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Deputy vs. Lawyer – Texas Style

One day in Houston, Texas, a lawyer runs a stop sign, and gets pulled over by a
sheriff’s deputy. He thinks that he is smarter than the deputy, because he is a
lawyer from New York. This lawyer is also certain that he has a better education
than any cop from Houston. He decides to prove this to himself, and have some
fun at the deputy’s expense.

Deputy: “License and registration, please.”

Lawyer: “What for?”

Deputy: “You didn’t come to a complete stop at the stop sign.”

Lawyer: “I slowed down, and no one was coming.”

Deputy: “You still didn’t come to a complete stop. License and registration, please.”

Lawyer: “What’s the difference?”

Deputy: “The difference is that you have to come to complete stop, that’s the law.
License and registration, please!”

Lawyer: “If you can show me the legal difference between slow down and stop, I’ll
give you my license and registration; and you give me the ticket. If not, then you
let me go and don’t give me the ticket.”

Deputy: “Sounds fair. Exit your vehicle, sir.”

At this point, the deputy takes out his nightstick and starts beating the hell out of
the lawyer and says: “Do you want me to stop or just slow down?”
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