Cafeoutdoors.com: texas deputy vs new york lawyer

> A lawyer runs a stop sign and gets pulled over by a sheriff's deputy. He
> thinks that he is smarter than the deputy because he is a lawyer from New
> York and is certain that he has a better education then any cop from
> Texas! He decides to prove this to himself and have some fun at the
> deputy's expense.
>
> The deputy says," License and registration, please."
>
> "What for?" says the lawyer.
>
> The deputy says, "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, says the deputy. License and
> registration,please."
>
> The lawyer says, "What's the difference?"
>
> "The difference is you have to come to complete stop, that's the law.
> License and registration, please!" the deputy says.
>
> 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 give me the
> ticket. If not, you let me go and don't give me the ticket."
>
> "That sounds fair. Please exit your vehicle sir," the deputy says.
>
> At this point, the deputy takes out his nightstick and starts beating the
> ever-loving sh-- out of the lawyer and says, "Do you want me to stop, or
> just slow down?"