Banking Jokes

MARTIN BOWEN, president of the Fort Worth First City National Bank, was seen standing in front of the automatic teller in the lobby one day while it performed a transaction rather slowly. After a brief wait, Bowen was heard to say, "Come on — it's me!"

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ONE day a young man came up to my window at the bank and whispered, "Please deposit this hundred dollars in my savings account." I handled the transaction and whispered back, "Have a good day." He started to leave but changed his mind. "I'm sorry we have to whisper," he said, "but if my car knows I've deposited money, it'll break down again." With his finger to his lips he tiptoed out.

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IT WAS the usual busy day at the bank where I work. After a glance at the line of waiting customers, a harried-looking man came up to the side counter and demanded, "What do I have to do to change the address on my account?" Without missing a beat, the clerk replied, "You have to move."

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WHILE waiting in line at the bank, a co-worker developed a very loud case of hiccups. By the time he reached the teller's window, the hiccups seemed to have worsened.The teller took my friend's check and proceeded to run a computer verification of his account. After a minute she looked up from her terminal with a frown and said that she would be unable to cash his check."Why not?" my friend asked incredulously."I'm sorry, sir," she replied, "but our computer indicates that you do not have sufficient funds to cover this amount. As a matter of fact," she continued, "our records show your account overdrawn in excess of $5000.""It can't be!" he cried. "You have to be kidding!""Yes, I am," she answered with a smile, counting out his cash. "But you will notice that your hiccups are gone."

Source: www.becquet.com

Joke: Greedy Godson

A young building contractor had just gone into business, and to give him a good start, his wealthy godfather asked him to build a mansion. "Here are the plans," said the godfather, "and don't skimp on anything. Forget the cost. I want the very best materials used."

The greedy godson wasn't satisfied with this generous gesture and instead of employing top-grade labor and buying the finest materials, he shortchanged his benefactor in every possible way. Finally the last secondhand nail had been driven into the last flimsy wall, and the young man handed over the keys and bills totalling several million pesos to his godfather.

The godfather promptly wrote out a check and handed the keys back to the young builder. "That house yu just built, my boy," he said, "is my present to you. It's all yours. May you live in it in happiness for the rest of your life."

Source: Alfredo M. Tengco (ed.), "Nuggets and Grin Tonics" (Book 1)

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Bushisms Video

To mark the significant break of this blog from its heretofore staid past, I upgraded its template design from David Bowman's generic "Minima" to this so-called "Snapshot Sable", a creation by David Shea. I am also embedding this YouTube video on Bushisms for your viewing pleasure. From here on, I will post jokes, trivia and other interesting video clips falling under the category of either quotes, jokes, funny anecdotes or trivia.