A lawyer and an elderly Hasidic man are sitting next to each other on a long flight. The lawyer is thinking that Hasidim are so dumb that he could get over on them easily. So the lawyer asks the Hasid if he would like to play a fun game.
The old Hasidic man is tired and just wants to take a nap, so he politely declines and tries to catch a few winks. The lawyer persists and says that the game is a lot of fun. “I ask you a question and if you don’t know the answer, you pay me only $5. You ask me a question and if I don’t know the answer, I will pay you $500”.
This catches the Hasidic man’s attention and to keep the lawyer quiet, he agrees to play the game.
The lawyer asks the first question. “What’s the distance from the Earth to the Moon?” The elderly Hasid doesn’t say a word, reaches in his pocket, pulls out a five dollar bill and hands it to the lawyer.
Now it’s the Hasid’s turn. He asks the lawyer “What goes up a hill with three legs and comes down the hill with four?”
The lawyer is stumped, so he uses his laptop and searches all references he could find on the Interet. He sends emails to all the smart friends he knows, all to no avail. After one hour of searching, he finally gives up. He wakes up the Hasidic man and hands him $500. The old Hasid pockets the $500 and goes back to sleep.
The lawyer is going nuts not knowing the answer. He wakes up the elderly man and asks “Well, so what goes up a hill with three legs and comes down with four?”
The Hasid shrugs, reaches in his pocket, hands the lawyer $5 and goes back to sleep.