A little old lady went into the Bank of Canada one day,
carrying a bag of money. She insisted that 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 finally ushered
her into the president's office (the customer is always
right!). The bank president then asked her how much she
would like to deposit.
She replied, "$165,000!" and dumped the
cash out of her bag onto his desk.
The president was of course
curious as to how she came by all this cash, so he asked her,
"Ma'am, I'm surprised you're carrying so much cash around.
Where did you get this money?"
The old lady replied, "I make bets."
The president then asked, "Bets? What kind of bets?"
The old woman said, "Well, for example, I'll bet you
$25,000 that your balls are square."
"Ha!" laughed the president, "That's a stupid
bet. 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 then said, "Okay, but since
there is a lot of money involved, may I bring my lawyer with me
tomorrow at 10:00 AM as a witness?"
"Sure!" replied the confident president.
That night, the president got very nervous about the
bet and spent a long time in front of a mirror checking his
balls, turning from side to side, again and again. He
thoroughly
checked them out until he was sure that there was
absolutely no way his balls were square and that he would win
the bet.
The next morning, at precisely 10:00 am, the little
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 at his balls and
then asked if she could feel them.
"Well, Okay," said the president, "$25,000 is a lot of money,
so I guess you should be absolutely sure." Just then,
he noticed that the lawyer was quietly banging his head against
the
wall.
The president asked the old lady, "What the hell's the
matter with your lawyer?"
She replied, "Nothing, except I bet him $100,000
that at 10:00 AM today, I'd have The Bank of Canada's
president's balls
in my hand."