A
little old lady went into the Bank of Scotland one day, carrying a bag of money.
She insisted that she must speak with the Chairman 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 Chairman's
office the customer is always right!).
The
bank Chairman 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
Chairman 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
Chairman 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 Chairman, "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 Chairman, "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 Chairman.
That
night, the Chairman 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 had.
There
was absolutely no way his balls were square and that he would win bet.
The
next morning, at precisely 10:00 am, the little old lady appeared with her
lawyer at the Chairman's
office. She introduced the lawyer to the Chairman and repeated the bet: "
£25,000 says the Chairman's balls are square!"
The
Chairman agreed with the bet again and the old lady asked him to drop his pants
so they could all see.
The
Chairman did. The little old lady peered closely at his balls and then asked if
she could feel them.
"Well,
Okay," said the chairman," £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 chairman 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 Scotland's chairman's balls in my
hand."