A lawyer went duck hunting for the first time in Texas.
He shot and dropped a bird, but it fell into a farmer’s field on the other side of the 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, it fell into 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,
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