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Friday, March 28, 2003

 

Lawyer Joke of the Day

A big-city lawyer, from Washington, D.C., went duck
hunting in the South Carolina Low country. He shot and
dropped a bird, but it fell in to a farmer's field on
the other side of a fence. As the lawyer climbed over
the fence, an elderly farmer drove up on his tractor
and asked him what he was doing.

The litigator responded, "I shot a duck and it fell in
this field, and now I'm going in to retrieve it." The
old farmer replied. "This is my property, and you are
not coming over here." The indignant lawyer said, "I
am one of the best trial attorneys in the US and if
you don't let me get that duck, I'll sue you and take
everything you own."

The old farmer smiled and said, "Apparently, you don't
know how we do things in South Carolina. Down here we
settle small disagreements like this with the
Three-Kick Rule." The lawyer asked, "A Three Kick
Rule. What is the Three-Kick Rule?" The Farmer
replied, "Well, first I kick you three times, and then
you kick me three times, and so on, back and forth,
until someone gives up."

The attorney quickly thought about the proposed
contest and decided that he could easily take the old
codger. He agreed to abide by the local custom.
The old farmer slowly climbed down from the tractor
and walked up to the city feller. His first kick
planted the toe of his heavy work boot into the
lawyer's groin and dropped him to his knees. His
second kick nearly wiped the man's nose off his face.
The attorney was flat on his belly when the farmer's
third kick to the kidney area nearly caused him to
give up. The lawyer summoned every bit of his will,
managed to get to his feet, and said, "Okay, you old
coot, now it's my turn."

The old farmer smiled and said, "Naw, I give up. You
can have the duck."

Laura_WD 11:44 PM