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A lawyer runs a stop sign and gets pulled over by a sheriff’s deputy…
He thinks he is smarter than the deputy because he is a lawyer from New York and is certain that he has a better education than any deputy from Texas.
He decides to prove this to himself and have some fun at the Texas deputy’s expense…
The deputy says, “License and registration, please.”
“What for?” asks the lawyer.
The deputy says, “You didn’t come to a complete stop at the stop sign.”
“I slowed down, and no one was coming,” protests the lawyer.
“But you still didn’t come to a complete stop”, says the deputy, “License and registration, please.”
The lawyer says, “What’s the difference?”
“The difference is you have to come to a complete stop, that’s the law. License and registration, please!” demands the deputy.
The lawyer says, “If you can show me the legal difference between slow down and stop, I’ll give you my license and registration… “
“If not, you let me go.”
“That sounds fair,” says the deputy, “Please exit your vehicle, sir.”
At this point, the deputy takes out his nightstick and starts beating the lawyer with it.
Then he stops for a moment and says, “So, do you want me to stop… “
“Or just slow down?”
