by Man from Modesto on Mon Sep 05, 2016 5:04 am
Engineer and the Lawyer
An old engineer retires and moves out to the country to tinker in his shop and grow wheat.
One day, the old engineer is on his tractor, cutting his wheat. Just as he reaches the end of his field, a hunter shoots a duck, which then falls into the engineer's field.
The engineer finds it and takes it to the tractor. Just as he reaches the tractor, the hunter arrives on the other side of the fence.
"That's my bird!" screams the man. "What are you doing? Give it to me!"
The engineer, who had planned on giving it to him anyway, says, "I can tell you're not from around here. In these parts, if a bird falls onto your land, it's yours."
"You don't know who I am," fumes the hunter. "I'm a famous attorney from the city. If you don't give me that bird, I'm going to file lawsuit after lawsuit against you until I own all your property."
The engineer shuts off the tractor engine and climbs down.
"Ya don't have to do all that. Around here, we got the three kicks rule, and we can settle this easily with that."
Curious, the lawyer asks, "What's the three kicks rule?"
"Works like this: First, I get to kick you three times. Then, you get to kick me three times. We keep going, back and forth, until one of us gives."
The attorney is in great shape. He eyes the old man in his dirty overalls and agrees to the contest.
"Since we're on my property, I go first," says the engineer.
He then kicks the lawyer square in the nuts. The lawyer doubles over, grabbing himself. The engineer then kicks the lawyer in the teeth. This sends him backward onto his rear. Finally, the engineer kicks him in the stomach, knocking all the air out of the lawyer.
The lawyer takes a few minutes to get his wind back, and regains his feet.
"Alright, old man," he says, "It's my turn and I'm a black belt in karate!"
The old man starts walking back to the tractor. "Take the bird," he says, "I give."