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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$ A2 x% R( `0 ?8 X' G3 R# b: _
the newfie would like to play a fun game. 2 i. H/ p, f: `; c( z
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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, j0 o4 O& m R2 J9 n7 K3 J* x
ask you a question, and if you don't know the answer,- T3 F% z6 B& U0 A& B1 y h P3 x( c
you pay me only $5.
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You ask me one, and if I don't know the answer, I
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the lawyer quiet, he agrees to play the game. 3 |' W0 k4 i8 i8 E" q% U* k. v
0 m! n }. S! x% L% yThe lawyer asks the first question. 'What's d4 J7 I1 [; u1 ?/ H
the distance from The Earth to the Moon?' ) v& N1 f6 u J4 j( p! g1 T1 X2 z
1 E) x' F, t) x6 y7 r: T' HThe newfie doesn't say a word, reaches in his
0 {( x' x' z; L4 W8 d- b* {pocket pulls out a five-dollar bill, and hands it to the( K) n7 {$ [; b- a8 W% O: a
lawyer.
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& g2 T7 c9 Y1 y% p1 ]6 \Now, it's the newfie's turn.
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5 x0 Z* u3 v) d& `3 WHe asks the lawyer, 'What goes up a hill with2 ~) k4 E: V( n' Q
three legs, and comes down with four?'
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% n& z$ q( B# C+ ZThe lawyer uses his laptop and searches all; M4 A1 q' Q+ e
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 and0 I7 t. }5 |: t- Y, U5 }
hands him $500. The newfie pockets the $500 and goes right
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The lawyer is going nuts not knowing the answer. He
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'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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