[Ger-Poland-Volhynia] Settling disputes

[Ed Sonnenburg]

Lots of GRs ended up in the Dakotas.  Is this the way you settled disputes?

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    A lawyer went duck hunting in rural South Dakota . He shot and dropped a
bird, but it fell into a farmer's field on the other side of a fence. As
the lawyer climbed over the fence, an elderly farmer drove up on his
tractor and asked him what he was doing. 
The lawyer responded, "I shot a duck and it fell in this field, and now I'm
going to retrieve it."

The old farmer replied, "This is my property, and you are not coming
over here." The indignant lawyer said, "I'm one of the best trial attorneys in 
California and, if you don't let me get that duck, I'll sue you and take 
everything you own."

The old farmer smiled and said, "Apparently, you don't know how we 
settle disputes in South Dakota . We settle small disagreements like 
thiswith the South Dakota Three Kick Rule."

The lawyer asked, "What's that?" The farmer replied, "Well, because the 
dispute occurs on my land, first I kick you three times and then you kick me 
three times and so on back and forth until someone gives up."

The attorney quickly thought about the proposed contest and decided
that he could easily take the old codger. He agreed to abide by the local
custom.

The old farmer slowly climbed down from the tractor and walked up to
the attorney. His first kick planted the toe of his heavy steel-toed 
work boot into the lawyer's groin and dropped him to his knees. His second 
kick to the midriff sent the lawyer's last meal gushing from his mouth. The
barrister was on all fours when the farmer's third kick to his rear end
sent him face-first into a fresh cow pie.

The lawyer summoned every bit of his will and managed to get to his 
feet. Wiping his face with the arm of his jacket, he said, "Okay, you
old coot. Now it's my turn."

The old farmer smiled and said, "Naw, I give up. You can have the 
duck."