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Subject: [wanabidii] A Rural Farmer and a Big-City Lawyer
I read this story somewhere but I can't remember where so I'll just try to tell re-tell it in my own words. I hope my version is as dramatic as the one I read. Read it and please help me understand the moral to it.
This big-city lawyer from New York went game hunting somewhere in the woods of rural West Texas. He managed to shoot some large bird in the air but the poor bird managed to hobble itself for a few minutes then fell down dead on some farmer's compound. So the lawyer went in to pick up his bird but the farmer refused.
The farmer said, "here in West Texas possession is 90% of the law, so the bird is mine because it fell on my property".
The big-city lawyer would not hear of it and demanded to take his bird and threatened to sue "you miserable pathetic rustic farmer !!!!".
The farmer then seeing that this lawyer was arrogant and full of himself, decided to play a joke on him. He proposed a solution thus:
"Here in Texas we have a way of solving such conflicts and I'll give you a chance to get the bird. If you win, you get the bird, if you lose I keep it. Each person gets to hit/punch/kick/etc. the other, in turns, until one person surrenders. But I get to start because we're talking about my property".
The lawyer looked at this old farmer who was not that fit physically and smaller in stature to him. He figured he would make this farmer surrender in Round One.
So the exercise was set in motion. Here is how it would work: The farmer would hit/punch/kick/etc. the lawyer 3 times and then it's the lawyer's turn to beat up the farmer 3 times. This was to be done over and over until one person surrenders.
So the lawyer stands there and tells the farmer to take his 3 shots. The farmer gave him a very powerful punch to the nose and followed it up with a well-placed kick "between the legs". As the lawyer hunched over bemoaning his between-the-legs "twins", the farmer gave him a quick and shoving kick in the rear. The lawyer fell face forward right into some cow manure, his face buried deep into the manure.
He slowly picked himself up, cleared the manure from his face and eyes and was delighted that this was now his turn and he was going to administer some good beating on this rustic farmer. He made his Karate pose and prepared to give the farmer a good kick in the ribs.
Before the lawyer could land one blow, the farmer raised his hands up and said,
"Ok I surrender, you can take your bird".
The contest had to end there because one person had now surrendered !!!!! The lawyer took his bird and went away but in a very bitter mood. He never got a chance to land even one blow on that miserable and pathetic rustic farmer !!!
The farmer, essentially, bested this know-it-all arrogant lawyer from New York.
What is the moral to this story? Is Okil the big-city lawyer and Papa Likondi the rural farmer?
Courage,
Oduor Maurice Wod Plista Ny'Alego Gang
Oduor Maurice Wod Plista Ny'Alego Gang
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