A young Law student, having failed
his Law exam, goes up to his crusty
old professor, who is renowned for
his razor-sharp legal mind.
Student: "Sir, do you really
understand everything about this
subject?"
, Professor: "Actually, I probably do.
Otherwise I wouldn't be a
professor, would I?"
Student: "OK. So I ’d like to ask you a
question. If you can give me the
correct answer, I will accept my
marks as it is. If you can't give me
the correct answer, however, you'll
have to give me an "A".
Professor: "Hmmmm, alright. So
what’s the question?"
Student: "What is legal but not
logical, logical but not legal, and
neither logical nor legal? "
The professor wracks his famous
brain, but just can't crack the
answer. Finally he gives up and
changes the student's failing mark
into an "A" as agreed, and the
student goes away, very pleased.
The professor continues to wrack
his brain over the question all
afternoon, but still can ’t get the
answer. So finally he calls in a group
of his brightest students and tells
them he has a really, really tough
question to answer: "What is legal
but not logical, logical but not legal,
and neither logical nor legal? "
To the professor's surprise (and
embarrassment), all the students
immediately raise their hands.
"All right" says the professor and
asks his favourite student to answer
"It's quite easy, sir" says the student
"You see, you are 75 years old and
married to a 30 year old woman,
which is legal, but not logical. Your
wife has a 22 year old lover, which
is logical, but not legal. And your
wife's lover failed his exam but
you've just given him an "A", which
is neither legal, nor logical."
