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 president 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 started 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'cl ock tomorrow
morning
>with my lawyer as a witness."
>
>"No problem", sai! d 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 the 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 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 this morning I would be holding the balls of the President
of
>the
>Bank of Canada!"
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 president 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 started 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'cl ock tomorrow
morning
>with my lawyer as a witness."
>
>"No problem", sai! d 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 the 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 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 this morning I would be holding the balls of the President
of
>the
>Bank of Canada!"
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