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, "$5,165,000!" 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 $525,000
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 $525,000 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."$525,000
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, "$525,000
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 $5,100,000 that at 10:00 am today, I'd have
The Bank of Canada's president's balls in my hand.
