Two farmers had just bought farms next to each other. One of the
farmer's hens wandered under the fence and into the other farmer's
property. After laying an egg, she wandered back home. The farmer
looked out his window and saw his hen coming back. He wen to the
fence and noticed the egg. Just as he started to pick up the egg,
the other farmer came to the fence, grabbed the egg, and began to
walk away.
"Excuse me, that's my egg. My hen wandered over to your property
and laid that egg."
"I can see that," the other farmer said. "The egg is on my
property, so it's my egg now."
"I don't think so," the farmer insisted. "It's my hen, so it's my
egg."
"Look, where I come from, there's only way to settle disputes. We
take turns punching, each other in the stomach 20 times, and the
first one to say 'Uncle' has to let the other one keep the
egg."
"That's fair," the farmer with the hen replied. "Let's do it." He
began rolling up his sleeves while he eyeballed the other
farmer.
The other farmer said, "Okay, I go first." He held the egg in one
hand and proceeded to punch his neighbour 20 times in the stomach
with his other hand. His neighbour groaned and grimaced with every
punch but took all 20 without crying "Uncle." He took a deep breath
and said, "Okay, now it's my turn." He balled up his fist and took
a step forward.
The other farmer held out the egg and said, "Uncle. You can keep
your stupid egg."
