[lit-ideas] Southern Humor
- From: John McCreery <mccreery@xxxxxxx>
- To: lit-ideas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Mon, 28 Feb 2005 17:59:59 +0900
Courtesy of Ms. Amy Burks, State Vice Chair, Democratic Party, Alabama.
>> Shamelessly lifted from a column by John Allen, Rome correspondent
>> for the National Catholic Reporter:
>>
>> A lawyer from the East Coast is duck hunting in alabama, and at one
>> stage he spots a duck, takes aim, and drops it. He begins walking to
>> pick it up, but comes across a fence clearly marked "private
>> property." Feeling justified in reclaiming his duck, he starts to
>> climb over. Just then the farmer appears.
>>
>> "What do you think you're doing?" he asks.
>>
>> "Picking up my duck," the lawyer replies.
>>
>> "No way," the farmer says. "That duck landed on my property."
>>
>> "Look, you don't understand," the lawyer says. "I'm one of the best
>> trial lawyers in the United States, and if you don't let me have that
>> duck, I'll sue you."
>>
>> The farmer sighs.
>>
>> "That may be the way you handle problems where you come from, but
>> around here we have something called the Three-Kick Rule," he said.
>>
>> "What's that?"
>>
>> "Basically, I kick you three times, you kick me three times, and we
>> keep going until somebody gives up. Whoever wins keeps the duck."
>>
>> The lawyer decides this will probably be less expensive than a
>> lawsuit, and agrees.
>>
>> The farmer walks up and promptly kicks the lawyer hard in the private
>> parts, bringing him to the ground. Then he gives him a shot to the
>> face, almost breaking his nose. Finally he delivers a swift kick to
>> the kidney, eliciting a cry of deep pain. The lawyer is writing in
>> agony, but finally manages to bring himself to his feet.
>>
>> "Okay, you old coot," he says, "now it's my turn."
>>
>> "Nah, that's alright," the farmer responds, smiling. I give up. You
>> can keep the duck."
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