Carol
sent to us:
Subject: Don't mess with us Jocks
An English lawyer and an Scotsman
are sitting next to each other on a
long flight. The lawyer is
thinking that Scotsmen are so dumb that he
could put something over on
them easily. So the lawyer asks if the
Scotsman would like to play
a fun game.
The Scotsman is tired and just wants to take a nap, so he politely
declines and tries to catch
a few winks. The English 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
Scotsman's 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 Scotsman doesn't say a
word, reaches in his pocket pulls out a five-pound note, and hands it to the
lawyer.
Now, it's the Scotsman'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 Scotsman and hands him £500. The Scotsman
pockets the £500 and goes right back to sleep.
The lawyer is going nuts not knowing the answer. He wakes the Scotsman
up and asks, 'Well, so what
goes up a hill with three legs and comes
down with four?'
The Scotsman reaches in his
pocket, hands the lawyer £5 and goes back to
sleep.
Don't mess with the Scots.
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