"Lincoln as a young lawyer" joke

One more Lincoln story that came to mind:
As a young lawyer, Lincoln was pleading a case and asked a witness (appropos of what I do not recall, though perhaps the use of heresay evidence): "How many legs does a cow have?"
The man grinned at the foolish question and said, "Four, of course."
"And how many legs would the cow have if we called her tail a leg," continued Lincoln.
With a partonizing sneer, the witness replied, "Five."
"No, my friend, she'd still have four. Just calling her tail a leg doesn't make it a leg."

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