A little old man walks into the Banc of America, and says
he wants to open a checking account. The teller asks him
how much he would like to deposit to open his account and
the little old man says,
"Five million dollars."
The teller is flabbergasted, and says,
"In what form?"
and the little old man says, "Cash. I've got it here
in this big garbage bag"
The teller peeks and, sure enough, the little old man has
a big garbage bag brimming with dollar bills. These are
unusual circumstances so the teller excuses herself to get
the president of the bank to handle this transaction. He
arrives, and escorts the little old man to his executive
office. Once inside, he asks the little old man where he
got five milliom dollars. He says, "Betting"
"Betting?," he asks. "What sort of betting?"
"Oh, I gamble with folks on all sorts of things, and
I usually come out on top. For example, I've got $50,000
right here that says that by noon tomorrow your balls will
be square, and I'll even give you 5:1 odds. You got $10,000
you'd be willing to wager on this?"
The bank president is surprised at this sort of thing coming
from a sweet little old man, but he didn't get to be the
president of the Banc of America without being a risk-taker.
"I suppose I could come up with the capital to cover
the bet, but It would be wrong taking it from you. There's
no way you can this wager!"
The little old man just shakes the garbage bag, and says,
"I know what I'm doing...and I can afford to lose,
though I'm not going to. Do we have a bet?"
"Ok, let's do this," says the bank president,
and they shake hands on it.
"See you at 11:59 tomorrow morning," said the
little old man, and with that he leaves. Next morning at
11:59 the little old man arrives with a younger man in an
Armani suit, and is escorted to the bank president's office.
The bank president is on edge. He'd gotten almost no sleep
the night before, tossing and turning every few minutes
to check his balls for impending squareness, but nothing
happened all night. He must have checked thousands of times
that morning, but still nothing; perfectly normal. When
the little old man arrived he was beginning to relax, knowing
he had won. "Please Come in, have a seat! Who might
this gentleman be?" asked the bank president.
"He's my attorney. For a wager of this size I want
to have a witness. No objections I Hope?"
"No, that's fine," said the president.
"Well, it's now past noon, and I'm still the same,
so I guess I win!" he said triumphantly.
"Not so fast!" said the little old man. "For
a hundred grand I want to personal verification! Please
drop your pants."
The bank president is a bit embarassed, but agrees that
in his position he'd want proof as well, so he drops his
trousers. The little old man goes over to him and reaches
out to feel the evidence.
"Ok, you win, here's your $50,000," says the
little old man, handing over a wad of cash. As he does so,
his attorney starts banging his head against the concrete
wall and groaning.
"What's his problem?" asks the president.
"Oh, he's just upset. Poor loser if you ask me. You
see, I had a bet for $2 000 000 with him that I would have
the President of the Banc of America by the balls by noon
today."