An English lawyer and Tommy are sitting next to each other on a long flight back to Ireland.

The lawyer is thinking that all Irishmen are so stupid that he could put something over on them easily…So the lawyer asks if Tommy would like to play a fun game.

Tommy is tired and just wants to sleep, 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 €5.00 then you ask me one, and if I don’t know the answer, I will pay you €500.00," he says.

This catches Tommy’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?"

Tommy doesn’t say a word, reaches in his pocket pulls out a five euro note and hands it to the lawyer.

Now, it’s Tommy’s turn. He asks the lawyer, "What goes up a hill with three legs, and comes down with four?"

The lawyer uses his laptop and searches all references he could find on Google.

He sends e-mails to all the smart friends he knows, all to no avail.

After over an hour of searching, he finally gives up.

He wakes Tommy up and hands him €500.00.

Tommy pockets the €500.00 and goes right back to sleep.

The lawyer is going nuts not knowing the answer. He wakes Tommy up and asks, "Well, so what goes up a hill with three legs and comes down with four?"

Tommy reaches in his pocket, hands the lawyer $5.00 and goes back to sleep.

The moral of the story is don’t mess with Tommy!