A Very Clever Blonde

"A Very Clever Blonde"*
*
A Blonde and a Lawyer are seated next to each
other on a flight from LA to NY. The lawyer asks
if she would like to play a fun game.
 
The blonde, tired, just wants to take a nap, politely
declines and rolls over to the window to catch a few winks.
 
The lawyer persists and explains that the game is
easy and a lot of fun. He explains, "I ask you a
question, and if you don't know the answer, you
pay me $5.00, and vice versa."
 
Again, she declines and tries to get some sleep. The
lawyer, now agitated, says, "Okay, if you don't know
the answer you pay me $5.00, and if I don't know
the answer, I will pay you $500.00." This catches
the blonde's attention and, figuring there will be no
end to this torment unless she plays, agrees to 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 into her purse, pulls
out a $5.00 bill and hands it to the lawyer.
 
Okay says the lawyer, your turn. She asks the
lawyer: "What goes up a hill with three legs and
comes down with four legs?"
 
The lawyer, puzzled, takes out his laptop computer
and searches all his references, no answer. He
taps into the air phone with his modem and searches
the net and the library of congress, no answer.
 
Frustrated, he sends e-mails to all his friends and
coworker, to no avail.
 
After an hour, he wakes the blonde, and hands
her $500. The blonde says, "Thank you", and turns
back to get some more sleep.
 
The lawyer, who is more than a little miffed, wakes
the blonde and asks, "Well, what's the answer?"
Without a word, the blonde reaches into her purse,
hands the lawyer $5.00, and goes back to sleep.

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"Digging A Hole"*
*
A group of friends who prided themselves on their
intelligence set out to have a contest of wits. Each
person in turn asked a question, and anyone who
volunteered an answer that was wrong dropped out.
If no one could answer, the questioner himself had
to answer, and if he was wrong, he dropped out.
Each dropout had to put $5 into the pot.
 
Eventually the matter boiled down to Thompson and
Brown, and the erudition of each one boiled up so
that both were held even for half an hour.
 
Finally Thompson said, "How does a gopher dig a
hole without leaving a mound of sand at the lip?"
 
Brown thought about that and said, "I can't answer
that. However, since it's your question, you had better answer it."
 
Thompson said coolly, as he reached for the
accumulated pile of bills. "Easy. The gopher starts
at the bottom of the hole and that's where he leaves the sand."
 
"Hold on," said Brown heatedly, grasping Thompson's
wrist to prevent him from taking the pot. "How does
the gopher get to the bottom of the hole in the first place?"
 
"That's your question," said Thompson as he took the money.
Received on Sat Sep 13 08:52:48 2008