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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. I G8 r; w- M2 W; _: m# n# g# B2 B
ask you a question, and if you don't know the answer,+ ~( {) i A- u( m! O) o
you pay me only $5.
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You ask me one, and if I don't know the answer, I \+ j# R7 [( b2 n2 P! c5 h/ T
will pay you $500.
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This catches the newfie's attention and to keep
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( ^# F1 z- Q* a! x; zThe lawyer asks the first question. 'What's; p2 O% m7 W# E9 X
the distance from The Earth to the Moon?' 8 ?% N! J3 z. ?* k+ t
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The newfie doesn't say a word, reaches in his
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lawyer. # i1 m# S6 J6 q- d3 [ \9 l
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Now, it's the newfie's turn.
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1 K" q4 j9 k& ?8 r" T" AHe asks the lawyer, 'What goes up a hill with
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: i% J( {. `0 @4 }. |The lawyer uses his laptop and searches all7 J6 Z( P) w, Z% W
references 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 and5 Y7 q2 o3 A1 I7 L0 s( i
hands him $500. The newfie pockets the $500 and goes right( O1 A% N+ z2 P, `- g/ R
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- Z$ t3 L1 U- l4 E1 _9 qThe lawyer is going nuts not knowing the answer. He
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5 I# C4 Y; F) Y, D'Well, so what goes up a hill with three legs and
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$ ~& I. Q3 G9 a' t: CThe newfie reaches in his pocket, hands the lawyer $59 w9 @- t- T) z$ y
and goes back to sleep.
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