Larry Teepot

> >>An elderly woman walked into the Bank of Canada one morning> >>with a
> >> > >>purse full of money. She wanted to open a savings account and
> >> > >>insisted on talking to the president of the Bank because, she
> >>said,
> >> > >>she had a lot of money.
> >> > >>
> >> > >>After many lengthy discussions (after all, the client is
> >>always
> >> > >>right) an employee took the elderly woman to the president's
> >>office.
> >> > >>
> >> >
> >>The president of the Bank asked her how much she wanted to
> >>deposit.
> >> > >>She
> >> > >>placed her purse on his desk and replied, "$165,000". The
> >>president
> >> > >>was curious and asked her how she had
> >> >been able to save
> >> > >>so
> >>much money. The elderly woman replied that she made bets.
> >> > >>
> >> > >>The president was surprised and asked, "What kind of bets?"
> >> > >>
> >> > >>The elderly woman replied, "Well, I bet you $25,000 that your
> >> > >>testicles are square."
> >> > >>
> >> > >>The president started to laugh and told the woman that it was
> >> > >>impossible to win a bet like that.
> >> >
> >>
> >> > >>The woman never batted an eye. She just looked at the
> >>president and
> >> > >>said, "Would you like to take my bet?"
> >> > >>
> >> > >>"Certainly", replied the president. "I bet you $25,000 that my
> >> > >>testicles are not square."
> >> > >>
> >> > >>"Done", the elderly woman answered. "But given the amount of
> >>money
> >> > >>involved, if you don't mind I would like to come back at 10
> >>o'clock
> >> >
> >> > >>tomorrow
> >> > >>
> >> >
> >> >>morning with my lawyer as a witness."
> >> > >>
> >> > >>"No problem", said the president of the Bank confidently.
> >> > >>
> >> > >>That
>night, the president became very nervous about the bet
> >>and
> >> > >>spent a long time in front of the mirror examining his
> >>testicles,
> >> > >>turning them this way and that, checking them over again and
> >>again
> >> > >>until he was positive that no one could consider his testicles
> >>as
> >> > >>square and reassuring himself that there was no way he could
> >>lose
> >> > >>the bet.
> >> > >>
> >> > >>The next morning at exactly 10 o'clock the elderly woman
> >>arrived at
> >> > >>the president's office with her lawyer and acknowledged the
> >>$25,000
> >> > >>bet made the day before that the president's testicles were
> >>square.
> >> > >>
> >>
> > >>The president
> >> >confirmed that the bet was the same as the one
> >> > >>made
> >>the day before. Then the elderly woman asked him to drop his
> >> > >>pants etc. so that she and her lawyer could see clearly.
> >> > >>
> >> > >>The president was happy to oblige.
> >> > >>
> >> > >>The elderly woman came closer so she could see better and
> >>asked the
> >> > >>president if she could touch them. "Of course", said the
> >>president.
> >> > >>"Given the amount of money involved, you should be 100% sure."
> >> > >>
> >> > >>The elderly woman did so with a little smile. Suddenly the
> >>president
> >> > >>noticed that the lawyer was banging his head against the
>wall.
> >>He
> >> > >>asked the elderly woman why he was doing that and she replied,
> >>"Oh,
> >> > >>it's probably because I bet him $100,000 that around 10
> >>o'clock in
> >> > >>the morning I would be holding
> >> >the
> >> > >>balls of the
> >> > >>President of the Bank of Canada!"

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