'The Challenge'

A young Ensign and his Chief were sitting next to each other in the office after Quarters one day. The Ensign leans over to the Chief who was leaning back in his chair with his combo cover over his eyes and asks if he wants to play a fun game.

The Chief just wants to snooze and be left alone so he politely declines… turns his head away… and tries to sleep. The Ensign persists and explains that it's a real easy game. He explains,

"I ask a question and if you don't know the answer you pay me $5. Then you ask a question and if I don't know the answer I'll pay you $5."

Again the Chief politely declines and tries to snooze. The Ensign, now somewhat agitated, says,

"O.K., if you don't know the answer you pay me $5 and if I don't know the answer I pay you $50!"

Now, that got the Chief’s attention… after all that’s extra beer money… so he agrees to the game.

The Ensign asks the first question,

"What's the distance from the earth to the moon?"

Then Chief doesn't say a word and just hands the Ensign $5.

Now, it’s the Chief's turn. He asks the Ensign,

"What goes up a hill with three legs and comes down on four?"

The Ensign looks at him with a puzzled look, takes out his laptop computer, looks through all his references and after about an hour wakes the Chief and hands him $50. The Chief politely takes the $50 from the Ensign… turns away and tries to return to his snooze.

The Ensign, a little miffed, asks,

"Well what's the answer to the question?"

Without a word, the Chief reaches into his wallet… hands $5 to the young Ensign… turns away and returns to his snooze...