Sonki,
Here's a great one!! Even applies to investing. Took me a while to find it, now I've had about 30 laughs. Warning - Tad off color.
Take Care - Ann
A little old lady walked into the main branch of the Chase Manhattan
Bank holding a large paper bag in her hand. She told the young man
at the window that she wished to take the 3 million dollars that she
had in the bag and open an account with the bank. But first, she
said that she wished to meet the president of the bank due to the
rather large amount of money involved. After looking into the bag
and seeing bundles of $1,000 dollar bills which could have easily
amounted to $3 million dollars, he called the president's office and
saw to it that the old lady met with him.
The lady was escorted upstairs and ushered into the president's
office. Introductions were made and she stated that she liked to
know the people that she did business with on a more personal level.
The president then asked her how she came into such a large
amount of money. "Was it inheritance?" he asked.
"No," she replied. He was quiet for a minute trying to think where
she could have come into $3 million.
"I bet," she stated.
"You bet!" repeated the president. "As in horses?"
"No," she replied, "I bet on people."
Seeing his confusion, she explained that she just bets on different
things with different people. All of a sudden she said, "I'll bet you
$25,000 that by 10:00 am tomorrow your balls will be square."
The bank president thought for a minute, then figured that she must
be off of her rocker. He decided to take her up on the bet. He
didn't see how he could lose. For the rest of the day he was very
careful. He decided to stay home that evening and take no
chances - there was $25,000 at stake.
When he got up in the morning and took his shower, he checked to
make sure that everything was OK. There was no difference; he
looked the same as he always had. He went to work and waited for
the little old lady to come in at 10:00, humming as he went. He
knew that this would be a good day -- how often do you get handed
$25,000 for doing nothing?
At 10:00 am sharp, the little old lady was escorted into his office.
With her was a younger man. When the president inquired as to the
purpose for him being there, she informed him that he was her lawyer
and that she always took him along when there was a large amount
of money involved.
"Well," she asked, "what about our bet?"
"I don't know how to tell you this," he replied, "but I'm the same
as I've always been, only $25,000 richer!" The lady seemed
to accept this, but requested that she be able to see for herself.
The president thought that this was reasonable and dropped his
trousers. She instructed him to bend over, then she grabbed hold
of him and checked for herself. Sure enough, everything was fine.
The president then looked up and saw her lawyer banging his head
against the wall.
"What's wrong with him?" the bank president asked.
"Oh him," she replied. "I bet him $100,000 that by 10:00 this
morning I would have the president of Chase Manhattan Bank by
the balls." |
