Old Lady's Betting

"Old Lady's Betting"

A little old lady walked into the main branch of the Chase
Manhattan Bank holding a large paper bag in her hand.
She told the young man at the window that she wished
to open an account with the bank and deposit the $3
million she had in the bag. She said that prior to doing
so she wished to meet the president of the bank due to
the large amount of money involved.

The teller opened the bag and saw bundles of $100 bills
and thinking this a reasonable request telephoned the
president's secretary to make an appointment for the lady.

Later the lady was escorted upstairs and ushered into the
president's office. Introductions were made, and she stated
that she liked to get to know the people she did business
with on a more personal level. The bank president then
asked her how she came into such a large sum of money
and whether it was perhaps an inheritance. She replied,
"No, I bet on people." Seeing his confusion she explained
that she just bet different things with different people.

All of a sudden she said, "I'll bet you $25,000 that by 10:00 a.m.
tomorrow morning your balls will be square." The bank president
figured that she must be off her rocker but decided to take her up
on the bet. He didn't see how he could lose.

For the rest of the day he was very careful. He decided to stay
home that evening and take no chances, after all, there was
$25,000 at stake. When he got up in the morning and took his
shower he checked to make sure everything was normal.
There was no difference. He looked the same as he always had.

He went to work and waited for the little old lady to come in at
10:00 a.m., humming as he went. He knew that this would be
a good day. How often do you get handed $25,000 for doing
nothing he thought!

At 10:00 a.m. sharp the little old lady was shown into the
president's office. With her was a younger man who she
introduced as her lawyer. She said she always took him
along whenever there was this much money involved.

"Well," she asked, "what about our bet?"

"I don't know how to tell you this," he replied, "but I'm the same
as I've always been, only $25,000 richer!"

The little old lady seemed to accept this but insisted that she
be able to see for herself. The bank president thought the
request reasonable and dropped his trousers. She instructed
him to bend over and then she grabbed hold of him. Sure enough,
everything was fine.

But then the Bank President looked up and saw the lady's
attorney across the room, banging his head against the wall.

"What's wrong with him?" he asked.

"Oh, him?" she replied. "Nothing, really. I bet him $100,000 that
by 10:00 a.m. this morning I'd have the president of the Chase
Manhattan Bank by the balls."
Received on Mon Jun 7 02:01:17 2004