THE LITTLE OLD LADY AND THE BET

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 10:00 AM 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

10:00 am, 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

10:00

AM today, I'd have The Bank of Canada's president's balls in my hand."