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![老杨团队,追求完美;客户至上,服务到位!](http://web.edmontonchina.net/pic/laoyang/300x188.jpg) A lawyer and a Newfie are sitting next to each other on a
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that he could get over on them easy...So the lawyer asks if
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The newfie is tired and just wants to take a nap, so
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0 Q7 A' F6 K& n5 Hask you a question, and if you don't know the answer,0 E( h/ L+ ]9 u; G3 D+ [& l
you pay me only $5. 6 h6 [6 J( l8 p+ Y
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You ask me one, and if I don't know the answer, I
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, L& b" Y; z6 D+ W0 t f3 E, Y This catches the newfie's attention and to keep
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The lawyer asks the first question. 'What's
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7 U+ {* O; I! [. c& _The newfie doesn't say a word, reaches in his
6 N2 i- E% x* q& P' Zpocket pulls out a five-dollar bill, and hands it to the7 a3 U9 Q' F [- S6 ~, Q
lawyer. ' P; Z) G. q7 M2 K, K; u6 F
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Now, it's the newfie's turn.
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7 {5 m/ C' m, T2 h5 ~( }He asks the lawyer, 'What goes up a hill with
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The lawyer uses his laptop and searches all! U! l! \) E& ?' z& d
references he could find on the Net. He sends e-mails to all
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of searching he finally gives up. He wakes up the newfie and
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The lawyer is going nuts not knowing the answer. He! K: b; w: z& F# U# [; S. G% }
wakes the newfie up and asks,
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'Well, so what goes up a hill with three legs and
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The newfie reaches in his pocket, hands the lawyer $5
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