[Platapus]

Perhaps only peopel who have studied law will find this mirthful, but here is a classic

A law professor, an appellate judge and a criminal trial judge are duck hunting.

In the blind, the three place a friendly wager on who will bag the first mallard.

When a bird finally flies by, the law professor turns to a textbook, matches one source against another and finds a helpful illustration, but by the time he makes his decision, the bird has flown away.

Another bird comes into view and the appellate judge steps forward. After checking pertinent cases, decisions and precedents, the appellate judge takes aim, but again the bird is gone.

When a third bird crosses overhead, the trial judge slides between the other two, raises his shotgun and blows the winged creature clear out of the sky. "I hope to hell that was a duck," he says. "