A little old lady walked into the head branch of the Chase Manhattan
Bank holding a large paper bag in her hand. She told the young man
at the window that she wished to take the 3 million she had in the
bag and open an account with the bank. She said that first, though,
she wished to meet the president of Chase Manhattan Bank due to
the amount of money involved.
The teller seemed
to think that was a reasonable request and after opening the paper
bag and seeing the bundles of 1,000 bills which amounted to right
around 3 million, telephoned the bank's secretary to obtain an appointment
for the lady.
The lady was
escorted upstairs and ushered into the president's office. Introductions
were made and she stated that she would like to get to know the
people she did business with on a more personal level. The bank
president then asked her where she came into such a large amount
of money. "Was it an inheritance?" he asked. "No."
she answered. "Was it from playing the stock market?"
"No." she replied.
He was quiet
for a minute, trying to think of where this little old lady could
possibly come into 3 million. "I bet." she stated. "You
bet?" repeated the bank president. "As in horses?"
"No." she replied, "I bet people."
Seeing his confusion,
she explained that she justs bets on different things with different
people. All of a sudden she said, "I'll bet you $25,000.00
that by 10:00 o'clock tomorrow morning, your balls will be square."
The bank president
figured she must be off her rocker and decided to take her up on
the bet. He didn't see how he could lose. For the rest of the day,
the bank president was very careful. He decided to stay home that
evening and take no chances; there was $25,000.00 at stake.
When he got
up in the morning and took his shower, he checked to make sure everything
was okay. There was no difference- he looked the same as he always
had. He went to work and waited for the little old lady to come
in at 10:00 o'clock, humming as he went. He knew this would be a
good day- how often do you get handed $25,000.00 for doing nothing.
At 10:00 o'clock sharp the little old lady was shown into his office.
With her was a younger man. When he inquired as to the man's purpose
for being there, she informed him that he was her lawyer and she
always took him along when there was this much money involved.
"Well,"
she asked, "what about our bet?" "I don't know how
to tell you this," he replied, "but I am the same as I've
always been only $25,000.00 richer." The lady seemed to accept
this, but requested that she be able to see for herself. The bank
president thought this was reasonable and dropped his trousers.
She instructed him to bend over and then grabbed a hold of him.
Sure enough, everything was fine. The bank president then looked
up and saw her lawyer standing across the room banging his head
against the wall.
"What'
wrong with him?" he inquired. "Oh him," she replied,
"I bet him $100,000.00 that by 10:00 o'clock this morning that
I'd have the president of Chase Manhattan Bank by the balls."
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