A lawyer and an Italian are sitting next to each other on a long flight.
The lawyer is thinking that Italians are so dumb that he could get over
on
them easy...So the lawyer asks if the Italian would like to play a fun
game.
The Italian is tired and just wants to take a nap, so he politely
declines
and tries to catch a few winks. The lawyer persists, and says that the
game
is a lot of fun. I ask you a question, and if you don't know the
answer, you
pay me only $5; you ask me one, and if I don't know the answer, I will
pay
you $500, he says. This catches the Italians attention and to keep the
lawyer quiet, he agrees to play the game.
The lawyer asks the first question. 'What's the distance from The Earth
to
the Moon?' The Italian doesn't say a word, reaches in his pocket pulls
out a
five-dollar bill, and hands it to the lawyer.
Now, it's the Italian's turn. He asks the lawyer, 'What goes up a hill
with
three legs, and comes down with four?' The lawyer uses his laptop and
searches all references he could find on the Net. He sends e-mails to
all
the smart friends he knows, all to no avail. After one hour of
searching he
finally gives up. He wakes up the Italian and hands him $500. The
Italian
pockets the $500 and goes right back to sleep.
The lawyer is going nuts not knowing the answer. He wakes the Italian up
and asks, 'Well, so what goes up a hill with three legs and comes down
with
four?'
The Italian reaches in his pocket, hands the lawyer $5 and goes back to
sleep.
Don't mess with Italians.