A truck driver used to amuse himself by running over lawyers he would see jogging on the side of the road. Every time he would see a lawyer jogging along the street, he would swerve to hit him. After hearing the loud “THUD,” he would swerve back on the road.
One day, as the truck driver was driving along, he saw a priest hitchhiking, so he stopped to pick him up
The priest climbed into the passenger seat, and the truck driver continued driving. Suddenly, the truck driver saw a lawyer jogging up ahead, and immediately regretted picking up the priest. “Surely I can’t run over a lawyer with a priest in the truck!” he thought.
Then he had an idea. He would pretend to fall asleep. The driver pretended to nod off, the truck drifted to the right, and he heard that satisfying “Thud.”
“Did I hit that lawyer? Did I hit that lawyer?” the truck driver asked, pretending to wake up suddenly.
“No,” said the priest. “But I got him with the door.”
Explanation: The joke plays on the stereotype that lawyers are widely disliked. The driver pretends to avoid hitting the lawyer because a priest is present but secretly still tries. The punchline reveals the priest deliberately hits the lawyer with the door, humorously suggesting that even the priest shares the same hostility toward lawyers too.
