Negotiation 101

A lawyer joke for you:

A golfer stands at the tee, looks off towards the green and swings his driver. He hooks the ball over a hill onto the next fairway.

"Fore!" shouts the golfer as his ball drifts out of sight.

Cursing his luck, the golfer heads over the hill to find his ball.

When he reaches the top of the hill, he looks down to see his ball next to an injured man lying on the ground. The golfer runs over to attend to the injured man.

Slowly, the injured man regains consciousness and rubs the bump on his head.

"I'm so sorry, sir," says the golfer. "I hooked my ball and it must have hit you in the head."

The injured man sits up and winces in pain.

"I'll sue your ass, pal. I'm an attorney!" announces the injured man. "This is going to cost you $500,000 at least!"

"Well," says the golfer, "I shouted fore."

The attorney thinks for a moment and says, "I'll take it!"