El chiste del día: una diferencia sutil

Un abogado pasa una señal de alto y es detenido por un sheriff.
Siendo un gran abogado de Nueva York, él se cree más listo que el pobre sheriff de un pueblecito rural.
El sheriff le pide licencia y registro.
El abogado pregunta: "¿Para qué?"
El sheriff responde: "Usted no se detuvo por completo en la señal de alto".
El abogado protesta: "Bajé la velocidad y no venía nadie del otro sentido".
"Sin embrago, no se detuvo completamente. Licencia y registro por favor", pide el sheriff impaciente.
El abogado propone: "Si puede demostrarme la diferencia legal entre ralentizar y detenerse, le daré mi licencia y Usted puede darme la multa. Si no, déjeme ir en paz".
El sheriff acepta: "Me parece justo, por favor salga de su vehículo."
El abogado sale y el sheriff comienza a golpearlo con su porra.
El sheriff dice: "¿Quiere que me detenga o solo ralentice?"

A lawyer runs a stop sign and gets pulled over by a sheriff.
He thinks he's smarter being a big shot lawyer from New York and has a better education than an sheriff from West Virginia.
The sheriff asks for license and registration.
The lawyer asks, "What for?"
The sheriff responds, "You didn't come to a complete stop at the stop sign."
The lawyer says, "I slowed down and no one was coming."
"You still didn't come to a complete stop. License and registration please," says the sheriff impatiently.
The lawyer says, "If you can show me the legal difference between slow down and stop, I'll give you my license and registration and you can give me the ticket. If not, you let me go and don't give me the ticket."
The sheriff says, "That sounds fair, please exit your vehicle."
The lawyer steps out and the sheriff takes out his nightstick and starts beating the lawyer with it.
The sheriff says, "Do you want me to stop or just slow down?"