The Bank Manager
A little old man walks into the Banc of America, and says he wants to
open a checking account. The teller asks him how much he would like to
deposit to open his account and the little old man says,
"Five million dollars."
The teller is flabbergasted, and says,
"In what form?"
and the little old man says, "Cash. I've got it here in this big
garbage bag"
The teller peeks and, sure enough, the little old man has a big garbage
bag brimming with dollar bills. These are unusual circumstances so the
teller excuses herself to get the president of the bank to handle this
transaction. He arrives, and escorts the little old man to his executive
office. Once inside, he asks the little old man where he got five milliom
dollars. He says, "Betting"
"Betting?," he asks. "What sort of betting?"
"Oh, I gamble with folks on all sorts of things, and I usually come
out on top. For example, I've got $50,000 right here that says that by
noon tomorrow your balls will be square, and I'll even give you 5:1 odds.
You got $10,000 you'd be willing to wager on this?"
The bank president is surprised at this sort of thing coming from a sweet
little old man, but he didn't get to be the president of the Banc of America
without being a risk-taker. "I suppose I could come up with the capital
to cover the bet, but It would be wrong taking it from you. There's no
way you can this wager!"
The little old man just shakes the garbage bag, and says, "I know
what I'm doing...and I can afford to lose, though I'm not going to. Do
we have a bet?"
"Ok, let's do this," says the bank president, and they shake
hands on it.
"See you at 11:59 tomorrow morning," said the little old man,
and with that he leaves. Next morning at 11:59 the little old man arrives
with a younger man in an Armani suit, and is escorted to the bank president's
office. The bank president is on edge. He'd gotten almost no sleep the
night before, tossing and turning every few minutes to check his balls
for impending squareness, but nothing happened all night. He must have
checked thousands of times that morning, but still nothing; perfectly
normal. When the little old man arrived he was beginning to relax, knowing
he had won. "Please Come in, have a seat! Who might this gentleman
be?" asked the bank president.
"He's my attorney. For a wager of this size I want to have a witness.
No objections I Hope?"
"No, that's fine," said the president.
"Well, it's now past noon, and I'm still the same, so I guess I win!"
he said triumphantly.
"Not so fast!" said the little old man. "For a hundred
grand I want to personal verification! Please drop your pants."
The bank president is a bit embarassed, but agrees that in his position
he'd want proof as well, so he drops his trousers. The little old man
goes over to him and reaches out to feel the evidence.
"Ok, you win, here's your $50,000," says the little old man,
handing over a wad of cash. As he does so, his attorney starts banging
his head against the concrete wall and groaning.
"What's his problem?" asks the president.
"Oh, he's just upset. Poor loser if you ask me. You see, I had a
bet for $2 000 000 with him that I would have the President of the Banc
of America by the balls by noon today."
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