A lawyer and an Irishman are sitting next to each other on a long
flight. The lawyer is thinking that the Irish are so dumb that he
could get over on them easy...So the lawyer asks if the Irishman would
like to play a fun game.
The Irishman 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
Irishman 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 Irishman 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 Irishman'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 Irishman and
hands him $500. The Irishman pockets the $500 and goes right back to
sleep.
The lawyer is going nuts not knowing the answer. He wakes the Irishman
up and asks, 'Well, so what goes up a hill with three legs and comes
down with four?'
The Irishman reaches in his pocket, hands the lawyer $5 and goes back
to sleep.