A lawyer and a Jamaican man happen to be sitting next to each other on
a long flight from L.A. to New York . The lawyer leans over to him and
asks if he would like to play a fun game. The Jamaican is tired and just wants
to take a nap, so he 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 vice-versa.” Again, the Jamaican
politely declines and tries to get some sleep.
The lawyer figures that since his opponent is a Jamaican 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 Jamaican’s attention and, figuring that there will be
no end to this torment unless he plays, he agrees to play the game.
The lawyer asks the first question. “What’s the distance from the earth
to the moon?”
The Jamaican doesn’t say a word, reaches in to his wallet, pulls out a
five-dollar bill, and hands it to the lawyer.
Now, it’s the Jamaican’s turn. He asks the lawyer . . “What goes up a
hill with three legs, and comes down with four?”
The lawyer looks at him with a puzzled look. He takes out his laptop
computer and searches all his references. He taps into the Air-phone
with his modem and searches the Net and even the Library of Congress.
Frustrated he sends E-mails to all his co-workers and friends he knows.
All to no avail. After over an hour of searching for the answer he finally
gives up.
He wakes the Jamaican and hands him $500. The Jamaican politely takes
the $500 and turns away to get back to sleep. The lawyer, who cannot
imagine what the answer is, and is going nuts trying to figure it out,
is more than a little frustrated! He wakes the Jamaican and asks . . “Well, so what
goes up a hill with three legs and comes down with four?”?
The Jamaican reaches into his wallet, hands the lawyer $5, and goes back to
sleep.
