A lawyer went duck hunting in rural Bunyoro. He shot and dropped a bird, but it fell into a retired civil servant's field on the other side of a fence. As the lawyer climbed over the fence, the elderly farmer (former civil servant) walked up to him 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 Uganda 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 this area. We settle small disagreements like this with the Bunyoro 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 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 fresh cow dung.
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, "Nee, I give up. You can have the duck."
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