An American attorney had just finished a guest lecture at a law school in Italy when an Italian lawyer approached him and asked. "Is it true that a person can fall down on a sidewalk in your country and then sue the land owners for lots of money?"
Told that it was true, the lawyer turned to his partners and started speaking rapidly in Italian. When they stopped, the American attorney asked if they wanted to go to America to practice law.
"No, no." one replied."We want to go to America and fall down on sidewalks."
一位美國律師剛結束他在意大利一所法律學校的`客座演講，就有一位意大利律師走近他問：“聽說在你們國家裏，一個人跌倒在人行道上，他就會起訴這塊地的所有者賠償很多錢，這是真的嗎?”
得知這是真的後，意大利律師轉向他的同行開始用意大利語快速談論起來。當他們停下來後，美國律師問他們是否想去美國做法律工作。
“不，不，”有一個人回答說，“我們要去美國跌倒在人行道上。”