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."