Steal the Bacon

A lawyer's dog, running about unleashed, beelines for a butcher shop and steals a side of bacon. 
The Butcher goes to lawyer's office and asks, "if a dog running unleashed steals a piece of meat from my store, do I have a right to demand payment for the meat from the dog's owner?" 
The lawyer answers, "Absolutely." "Then you owe me $8.50. Your dog was loose and stole some bacon from me today." 
The lawyer, without a word, writes the butcher a check for $8.50 [attorneys don't carry cash -- it's too plebeian -- and the butcher hadn't brought the shop's credit card imprinter to the lawyer's office]. Several periods of time later -- it could be the next day but that would be unrealistic -- the butcher opens the mail and finds an envelope from the lawyer: $20 due for a consultation.
Category:Animals
Category:Food jokes
Category:Lawyer Humor