The Turbulent Flight of the Old Lady and the Lawyer
An 80-year-old lady was taking her very first flight and happened to be seated next to a young, arrogant lawyer. Thinking he was the smartest person in the room, the lawyer wanted to poke fun at the old lady and make a quick buck.
He turned to her and said, “Ma’am, it’s a long flight. Let’s play a trivia game to pass the time. If I ask you a question and you don’t know the answer, you give me $5. But if you ask me a question and I don’t know the answer, I’ll give you $500, since I have a higher education.”
The old lady was tired and just wanted some peace, so she nodded in agreement. The lawyer, thrilled, asked his first question: “Do you know the exact distance from the Earth to the Moon in meters?”
Without saying a single word, the old lady opened her purse, pulled out a 5-dollar bill, and handed it to him.
Then, it was her turn. She looked at the lawyer and asked slowly, “What goes up a hill with three legs, but comes down with four?”
The lawyer immediately opened his laptop, connected to the inflight Wi-Fi, and searched all over Google. He checked dictionaries and even texted his smartest colleagues. After an hour of scouring the entire internet with no results, he finally had to admit defeat.
He woke the old lady up, begrudgingly handed her the 500-dollar bill, and asked, “I give up! So, what on earth goes up a hill with three legs and comes down with four?”
Without saying a single word, the old lady opened her purse, put the $500 bill inside, pulled out another $5 bill, handed it to the lawyer, and went right back to sleep.
