Mike Lowrey
08-21-2007, 11:24 AM
An elderly woman walked into the Bank of Canada one morning with a purse
full of money. She wanted to open a savings
account and insisted on talking to the president of the Bank because, she
said, she had a lot of money.
After many lengthy discussions (after all, the client is always right) an
employee took the elderly woman to the president's
office.
The president of the Bank asked her how much she wanted to deposit. She
placed her purse on his desk and replied, "$165,000". The pr esident was
curious and asked her how she had been able to save so much money. The
elderly woman replied that she made bets.
The president was surprised and asked, "What kind of bets?"
The elderly woman replied, "Well, I bet you $25,000 that your testicles are
square."
The president start ed to laugh and told the woman that it was impossible
to win a bet like that.
The woman never batted an eye. She just looked at the president and said,
"Would you like to take my bet?"
"Certainly", replied the president. "I bet you $25,000 that my testicles
are not square."
"Done", the elderly woman answered. "But given the amount of money
involved, if you don't mind I would like to come back at 10 o' clock
tomorrow morning with my lawyer as a witness." "No problem", said the
president of the Bank confidently.
That night, the president became very nervous about the bet and spent a
long time in front of the mirror examining his testicles, turning them this
way and that, checking them over again and again until he was positive that
no one could consider his testicles as square and reassuring himself that
there was no way he could lose the bet.
The next morning at exactly 10 o'clock the elderly woman arrived at the
president's office with her lawyer and acknowledged the $25,000 bet made
the day before that t he president's testicles were square.
The president confirmed that the bet was the same as the one made the day
before. Then the elderly woman asked him to drop his pants etc. so that she
and her lawyer could see clearly.
The president was happy to oblige.
The elderly woman came closer so she could see better and asked the
president if she could touch them. "Of course", said the president. "Given
the amount of money involved, you should be 100% sure."
The elderly woman did so with a little smile. Suddenly the president
noticed that the lawyer was banging his head against the wall. He asked the
elderly woman why he was doing that and she replied,
"Oh, it's probably because I bet him $100,000 that around 10 o'clock in the
morning I would be holding the balls of the President of the Bank of Canada
!"
full of money. She wanted to open a savings
account and insisted on talking to the president of the Bank because, she
said, she had a lot of money.
After many lengthy discussions (after all, the client is always right) an
employee took the elderly woman to the president's
office.
The president of the Bank asked her how much she wanted to deposit. She
placed her purse on his desk and replied, "$165,000". The pr esident was
curious and asked her how she had been able to save so much money. The
elderly woman replied that she made bets.
The president was surprised and asked, "What kind of bets?"
The elderly woman replied, "Well, I bet you $25,000 that your testicles are
square."
The president start ed to laugh and told the woman that it was impossible
to win a bet like that.
The woman never batted an eye. She just looked at the president and said,
"Would you like to take my bet?"
"Certainly", replied the president. "I bet you $25,000 that my testicles
are not square."
"Done", the elderly woman answered. "But given the amount of money
involved, if you don't mind I would like to come back at 10 o' clock
tomorrow morning with my lawyer as a witness." "No problem", said the
president of the Bank confidently.
That night, the president became very nervous about the bet and spent a
long time in front of the mirror examining his testicles, turning them this
way and that, checking them over again and again until he was positive that
no one could consider his testicles as square and reassuring himself that
there was no way he could lose the bet.
The next morning at exactly 10 o'clock the elderly woman arrived at the
president's office with her lawyer and acknowledged the $25,000 bet made
the day before that t he president's testicles were square.
The president confirmed that the bet was the same as the one made the day
before. Then the elderly woman asked him to drop his pants etc. so that she
and her lawyer could see clearly.
The president was happy to oblige.
The elderly woman came closer so she could see better and asked the
president if she could touch them. "Of course", said the president. "Given
the amount of money involved, you should be 100% sure."
The elderly woman did so with a little smile. Suddenly the president
noticed that the lawyer was banging his head against the wall. He asked the
elderly woman why he was doing that and she replied,
"Oh, it's probably because I bet him $100,000 that around 10 o'clock in the
morning I would be holding the balls of the President of the Bank of Canada
!"