Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.1 6/24/83; site eosp1.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!hou3c!hocda!houxm!mhuxj!ulysses!allegra!princeton!eosp1!golden From: golden@eosp1.UUCP (Pat Golden) Newsgroups: net.jokes Subject: PLEASURE FOR BOTH BUT THE MAN PAYS Message-ID: <1132@eosp1.UUCP> Date: Thu, 20-Sep-84 09:57:24 EDT Article-I.D.: eosp1.1132 Posted: Thu Sep 20 09:57:24 1984 Date-Received: Tue, 25-Sep-84 08:13:06 EDT Organization: Exxon Office Systems, Princeton, NJ Lines: 70 PLEASURE FOR BOTH BUT THE MAN PAYS One evening, after attending a theater, two gentlemen were walking down the avenue. They observed a rather well dressed and attractive lady walking just ahead of them. One of the men turned to the other and remarked, "I'd give $50 to spend the night with that women." To their surprise the women overheard the remark and, turning around, she said, "I'll take you up on that." She had a neat appearance and a pleasant smile, so after bidding his companion goodnight, the man accompanied the lady to her apartment, where they immediately went to bed. The following morning the man presented her with $25 and prepared to leave. She demanded the rest of her money, stating "If you don't give me the other $25, I'll sue you for it." He laughed, saying, "I'd like to see you get it on those grounds." The next day he was surprised when he received a summons ordering his presence in court as defendant in a law suit. He hurried to his lawyer, explaining the details of the case. His lawyer said, "She can't possibly get a judgement against you on such grounds, but it will be interesting to see how her case is presented." After the usual preliminaries, the lady's lawyer addressed the court as follows, "Your Honor, my client, this lady here, is the owner of a piece of property, a garden spot surrounded by a profuse growth of shrubbery, which she agreed to rent the defendant for a specified length of time, for the sum of $50. The defendant took possession of the property, used it extensively for which it was rented, but upon evacuation of the premises, he paid only $25, which is one half of the amount agreed upon. The rent was not excessive since it is restricted property, and we ask judgement be granted against the defendant to assure payment of the balance due." The defendant's lawyer was impressed and amused at the way his opponent presented the case. His defense, therefore, was somewhat altered from the way he originally planned to present it. "Your Honor, my client agreed that the young lady has a fine piece of property, and that he did rent it for a time, and a degree of pleasure was derived from the transaction, however, my client found a well on the property around which he placed his own stones, sunk a shaft and erected a pump, all labor performed personally by him. We claim these improvements to the property were sufficient to offset the unpaid balance, and that the plaintiff was adequately compensated for the rental of said property. We, therefore, ask that judgement not be granted." The young lady's lawyer replied with this statement: "Your Honor, my client agrees with the defendant that he did find a well on her property and that he did make improvements such as my opponent described, however, had the defendant not known the well existed, he would never have rented the property. Also, upon evacuating the premises, the defendant removed the stones, pulled out the shaft, and took the pump with him. In doing so, he not only dragged his equiptment through the shrubbery, but he left the hole much larger than it was prior to the occupancy, making it easily accessible to little children." THE YOUNG LADY WON THE CASE!! Pat Golden vax135!allegra!eosp1!golden