A very successful CEO walks into an all night diner in the wee hours of the morning only to find the only waitress, napping with her head down on the bar. After several nudges, he promises to leave if she'll play a game with him. He explains: "I ask you a question, and if you don't know the answer, you pay me $5, and visa-versa." She politely declines and tries to get some sleep.
The man, now somewhat agitated, says, "Okay, if you don't know the answer you pay me $5, and if I don't know the answer, I will pay you $50" figuring that since she is an uneducated waitress and he a rich educated businessman that he will easily win the match. This catches the waitress' attention and, figuring that there will be no end to this torment unless she plays, she agrees to the game.
The man asks the first question: "What's the distance from the earth to the moon?" The waitress doesn't say a word, reaches into her apron, pulls out a five-dollar bill and hands it to the man.
Now, it's the woman's turn. She asks the man: "What goes up a hill with three legs, and comes down with four?"
The man looks at her with a puzzled look. He takes out his laptop computer and searches all his references. He taps into the digital cell phone via infra-red wireless connection to his modem port and searches the Net and the Library of Congress. Frustrated, he sends E-mail to all his co-workers, friends, clients, and suppliers that he knows. And then some. All to no avail.
After over an hour, he wakes the waitress and hands her $50. The waitress politely takes the $50 and turns away to get back to sleep. The businessman, who is more than a little miffed, wakes the waitress and asks,
"Well, so what IS the answer?" Without a word, she reaches into her purse, hands the lawyer $5, and goes back to sleep.
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