A little old lady walked into the head 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 take the
$3 million she had in the bag and open an account with the bank.
She said that first, though, she wished to meet the president
of the Chase Manhattan bank due to the large amount of money involved.
The teller seemed to think that this was a reasonable request,
and after opening the paper bag and seeing bundles of $1000 bills
which amounted to about $3 million, telephoned the bank president's
secretary to obtain an appointment for the lady. 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.
"Was it an inheritance??" he asked.
"No" she replied. He was quiet for a minute,
trying to think where this little old lady could possibly have
come into $3 million.
"I bet," she stated.
"You bet?" said the bank president. "As
in horses?"
"No," she replied, "I bet on people". Seeing his confusion, she explained that she just bet different things with people. All of a sudden she said, "I'll bet you $25,000 that by 10:00 tomorrow morning your balls will be square." That bank president figured that she must be off her rocker and decided to take her up on her bet. He didn't see how he could lose. For the rest of the day the bank president was very careful. He decided to stay home that evening and take no chances -- there was $25,000 at stake.
When he got up in the morning and took his shower, he checked to make sure that everything was OK. 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, humming as he went. He knew that this would be a good day -- how often do you get handed $25,000 for doing nothing? At 10:00 sharp the little old lady was shown into his office. With her was a younger man. When he inquired as to the man's purpose for being there, she informed him that the man was her lawyer and that 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 always have been, only $25,000 richer!"
The lady seemed to accept this, but requested that she be allowed
to see for herself. The bank president thought that this was reasonable
and dropped his trousers. She instructed him to bend over and
then she grabbed hold of him. Sure enough everything was fine.
The bank president then looked up and saw her lawyer standing
across the room banging his head against the wall. "Whats
wrong with him?" he inquired.
"Oh him," she replied, "I bet him $100,000 that by 10:00 this morning I'd have the president of the Chase Manhattan bank by the balls.