Sinister: The Little Old Lady

[Richard North]

THE LITTLE OLD LADY AND THE BET
 

A little old lady went into the Bank of Canada one day,carrying a 
bag ofmoney.  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 arenot square!" The little old lady then said, 
"Okay, but sincethere is a lot of money involved, may I bring my lawyer 
with me tomorrow at 10:00am as 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 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."


``Don't be afraid to take a big step.  You can't cross a chasm in two small jumps.'' - David Lloyd George.
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