A little old lady went into the Bank of Canada
one day, carrying a bag of money. She insisted she must speak with the
president of the bank to open a savings account because, "It's
a lot of money!"
After much hemming and hawing, the bank staff ushered her
into the president's office (the customer is always right!) The bank
president then asked how much she would like to deposit. She replied
$165,000! and dumped the cash out of her bag.
The president was of course curious and asked
how she came by all this money. The old lady replied "I make bets"
The president then asked "Bets?" What kind of bets?.
The old lady said "Well, for example,
I'll bet you $25,000 that your balls are square. "Ha" said
the president, you can never win that kind of bet!" The old lady
challenged, "So would you like to take my bet?" "Sure",
said the president, "I'll bet $25,000 that my balls are not square!"
The little old lady said, OK, but as there's
a lot of money involved, may I bring my lawyer with me tomorrow as a
witness?" "Sure," replied the confident president.
That night, the president got very nervous about the bet,
and spent a lot of time in front of the mirror, checking his balls,
turning from side to side, again and again. He thoroughly checked
them out until he was sure there was absolutely no way his balls were
square and that he would win the bet.
The next morning, precisely at 10.am, the
old lady appeared with her lawyer at the president's office. She introduced
the lawyer to the president, and repeated the bet: "$25,000 says
the president's balls are square!" The president agreed with the
bet again and the old lady asked him to drop his pants so they could
all see. The president complied. The little old lady peered closely
and then asked if she could feel them. "Well, OK" said the
president," $25,000 is a lot of money, so I guess you should be
absolutely sure."
Just then, he noticed the lawyer was quietly
banging his head against the wall. The president asked the old lady,
"What's the matter with your lawyer?"
She replied"Oh, nothing, except I bet him $100,000 that
at 10am today, I'd have the Bank of Canada's balls in my hand."
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