An elderly woman walked into the Bank of Canada
one morning with a purse full of money. She
wanted to open a savings account and insisted on
talking to the president of the Bank because, she
said, she had a lot of money. After many lengthy
discussions (after all, the client is always right) an
employee took the elderly woman to the
president's office. The president of the Bank asked
her how much she wanted to deposit. She placed
her purse on his desk and replied, "$165,000". The
president was curious and asked her how she had
been able to save so much money. The elderly
woman replied that she made bets. The president
was surprised and asked, "What kind of bets?"
The elderly woman replied, "Well, I bet you
$25,000 that your testicles are square." The
president started to laugh and told the woman that
it was impossible to win a bet like that. The
woman never batted an eye. She just looked at the
president and said, "Would you like to take my
bet?" "Certainly", replied the president. "I bet you
$25,000 that my testicles are not square." "Done",
the elderly woman answered. "But given the
amount of money involved, if you don't mind I would
like to come back at 10 o'clock tomorrow morning
with my lawyer as a witness." "No problem", said
the president of the Bank confidently. That night,
the president became very nervous about the bet
and spent a long time in front of the mirror
examining his testicles, turning them this way and
that, checking them over again and again until he
was positive that no one could consider his
testicles as square and reassuring himself that
there was no way he could lose the bet. The next
morning at exactly 10 o'clock the elderly woman
arrived at the president's office with her lawyer and
acknowledged the $25,000 bet made the day
before that the president's testicles were square.
The president confirmed that the bet was the same
as the one made the day before. Then the elderly
woman asked him to drop his pants etc. so that
she and her lawyer could see clearly. The
president was happy to oblige. The elderly woman
came closer so she could see better and asked
the president if she could touch them. "Of course",
said the president. "Given the amount of money
involved, you should be 100% sure." The elderly
woman did so with a little smile. Suddenly the
president noticed that the lawyer was banging his
head against the wall. He asked the elderly woman
why he was doing that and she replied, "Oh, it's
probably because I bet him $100,000 that around
10 o'clock in the morning I would be holding the
balls of the President of the Bank of Canada!"