A big city lawyer went duck hunting in rural South Dakota. He shot 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 lawyer responded, "I shot a duck and it fell in this field, and 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 New York 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 settle disputes around here. We settle small disagreements like this with 'The Kick.'"
The lawyer asked, "What is 'The Kick?'"
The Farmer replied, "Well, because the dispute occured on my land, I get to go first. I kick you and then you kick me and so on until someone gives up."
The attorney quickly thought about it & decided that he could easily take the old codger, so he agreed. The old farmer slowly climbed down from the tractor and walked up to the attorney. He was wearing heavy, steel-toed workboots. He kicked the attorney in the groin, dropping him to his knees, causing him to vomit, and fall face first into a fresh cow pie.
The lawyer summoned every bit of his will and remaining strength and very slowly managed to get to his feet. Wiping his face with the arm of his jacket, he said, "Okay, you old fart. Now it's my turn."
The old farmer smiled and said, "Nah, I give up. You can have the duck."
As the lawyer climbed over the fence, an elderly farmer drove up on his tractor and asked him what he was doing.
The lawyer responded, "I shot a duck and it fell in this field, and 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 New York 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 settle disputes around here. We settle small disagreements like this with 'The Kick.'"
The lawyer asked, "What is 'The Kick?'"
The Farmer replied, "Well, because the dispute occured on my land, I get to go first. I kick you and then you kick me and so on until someone gives up."
The attorney quickly thought about it & decided that he could easily take the old codger, so he agreed. The old farmer slowly climbed down from the tractor and walked up to the attorney. He was wearing heavy, steel-toed workboots. He kicked the attorney in the groin, dropping him to his knees, causing him to vomit, and fall face first into a fresh cow pie.
The lawyer summoned every bit of his will and remaining strength and very slowly managed to get to his feet. Wiping his face with the arm of his jacket, he said, "Okay, you old fart. Now it's my turn."
The old farmer smiled and said, "Nah, I give up. You can have the duck."