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To: Vanni Resta who wrote (268)	4/30/1998 12:44:00 PM
From: Wizzer	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 2733

Hee hee, bravo. Good translation, although I I don't speak the language. I still understood which joke you were telling Vanni. My knowledge of French sometimes comes in handy when trying to understand the Romance languages.

To: Vanni Resta who wrote (268)	4/30/1998 1:38:00 PM
From: Ian@SI	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 2733

Courtesy of Babelfish, a partial translation... (I think we've seen this one a few times on this thread in English: It loses lots in the translation. ) THE OLD MRS. AND THE BET... One small old mrs. one day ando' to the Bank of Canada, carrying with if one full bag of money. She insisted that one had to speak with the president of the bank in order to open an account perche " E' conun bag of money! ". After a little ripensamenti, the employees carried it in the office of the president (the customer have always reason!). The president of the bank the churches therefore how much wanted to pour and it said " 165.000 dollars " and butto' the bag on his writing desk. The president was, clearly, onlooker of knowing like had made to obtain all that cash, cosi glielo churches: " mrs., is surprised to see that She nearby door all this cash. As it has made to ottenerlo ". The old mrs. answered: " I have made of the bets ". The president the churches still: " Bets? What type of bets " The old mrs. answered: " As an example, I bet 25.000 dollars that your balls are square " Ha! " laughed the president " a stupid bet. She potra' never not to gain a bet of this kind! " The old mrs. the sfido': " Then, chip ax my bet " " Sure " the president said " Bets 25.000 dollars that my balls are not square! " Then the old mrs. said: " Since draft of a heap of money, I can carry with me my lawyer domattina to the 10 like witness " " Sure! " the trusting president said. That night, the president was truly nervous because of the bet and step a bag of time davanti.al the mirror to control its balls, girandosi to right and on the left continuously. The controllo' with attention finche it was not sure that it was not absolutely possible that its balls were square and that would have gained the bet. The mattino after to the 10 precise ones, the old mrs. made its appearance with its lawyer in the office of the president. She introduces the lawyer to the president and repeats the bet: " 25.000 dollars that the balls of the president are square! " L the new president accetto' of the bet and the old mrs. the churches to lower his pants, cosi all could have seen. The president accetto'. The old mrs. scruto carefully the balls and then the churches if she could toccarle. " She goes well, in bottom 25.000 dollars are a bag of moneies, therefore creed that It must be absolutely sure. " In that moment, he noto' that the lawyer was silently banging his head against the wall. The president churches to the mrs.: " That devil has your lawyer " She said: " Nothing, to part the fact that I have bet with he 100.000 dollars that to the 10 of stamattina I would have had in my hands the balls of the President of the Bank of Canada ".