Bill was a not too smart kind of guy. Everyday when
he walked home from work, he would get stopped by
three nasty men and they would beat him up and steal
his money.

Finally, Bill decided that it would serve his best
interest to walk a different route and then take up
some self-defense classes so this wouldn't happen
again. He joined a karate class and soon was doing
very well to defend himself.

So, one day, on the way home from work Bill took his
old route home and sure enough there they were. He
walked up to them and the battle ensued. The next
afternoon Bill went to his karate class with a black
eye, a broken nose and a busted lip.

His instructor, shocked, asked him what happened.

"Well," explained Bill, "I took my old way home last
night so I could beat these guys up who were stealing
my money, but they beat me up before I could get my
shoes and socks off!"