04-10-2005, 10:32 PM
> 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'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 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 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 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'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 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 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!"