A male lawyer and a blonde woman are sitting next to each other on a long
flight from LA to NY. The lawyer leans over to her and asks if she would
like to play a fun game. The blonde is tired and just wants to take a nap,
so she politely declines and rolls over to the window to catch a few winks.
The lawyer persists, saying that the game is really easy and a lot of fun.
He explains how the game works: "I
ask you a question, and if you don‘t know the answer, you pay me, and
visa-versa." Again, she politely declines and tries to get some sleep.
The chauvinistic lawyer figures that
since his opponent is a blonde he will easily win the match, so he makes
another offer: "Okay, how about this, if you don‘t know the answer you pay
me only $5, but if I don‘t know the answer, I will pay you $500."
This catches the blonde‘s attention
and, figuring that there will be no end to this torment unless she plays,
she agrees to play the game.
The lawyer asks the first question.
"What‘s the distance from the earth to the moon?" The blonde doesn‘t say a
word, reaches in to her purse, pulls out a five-dollar bill, and hands it to
the lawyer.
Now, it‘s the blonde‘s turn. She
asks the lawyer, "What goes up a hill with three legs, and comes down with
four?"
The lawyer looks at her with a
puzzled look. He takes out his laptop computer and searches all his
references. He taps into the Airphone with his modem and searches the Net
and even the Library of Congress. Frustrated, he sends E-mails to all his
coworkers and friends he knows. All to no avail.
After an hour of searching for
the answer he finally gives up. He wakes the blonde and hands her $500. The
blonde politely takes the money and turns away to get back to sleep.
The lawyer, who is more than a
little frustrated, wakes the blonde and asks, "Well, so what IS the answer?"
Again without a word, the blonde
reaches into her purse, hands the lawyer $5, and goes back to sleep.
