6 Z8 t. D. k/ K* n% m6 b8 m+ M& ~1 ~/ ythe smart friends he knows, all to no avail. After one hour# s% n' O, J2 O. }( O$ f
of searching he finally gives up. He wakes up the newfie and4 a, d+ s7 V9 ]6 N5 h' Z4 N8 p
hands him $500. The newfie pockets the $500 and goes right! X6 r# u1 |# A$ s
back to sleep. % b0 y& V& d$ v z0 ]8 I2 ~! D
( g8 I7 q, t) ]7 _1 JThe lawyer is going nuts not knowing the answer. He, H1 [( C1 t9 C
wakes the newfie up and asks, 6 @( |) s- c8 e3 d7 ?, c, D& r6 k
$ p: x( ^/ n7 }2 U- l* W" {' w'Well, so what goes up a hill with three legs and/ K3 D- ?$ F% ~7 L( i* G9 x
comes down with four?' . I- A. \( r1 N/ u- f
+ y3 u* d# q$ gThe newfie reaches in his pocket, hands the lawyer $5
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