The Amish people lead a simple life. That means no electricity. An Amish man answered a knock on his door one morning.

An electric company worker handed him a piece of paper stating that the electric company would like to run a power line through his cow pasture. The Amish man said, "No, no thou cannot."

"Legally, that paper says we can," replied the gruff worker.

As he turned and left returning to his co-workers in the field, the Amish man went to his barn and turned his bull into the pasture. As the bull rumbled toward the workers in the field, the Amish farmer hollered,

"Show HIM thy paper!"