A little old lady went into the Bank of Canada one day, carrying a bag of money. She insisted that she must speak with the president of the bank to open a savings account because, "It's a lot of money!"
After much hemming and hawing, the bank staff finally ushered her into the president's office (the customer is always right!). The bank president then asked her how much she would like to deposit. She replied, "$165,000!" and dumped the cash out of her bag onto his desk.
The president was of course curious as to how she came by all this cash, so he asked her, "Ma'am, I'm surprised you're carrying so much cash around. Where did you get this money?" The old lady replied, "I make bets."
The president then asked, "Bets? What kind of bets?" The old woman said, "Well, for example, I'll bet you $25,000 that your balls are square." "Ha!" laughed the president, "That's a stupid bet. You can never win that kind of bet!"
The old lady challenged, "So, would you like to take my bet?"
"Sure," said the president, "I'll bet $25,000 that my balls are not square!"
The little old lady then said, "Okay, but since there is a lot of money involved, may I bring my lawyer with me tomorrow at 10am as a witness?"
"Sure!" replied the confident president. That night, the president got very nervous about the bet and spent a long time in front of a mirror checking his balls, turning from side to side, again and again. He thoroughly checked them out until he was sure that there was absolutely no way his balls were square and that he would win the bet.
The next morning, at precisely 10am, the little old lady appeared with her lawyer at the president's office. She introduced the lawyer to the president and repeated the bet "$25,000 says the president's balls are square!" The president agreed with the bet again and the old lady asked him to drop his pants so they could all see. The president complied. The little old lady peered closely at his balls and then asked if she could feel them. "Well, Okay," said the president, "$25,000 is a lot of money, so I guess you should be absolutely sure."
Just then, he noticed that the lawyer was quietly banging his head against the wall. The president asked the old lady, "What the hell's the matter with your lawyer?" She replied, "Nothing, except I bet him $100,000 that at 10am today I'd have The Bank of Canada's president's balls in my hand.
Source: www.becquet.com
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Thursday, October 4, 2007
Banker Joke: Wanna Bet?
Historical Trivia: Ten Most Fascinating Tombs in the World
If you're a history buff like me, you'll like this. The photos add a lot of flavor to this collection. You can post this to your blog, too, by simply clicking the button in the lower right hand potion of the Clipmarks frame below.
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The burial mound of Newgrange in County Meath, Ireland it is the also the world’s oldest surviving building (it’s older than Stonehenge and the Great Pyramid of Giza in Egypt)
Sulawesi, Indonesia the strange part the funeral ceremony is often held weeks, months, or even years after the death
London, United Kingdom Geoffrey Chaucer, Charles Dickens, Thomas Hardy, Rudyard Kipling, and Alfred Tennyson Sir Isaac Newton, Charles Darwin, and Ernest Rutherford were all interred there
Egypt the base sides have a mean margin of error of only 2 1/3 inch (58 mm)!
a burial ground of ancient Egyptian pharaohs
a network of underground tunnels and rooms that used to be Roman-era limestone quarries
Xi’an, China the burial ground of Qin Shi Huangdi, the First Emperor and the unifier of China
Palermo, Italy
Sedlec, Czech Republic
Agra, India October 1st, 2007
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