Hunter
A big-city, California lawyer went duck hunting in
rural Texas. He shot and dropped a bird, but it fell
into a farmer's field on the other side of a fence.
As the lawyer climbed over the fence, an elderly
farmer drove up on his tractor and asked him what
he was doing. The litigator responded, "I shot a duck
and it fell in this field, and now I'm going to
retrieve it."
The old farmer replied. "This is my property, and you
are not coming over here." The indignant lawyer said,
"I am one of the best trial attorneys in the
U.S., and if you don't let me get that duck, I'll sue
you and take everything you own."
The old farmer smiled and said, "Apparently, you
don't know how we do things in Texas. We settle small
disagreements like this with the Texas Three-Kick
Rule." The lawyer asked, "What is the Texas three-Kick
Rule?"
The Farmer replied. "Well, first I kick you three
times and then you kick me three times, and so on,
back an forth, until someone gives up."
The attorney quickly thought about the proposed
contest and decided that he could easily take the old
codger. He agreed to abide by the local custom. The
old farmer slowly climbed down from the tractor and
walked up to the city feller.
His first kick planted the toe of his heavy work boot
into the lawyer's groin and dropped him to his knees.
His second kick nearly wiped the man's nose off his
face. The barrister was flat on his belly when the
farmer's third kick to a kidney nearly caused him to
give up. The lawyer summoned every bit of his will and
managed to get to his feet and said, "Okay, you old
coot now it's my turn."
The farmer smiled and said, "Naw, I give up. You can
have the duck."
"Sometimes, business decisions must be based not on economics,
but on what is right." ~ Ivan Howes