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 at around 10 o'clock in the morning I would be
holding the balls of the President of the Bank of
Canada."
