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 clie! nt 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 l! awyer 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 th! e 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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