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From: Andrew N. Cothran
Wednesday, Nov 26 1997 1:27PM EST
Reply # of 10590
This little old lady walked into the New York offices of a major investment house. She
asked for customer service. A representative invited her to sit down and explain what
she wanted. She told him that she wanted to invest $1,000,000 in semiconductors with
half of it to go into Cymer. He told her that she would have to open an account first.
When the paper work was completed, the lady handed him a check for the
$1,000,000 dollars. Then, she added, "That's quite a large investment, don't you think?
That being so, I'd like to be introduced to the main honcho around here." The
representative took her to the office of the President.
When seated, the President said: "A million dollars is a lot of money. Where did you
get it?"
"I bet," the woman replied.
"What do you bet on?" the President asked.
"I bet on anything, " the woman replied. "For instance, I bet you $25,000 that by one
o'clock tomorrow you're balls are going to become square."
"What's that you said?" the President replied, somewhat astounded.
The woman repeated her bet. "I bet you twenty five grand that by one o'clock
tomorrow afternoon, you're balls will become square."
The President thought the situation over. "Hm.," he thought, "that will be the easiest
$25.,000 that I'll ever make."
"I'll take that bet" he shouted!.
They shook hands and the woman left his office.
On the way out, she asked to see the analyist who covered Cymer.
"After all," she told the customer service representative, with half my investment going
into Cymer, I want to know who is watching the company." She was introduced to the
Cymer analyist.
The next day, at 12:45 pm, the woman appeared once again at the NY office. She
asked to see the Cymer analyist again. He approached. They went into his office and
talked for a few minutes. When his colleagues walked by his office, they all noticed
how very animated he had become in talking with the woman--a bit unusual for him.
The Cymer analyist and the woman investor ended their conversation,
shook hands, and walked out of his office and into the President's office.
The woman walked up to the President and asked, "Well, has it happened yet?"
The President stood up, smiled, and then said very confidently,"No m'aam. They're still
round"
"Well," replied the woman, "with an investment like I've made and a bet that's a bit
large, I'll have to check the evidence out for myself." The Cymer analyist stood by
looking on.
The President dropped his pants reluctantly and the woman approached, first taking a
good look and then feeling carefully each of the hanging appendages.
"By damn, you're right" she exclaimed. Meanwhile, the Cymer analysist was in great
distress, so much so that he banged the conference table with his hands and slammed
his head from side to side with such force that he bounced off the wall.
"What's wrong with him?" asked the President as he received the $25,000 check from
the woman.
"Oh, he'll be alright in a little while," the woman said. "He's just a little bit stressed out
right now. You see, before I came in here, I bet him $100,000 that by one o'clock, I'd
have the his boss by the balls."
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